Creamy (SW 7012) vs Greek Villa (SW 7551)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Creamy SW 7012 (simulated) — Creamy SW 7012#EFE8DB, LRV 81

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa SW 7551 (simulated) — Greek Villa SW 7551#F0ECE2, LRV 84

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Greek Villa, LRV 84 vs 81.
Warmer: Creamy, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 5.3).
North rooms: Greek Villa: keeps more brightness (L* 89.5 vs 88.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.6 vs 4.5).
Trim that works: Shell White SW 8917, #F0EBE0, LRV 83: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.8, very close. At 1.8, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

CreamySherwin-Williams, SW 7012LRV 81, #EFE8DB

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Greek VillaSherwin-Williams, SW 7551LRV 84, #F0ECE2

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Creamy (SW 7012) is slightly darker than Greek Villa (SW 7551) and slightly warmer: LRV 81 vs 84, deltaE 1.8 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Creamy	Greek Villa	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7012	SW 7551
Hex	#EFE8DB	#F0ECE2
RGB	239, 232, 219	240, 236, 226
HSL	39°, 38%, 90%	43°, 32%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	81	84	−3
Lab L*	92.2	93.5	−1.2
Lab a*	0.2	-0.4	+0.5
Lab b*	7.2	5.3	+1.8
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDDED9

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF2DB

Greek Villa (SW 7551), published as #F0ECE2

North light (cool, indirect)
#DEE2E0

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6E2

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 Greek Villa (SW 7551) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (84 vs 81), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Greek Villa (SW 7551) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.3 against 7.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Creamy (SW 7012) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.2), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Creamy in other brands

Closest matches to Greek Villa in other brands

Common questions

Is Creamy the same color as Greek Villa?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.8. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Creamy and Greek Villa.
Which is lighter, Creamy or Greek Villa?: Greek Villa, with an LRV of 84 against 81.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.