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Settled, side by side

Repose Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7015

Pelican Gray

Benjamin Moore · 1612

58.22
LRV
58.58
Pelican Gray is 0.4 points lighter
#CCC9C0
Hex
#C6CBCC
204 · 201 · 192
RGB
198 · 203 · 204
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Repose Gray is warm; Pelican Gray is cool.
Soft warm gray with a quiet greige cast
Undertone
Silvery grey with a blue lean; the color of a wet slate roof
Beige
Family
Gray
Collection
Classics Color Collection

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Pelican Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.58, 0.4 points above Repose Gray at LRV 58.22. Repose Gray leans warm where Pelican Gray reads cool. Repose Gray is a beige, Pelican Gray a gray. For a whole room, Pelican Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Repose Gray 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.

Pelican 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.

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