White Duck (SW 7010) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- White Duck, LRV 74 vs 60.
- Warmer
- White Duck (Lab b* 7.1 vs 5.7). White Duck reads warm white; Agreeable Gray reads greige.
- North rooms
- White Duck keeps more brightness (L* 85.1 vs 77.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Frost Bite SW 9505, #F6F0E5, LRV 88: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 4.8, noticeably different. At 4.8, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Agreeable Gray
More comparisons with Agreeable Gray
White Duck (SW 7010) is lighter than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and slightly warmer: LRV 74 vs 60, deltaE 4.8 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | White Duck | Agreeable Gray | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7010 | SW 7029 | |
| Hex | #E5DFD2 | #D1CBC1 | |
| RGB | 229, 223, 210 | 209, 203, 193 | |
| HSL | 41°, 27%, 86% | 37°, 15%, 79% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 | 60 | +14 |
| Lab L* | 89.0 | 81.9 | +7.1 |
| Lab a* | -0.2 | 0.3 | −0.5 |
| Lab b* | 7.1 | 5.7 | +1.4 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Beige | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Duck (SW 7010), published as #E5DFD2
#D4D5D0
#F7E9D2
Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1
#C0C1BF
#E3D5C1
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick White Duck (SW 7010) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 14 LRV points lighter (74 vs 60), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.7 against 7.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick White Duck (SW 7010) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.1), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to White Duck in other brands
Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands
Common questions
- Is White Duck the same color as Agreeable Gray?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.8. Most people can see the difference between White Duck and Agreeable Gray side by side.
- Which is lighter, White Duck or Agreeable Gray?
- White Duck, with an LRV of 74 against 60.
Full pages
Related comparisons
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.