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Settled, side by side

Deep Secret

Benjamin Moore · CSP-625

Repose Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7015

11.64
LRV
58.22
Repose Gray is 46.6 points lighter
#525A60
Hex
#CCC9C0
82 · 90 · 96
RGB
204 · 201 · 192
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Deep Secret is cool; Repose Gray is warm.
Charcoal grey leaning blue; a slate rather than a soot
Undertone
Soft warm gray with a quiet greige cast
Gray
Family
Beige
Color Stories
Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Repose Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.22, 46.6 points above Deep Secret at LRV 11.64. Deep Secret leans cool where Repose Gray reads warm. Deep Secret is a gray, Repose Gray a beige. For a whole room, Repose Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Deep Secret is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Deep Secret is a dark charcoal grey with a clear blue undertone — Benjamin Moore files it in the blue family and calls it 'your new favorite gray'. It comes from the Color Stories collection, whose full-spectrum formulas shift more with the light than standard paints.

Repose Gray (SW 7015) is the gray for people who want gray — not greige — but don't want it cold. A quiet warm undertone keeps it from going icy, while it still reads more gray than beige. LRV sits around 58.

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