The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersStonington Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 59.36, 0.8 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Pelican Gray leans cool where Stonington Gray reads neutral. Both belong to the grays family. For a whole room, Stonington Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pelican Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.
Stonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.