Aesthetic White (SW 7035) vs City Loft (SW 7631)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Aesthetic White, LRV 73 vs 70.
- Warmer
- About the same (Lab b* 5.6 vs 5.0). Aesthetic White reads warm white; City Loft reads greige.
- North rooms
- Aesthetic White keeps more brightness (L* 84.4 vs 83.3 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 0.9, indistinguishable. At 0.9, pick on price, finish or availability.
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Aesthetic White
More comparisons with Aesthetic White
Aesthetic White (SW 7035) is slightly lighter than City Loft (SW 7631) and about as warm: LRV 73 vs 70, deltaE 0.9 (indistinguishable).
Side by side
| Measure | Aesthetic White | City Loft | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7035 | SW 7631 | |
| Hex | #E3DDD3 | #DFDAD1 | |
| RGB | 227, 221, 211 | 223, 218, 209 | |
| HSL | 38°, 22%, 86% | 39°, 18%, 85% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 | 70 | +3 |
| Lab L* | 88.3 | 87.2 | +1.1 |
| Lab a* | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Lab b* | 5.6 | 5.0 | +0.6 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Aesthetic White (SW 7035), published as #E3DDD3
#D2D3D1
#F5E7D3
City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1
#CED0CF
#F1E4D1
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 Aesthetic White (SW 7035) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (73 vs 70), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Aesthetic White in other brands
Closest matches to City Loft in other brands
Common questions
- Is Aesthetic White the same color as City Loft?
- They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.9. Most people cannot tell Aesthetic White and City Loft apart.
- Which is lighter, Aesthetic White or City Loft?
- Aesthetic White, with an LRV of 73 against 70.
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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.