Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) vs Anew Gray (SW 7030)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray SW 7029 (simulated) — Agreeable Gray SW 7029#D1CBC1, LRV 60

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Anew Gray SW 7030 (simulated) — Anew Gray SW 7030#BFB6AA, LRV 47

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Agreeable Gray, LRV 60 vs 47.
Warmer: Anew Gray, both greige (Lab b* 7.2 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 70.4 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Downy SW 7002, #EFE8DD, LRV 81: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.5, clearly different. At 5.5, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7029LRV 60, #D1CBC1

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Anew GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7030LRV 47, #BFB6AA

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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is lighter than Anew Gray (SW 7030) and slightly cooler: LRV 60 vs 47, deltaE 5.5 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Agreeable Gray	Anew Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7029	SW 7030
Hex	#D1CBC1	#BFB6AA
RGB	209, 203, 193	191, 182, 170
HSL	37°, 15%, 79%	34°, 14%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	60	47	+13
Lab L*	81.9	74.5	+7.4
Lab a*	0.3	1.1	−0.8
Lab b*	5.7	7.2	−1.5
Undertone	Warm Beige	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0C1BF

South light (warm, direct)
#E3D5C1

Anew Gray (SW 7030), published as #BFB6AA

North light (cool, indirect)
#AEACA8

South light (warm, direct)
#D0C0AA

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 Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 13 LRV points lighter (60 vs 47), 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 7.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Anew Gray (SW 7030) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.2), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Anew Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Agreeable Gray the same color as Anew Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.5. Agreeable Gray and Anew Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Agreeable Gray or Anew Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 47.

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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.