Worldly Gray (SW 7043) vs Amazing Gray (SW 7044)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Worldly Gray SW 7043 (simulated) — Worldly Gray SW 7043#CEC6BB, LRV 57

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Amazing Gray SW 7044 (simulated) — Amazing Gray SW 7044#BEB5A9, LRV 47

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Worldly Gray, LRV 57 vs 47.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 6.5 vs 7.3).
North rooms: Worldly Gray keeps more brightness (L* 76.2 vs 70.0 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.4, noticeably different. At 4.4, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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Amazing GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7044LRV 47, #BEB5A9

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Worldly Gray (SW 7043) is lighter than Amazing Gray (SW 7044) and about as warm: LRV 57 vs 47, deltaE 4.4 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Worldly Gray	Amazing Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7043	SW 7044
Hex	#CEC6BB	#BEB5A9
RGB	206, 198, 187	190, 181, 169
HSL	35°, 16%, 77%	34°, 14%, 70%
LRV (light reflectance value)	57	47	+10
Lab L*	80.2	74.1	+6.1
Lab a*	0.9	1.1	−0.2
Lab b*	6.5	7.3	−0.8
Undertone	Warm Green	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Worldly Gray (SW 7043), published as #CEC6BB

North light (cool, indirect)
#BDBCB9

South light (warm, direct)
#E0D0BB

Amazing Gray (SW 7044), published as #BEB5A9

North light (cool, indirect)
#ADABA7

South light (warm, direct)
#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 Worldly Gray (SW 7043) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (57 vs 47), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Worldly Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Amazing Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Worldly Gray the same color as Amazing Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.4. Most people can see the difference between Worldly Gray and Amazing Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Worldly Gray or Amazing Gray?: Worldly Gray, with an LRV of 57 against 47.

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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.