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Settled, side by side

Repose Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7015

Deep Secret

Benjamin Moore · CSP-625

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

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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. Repose Gray leans warm where Deep Secret reads cool. Repose Gray is a beige, Deep Secret a gray. 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

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.

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.

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