Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) vs Amazing Gray (SW 7044)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Agreeable Gray, LRV 60 vs 47.
- Warmer
- Amazing Gray, both greige (Lab b* 7.3 vs 5.7).
- North rooms
- Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 70.0 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 5.7, clearly different. At 5.7, treat them as different colors.
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Agreeable Gray
More comparisons with Agreeable Gray
Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is lighter than Amazing Gray (SW 7044) and slightly cooler: LRV 60 vs 47, deltaE 5.7 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Agreeable Gray | Amazing Gray | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7029 | SW 7044 | |
| Hex | #D1CBC1 | #BEB5A9 | |
| RGB | 209, 203, 193 | 190, 181, 169 | |
| HSL | 37°, 15%, 79% | 34°, 14%, 70% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 | 47 | +13 |
| Lab L* | 81.9 | 74.1 | +7.8 |
| Lab a* | 0.3 | 1.1 | −0.8 |
| Lab b* | 5.7 | 7.3 | −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
#C0C1BF
#E3D5C1
Amazing Gray (SW 7044), published as #BEB5A9
#ADABA7
#CFBFA9
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 7.3, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Amazing Gray (SW 7044) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.3), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands
Closest matches to Amazing Gray in other brands
Common questions
- Is Agreeable Gray the same color as Amazing Gray?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.7. Agreeable Gray and Amazing Gray are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Agreeable Gray or Amazing Gray?
- Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 47.
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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.