Repose Gray (SW 7015) vs Dorian Gray (SW 7017)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Repose Gray SW 7015 (simulated) — Repose Gray SW 7015#CCC9C0, LRV 58

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Dorian Gray SW 7017 (simulated) — Dorian Gray SW 7017#ACA79E, LRV 39

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Repose Gray, LRV 58 vs 39.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 4.9 vs 5.3).
North rooms: Repose Gray: keeps more brightness (L* 77.0 vs 64.5 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.3 vs 4.3).
Trim that works: White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 9.1, clearly different. At 9.1, treat them as different colors.

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Repose GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7015LRV 58, #CCC9C0

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Dorian GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7017LRV 39, #ACA79E

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Repose Gray (SW 7015) is much lighter than Dorian Gray (SW 7017) and about as warm: LRV 58 vs 39, deltaE 9.1 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Repose Gray	Dorian Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7015	SW 7017
Hex	#CCC9C0	#ACA79E
RGB	204, 201, 192	172, 167, 158
HSL	45°, 11%, 78%	39°, 8%, 65%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	39	+19
Lab L*	81.0	68.7	+12.3
Lab a*	-0.6	0.2	−0.7
Lab b*	4.9	5.3	−0.4
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Gray	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Repose Gray (SW 7015), published as #CCC9C0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBBFBE

South light (warm, direct)
#DED3C0

Dorian Gray (SW 7017), published as #ACA79E

North light (cool, indirect)
#9B9D9C

South light (warm, direct)
#BDB19E

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 Repose Gray (SW 7015) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 19 LRV points lighter (58 vs 39), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Dorian Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Repose Gray the same color as Dorian Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.1. Repose Gray and Dorian Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Repose Gray or Dorian Gray?: Repose Gray, with an LRV of 58 against 39.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.