Repose Gray (SW 7015) vs Worldly Gray (SW 7043)

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 Worldly Gray SW 7043 (simulated) — Worldly Gray SW 7043#CEC6BB, LRV 57

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Repose Gray, LRV 58 vs 57.
Warmer: Worldly Gray, both greige (Lab b* 6.5 vs 4.9).
North rooms: Repose Gray drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.3 vs 4.9); both keep about the same brightness.
Trim that works: White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.5, noticeably different. At 2.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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Worldly GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7043LRV 57, #CEC6BB

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Repose Gray (SW 7015) is about as light as Worldly Gray (SW 7043) and slightly cooler: LRV 58 vs 57, deltaE 2.5 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Repose Gray	Worldly Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7015	SW 7043
Hex	#CCC9C0	#CEC6BB
RGB	204, 201, 192	206, 198, 187
HSL	45°, 11%, 78%	35°, 16%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	57	+1
Lab L*	81.0	80.2	+0.7
Lab a*	-0.6	0.9	−1.4
Lab b*	4.9	6.5	−1.6
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Green
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

Worldly Gray (SW 7043), published as #CEC6BB

North light (cool, indirect)
#BDBCB9

South light (warm, direct)
#E0D0BB

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 1 LRV points lighter (58 vs 57), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Repose Gray (SW 7015) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 4.9 against 6.5, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Worldly Gray (SW 7043) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.5), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Worldly Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Repose Gray the same color as Worldly Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.5. Most people can see the difference between Repose Gray and Worldly Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Repose Gray or Worldly Gray?: Repose Gray, with an LRV of 58 against 57.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

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.