Agreeable Gray Sherwin-Williams · SW 7029 LRV 60

Agreeable Gray review: Sherwin-Williams SW 7029

warm gray, faint violet undertone in low light.

Its LRV 60 sits in the sweet spot for a whole-house neutral: light enough for a north-facing living room, warm enough not to read cold in a kitchen. It goes flat and slightly dull in rooms with very little natural light, which is the one place it earns its "boring beige" complaints.

Agreeable Gray 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 Agreeable Gray's warmth and can make it read flatter and slightly gray.
East light Morning east light is warm and golden, so Agreeable Gray 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 Agreeable Gray's warmth further, sometimes past what the chip suggests.
West light West light runs warm and intense in the late afternoon and evening, which is when Agreeable Gray's undertone is most likely to show.

What to pair Agreeable Gray with

Closest match in other brands

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

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