Kiwi vs Snowbound
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Kiwi belongs to the green family and Snowbound to the beige-greige family. Snowbound (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Kiwi (LRV 58), a difference of 25 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Kiwi runs cool while Snowbound is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 24.3, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 8 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Kiwi vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
8 real rooms side by side. Seeing Kiwi and Snowbound in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Kiwi would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Kiwi.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Kiwi.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Snowbound returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Kiwi.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Kiwi.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Kiwi.
Color Details
Kiwi vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Kiwi on one side and Snowbound on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Kiwi comparisons
See how Kiwi stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Kiwi reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Kiwi reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Kiwi reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Kiwi the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Kiwi is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Kiwi encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Kiwi is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Kiwi is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Kiwi is decisively the brighter choice.
Kiwi reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Kiwi reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.