Greek Villa (SW 7551) vs Cheviot (SW 9503)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Cheviot, LRV 89 vs 84.
- Warmer
- About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 5.3 vs 5.3).
- North rooms
- Cheviot keeps more brightness (L* 91.6 vs 89.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Alabaster SW 7008, #EDEAE0, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.3, very close. At 1.3, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Greek Villa (SW 7551) is darker than Cheviot (SW 9503) and about as warm: LRV 84 vs 89, deltaE 1.3 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Greek Villa | Cheviot | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7551 | SW 9503 | |
| Hex | #F0ECE2 | #F6F2E8 | |
| RGB | 240, 236, 226 | 246, 242, 232 | |
| HSL | 43°, 32%, 91% | 43°, 44%, 94% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 84 | 89 | −5 |
| Lab L* | 93.5 | 95.6 | −2.1 |
| Lab a* | -0.4 | -0.4 | 0.0 |
| Lab b* | 5.3 | 5.3 | +0.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | White | White |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Greek Villa (SW 7551), published as #F0ECE2
#DEE2E0
#FFF6E2
Cheviot (SW 9503), published as #F6F2E8
#E4E8E6
#FFFCE8
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 Cheviot (SW 9503) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5 LRV points lighter (89 vs 84), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Greek Villa in other brands
Closest matches to Cheviot in other brands
Common questions
- Is Greek Villa the same color as Cheviot?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.3. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Greek Villa and Cheviot.
- Which is lighter, Greek Villa or Cheviot?
- Cheviot, with an LRV of 89 against 84.
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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.