Willow Tree (SW 7741) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Willow Tree SW 7741 (simulated) — Willow Tree SW 7741#AAAD9C, LRV 41

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Willow Tree, LRV 41 vs 30.
Warmer: Willow Tree, both green-gray (Lab b* 8.4 vs 6.6).
North rooms: Willow Tree keeps more brightness (L* 66.0 vs 57.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 6.8, clearly different. At 6.8, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Willow TreeSherwin-Williams, SW 7741LRV 41, #AAAD9C

Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

More comparisons with Evergreen Fog

Willow Tree (SW 7741) is lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and slightly warmer: LRV 41 vs 30, deltaE 6.8 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Willow Tree	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7741	SW 9130
Hex	#AAAD9C	#95978A
RGB	170, 173, 156	149, 151, 138
HSL	71°, 9%, 65%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	41	30	+11
Lab L*	70.1	62.0	+8.1
Lab a*	-4.2	-3.2	−1.0
Lab b*	8.4	6.6	+1.8
Undertone	Neutral	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Willow Tree (SW 7741), published as #AAAD9C

North light (cool, indirect)
#99A39A

South light (warm, direct)
#BBB79C

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 Willow Tree (SW 7741) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 11 LRV points lighter (41 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.6 against 8.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Willow Tree (SW 7741) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.4), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Willow Tree in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is Willow Tree the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.8. Willow Tree and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Willow Tree or Evergreen Fog?: Willow Tree, with an LRV of 41 against 30.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

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.