Gray Owl Benjamin Moore · OC-52 LRV 65

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Gray Owl review: Benjamin Moore OC-52

Gray Owl in real light

Same sample board, four compass directions: this is the standardized shot list every color on this site gets, so you can compare across colors and not just across one photographer's living room. Photos for this color are still being shot; the notes below are what to expect from the color's undertone.

North light North light is cool and indirect all day, so it mutes Gray Owl's warmth and can make it read flatter and slightly gray.
East light Morning east light is warm and golden, so Gray Owl looks brightest and warmest early in the day, then cools and flattens by afternoon as the light moves west.
South light South-facing rooms get the most direct sun all day, which pushes Gray Owl's warmth further, sometimes past what the chip suggests.
West light Afternoon west light is warm and can run intense right at sunset, then goes flat and cool in the morning before the sun reaches that side of the house.

pale sage green-gray, can read greige in warm light.

A pale, versatile green-gray that reads closer to greige in warm afternoon light and more distinctly sage-gray in a north-facing room; a popular whole-house neutral for buyers wanting something quieter than a straight gray.

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Closest match in other brands

Ranked by Delta-E (perceptual color distance) between Gray Owl and every color from other brands on this site: nearest first.

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