Creamy (SW 7012) vs Shoji White (SW 7042)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Creamy, LRV 81 vs 74.
- Warmer
- About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 6.7).
- North rooms
- Creamy keeps more brightness (L* 88.3 vs 85.2 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Ivory Lace SW 7013, #ECE5D8, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.0, very close. At 2.0, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Creamy (SW 7012) is lighter than Shoji White (SW 7042) and about as warm: LRV 81 vs 74, deltaE 2.0 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Creamy | Shoji White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7012 | SW 7042 | |
| Hex | #EFE8DB | #E6DFD3 | |
| RGB | 239, 232, 219 | 230, 223, 211 | |
| HSL | 39°, 38%, 90% | 38°, 28%, 86% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81 | 74 | +7 |
| Lab L* | 92.2 | 89.1 | +3.1 |
| Lab a* | 0.2 | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| Lab b* | 7.2 | 6.7 | +0.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB
#DDDED9
#FFF2DB
Shoji White (SW 7042), published as #E6DFD3
#D5D5D1
#F8E9D3
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Creamy (SW 7012) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (81 vs 74), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Creamy in other brands
Closest matches to Shoji White in other brands
Common questions
- Is Creamy the same color as Shoji White?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.0. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Creamy and Shoji White.
- Which is lighter, Creamy or Shoji White?
- Creamy, with an LRV of 81 against 74.
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Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.