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Agreeable Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7029

Analytical Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7051

60.386
LRV
47.47
Agreeable Gray is 12.9 points lighter
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Hex
#BFB6A7
209 · 203 · 193
RGB
191 · 182 · 167
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Warm greige — beige-gray that can flash a faint violet in cool light
Undertone
Warm greige leaning beige; more taupe than grey
Beige
Family
Gray
Collection
Neutral

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Agreeable Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 60.386, 12.9 points above Analytical Gray at LRV 47.47. Both read warm. Agreeable Gray is a beige, Analytical Gray a gray. For a whole room, Agreeable Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Analytical Gray is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is the color that turned 'greige' into a household word. With an LRV of about 60 it sits right in the comfortable middle — light enough to keep a room open, deep enough to read as a true color rather than an off-white.

Analytical Gray is a Sherwin-Williams greige with a decidedly warm, beige lean — closer to a light taupe than to a grey. At LRV 47 it is a comfortable mid-light neutral that holds its colour in both bright and dim rooms.

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