Amazing Gray (SW 7044)
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Amazing Gray (SW 7044) is a medium, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 47, so it reflects about 47 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Amazing Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Amazing Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Amazing Gray, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Silver Fox | 2108-50 | 43.7 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Park Avenue | MQ2-55 | 45.6 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gallery Grey | 2006-10B | 49 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Silver Dollar | 1022-3 | 47 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Amazing Gray (LRV 47) by LRV.
Lighter than Amazing Gray
Darker than Amazing Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7044 |
| Hex | #BEB5A9 |
| RGB | 190, 181, 169 |
| HSL | 34°, 14%, 70% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 47 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 74.1, 1.1, 7.3 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Amazing Gray (SW 7044), published as #BEB5A9
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#CFBFA9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Amazing Gray (SW 7044)?
- Amazing Gray has an LRV of 47. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Amazing Gray is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Amazing Gray in another brand?
- Park Avenue (Behr MQ2-55) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Amazing Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Amazing Gray as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.3; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.