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Settled, side by side

Repose Gray

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7015

Shoji White

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7042

58.22
LRV
74
Shoji White is 15.8 points lighter
#CCC9C0
Hex
#E6DFD3
204 · 201 · 192
RGB
230 · 223 · 211
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Soft warm gray with a quiet greige cast
Undertone
Greige-white; a warm off-white with a little grey and a little pink
Beige
Family
White
Collection
White & Pastel

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Shoji White is the lighter of the two at LRV 74, 15.8 points above Repose Gray at LRV 58.22. Both read warm. Repose Gray is a beige, Shoji White a white. For a whole room, Shoji White 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.

Shoji White is a warm off-white with a greige base — a little grey, a little pink, no yellow. At LRV 74 it is soft rather than bright, and it has the quality of light through a paper screen: even, warm, forgiving. It is the white for people who find true whites cold and creams too sweet.

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