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Settled, side by side

Agreeable Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7029

Pure White

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7005

60.386
LRV
84
Pure White is 23.6 points lighter
#D1CBC1
Hex
#EDECE6
209 · 203 · 193
RGB
237 · 236 · 230
Warm
Warmth
Neutral
Agreeable Gray is warm; Pure White is neutral.
Warm greige — beige-gray that can flash a faint violet in cool light
Undertone
A true soft white with a touch of grey and a touch of warmth; neither cool nor creamy
Beige
Family
White
Collection
White & Pastel

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Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Pure White is the lighter of the two at LRV 84, 23.6 points above Agreeable Gray at LRV 60.386. Agreeable Gray leans warm where Pure White reads neutral. Agreeable Gray is a beige, Pure White a white. For a whole room, Pure White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Agreeable 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.

Pure White is one of Sherwin-Williams' most-specified whites for a simple reason: it has almost no agenda. A trace of grey keeps it from glaring, a trace of warmth keeps it from turning blue, and at LRV 84 it is bright without being stark. It is the white you choose when the art, the furniture or the view is the point.

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