Patience (SW 7555) vs Natural Linen (SW 9109)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Patience, LRV 67 vs 66.
- Warmer
- Patience, both greige (Lab b* 11.8 vs 9.4).
- North rooms
- About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 81.3 vs 81.2 in north light).
- Trim that works
- Panda White SW 6147, #EAE2D4, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.7, very close. At 1.7, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
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Natural Linen
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Patience (SW 7555) is about as light as Natural Linen (SW 9109) and slightly warmer: LRV 67 vs 66, deltaE 1.7 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Patience | Natural Linen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7555 | SW 9109 | |
| Hex | #E2D3BF | #DFD3C3 | |
| RGB | 226, 211, 191 | 223, 211, 195 | |
| HSL | 34°, 38%, 82% | 34°, 30%, 82% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 67 | 66 | +1 |
| Lab L* | 85.3 | 85.1 | +0.2 |
| Lab a* | 1.9 | 1.5 | +0.5 |
| Lab b* | 11.8 | 9.4 | +2.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Beige | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Patience (SW 7555), published as #E2D3BF
#D1C9BD
#F3DDBF
Natural Linen (SW 9109), published as #DFD3C3
#CEC9C1
#F1DDC3
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 Patience (SW 7555) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (67 vs 66), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Natural Linen (SW 9109) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 9.4 against 11.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Patience (SW 7555) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 11.8), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Patience in other brands
Closest matches to Natural Linen in other brands
Common questions
- Is Patience the same color as Natural Linen?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.7. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Patience and Natural Linen.
- Which is lighter, Patience or Natural Linen?
- Patience, with an LRV of 67 against 66.
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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.