Is Agreeable Gray warm or cool?

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is a warm greige — gray with beige mixed in. Our database lists its undertone as neutral, its LRV as 60.1, and its hex as #d1cbc1, in the gray family. The neutral classification means it has no dominant green, pink, or blue cast, but the beige in its base makes it read warmer than a true gray like Repose Gray (SW 7015). In warm south or west light it reads warmest; in cool north light the beige recedes and it reads closer to a soft gray.

What is the difference between Agreeable Gray and Repose Gray?

Both are neutral-undertone Sherwin-Williams greige-grays, and they look similar on a chip. The measured difference is lightness: Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) sits at LRV 60.1 and Repose Gray (SW 7015) at LRV 58.4, so Agreeable is slightly lighter. Agreeable Gray carries more beige and reads as a warmer greige; Repose Gray reads cleaner and a touch cooler, closer to a true light gray. Choose Agreeable Gray for warmth and north-facing rooms, Repose Gray for a crisper look or a room that already runs warm.

What white trim goes with Agreeable Gray?

Alabaster (SW 7008) is the natural trim white for Agreeable Gray. It is a soft warm white at LRV 82.2 (hex #edeae0), so it complements Agreeable Gray's beige warmth instead of fighting it the way a stark bright white would. The LRV gap — 82.2 for Alabaster against 60.1 for Agreeable Gray — gives clean contrast between trim and wall without going harsh.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Agreeable Gray?

The closest Benjamin Moore match to Agreeable Gray (SW 7029, #d1cbc1) in our database is Wish (AF-680, #d0cbc3) — near-identical on the wall. If you want a slightly deeper greige in the same spirit, Revere Pewter (HC-172, #ccc7b9) is Benjamin Moore's best-known version of the Agreeable Gray idea, though it reads a step darker at LRV 55.1 versus 60.1.

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029): Undertones, Coordinating Colors & Cross-Brand Matches

Agreeable Gray(Sherwin-Williams) (SW 7029) is a warm greige — gray with beige mixed in — that sits at LRV 60.1 with a neutral undertone, which is exactly why it reads soft and balanced instead of cold. Use it when you want a whole-home neutral that stays warm in most light; skip it if you're after a crisp, modern gray, because the beige in its base will read too soft for that. This guide covers its exact numbers, how the light in your room changes it, how it stacks up against Repose Gray, its closest match in every brand we track, and the colors that coordinate with it. Every hex, LRV, and cross-brand match here comes straight from our color database.

The Numbers

Agreeable Gray's exact specs: hex #d1cbc1, LRV 60.1, neutral undertone, code SW 7029, and it lives in our gray family. LRV 60 is the sweet spot for a whole-room neutral — light enough to keep a space open, deep enough to still read as a color on the wall rather than an off-white. Our database classifies the undertone as neutral, which is the technical read: it doesn't commit hard to green, pink, or blue. What makes it a greige rather than a true gray is the beige folded into that neutral base, and that beige is where the warmth comes from.

How Agreeable Gray Changes with the Light

A greige is more light-sensitive than a flat gray because it carries two things at once — the gray and the beige — and different light pulls one forward. Because Agreeable Gray is classified neutral, it has no strong cast to exaggerate, so it swings less than a cool blue-gray would. It still moves, though, and the direction your windows face decides which way.

North-facing rooms get cool, indirect light with no warm sun; the beige recedes and Agreeable Gray reads its grayest and coolest here. It stays warm enough to avoid going icy, which is why it holds up in north light better than most greiges. South-facing rooms get warm light all day, which brings the beige forward — this is where it reads warmest and softest, sometimes close to a warm taupe by afternoon. East-facing rooms are warm at breakfast and cooler by afternoon, so the color reads warm early and settles grayer as the day goes on. West-facing rooms are cool in the morning and warm-to-golden after sunset, and under that low evening light the greige can pull noticeably warm, occasionally a touch pink. Test a large sample on the actual wall and look at it morning, noon, and night before you commit — with a greige, the chip is never the whole story.

Agreeable Gray vs. Repose Gray

This is the comparison almost everyone runs into, because Agreeable Gray(Sherwin-Williams) and Repose Gray(Sherwin-Williams) are the two most-specified Sherwin-Williams greige-grays and they look nearly the same on a chip. The measurable difference in our database is light: Agreeable Gray sits at LRV 60.1, Repose Gray at LRV 58.4, so Agreeable reads a hair lighter. Both are classified neutral undertone. The practical difference is warmth — Agreeable Gray carries more beige and reads as a true greige, while Repose Gray reads cleaner and a touch cooler, closer to a true light gray.

Pick Agreeable Gray if you want warmth, a cozier whole-home neutral, or a color that holds up in cool north light. Pick Repose Gray if you want a crisper, more modern gray, or your room already runs warm and you don't want it tipping beige. If you're stuck between the two, put them side by side in our color comparison tool — the difference is real but subtle, and seeing them together settles it faster than a paint chip does.

Agreeable Gray in Every Brand

The value of a color like this is knowing what to buy when your store doesn't carry Sherwin-Williams. Agreeable Gray has unusually tight matches across the board, which tells you the greige recipe is close to universal. The nearest are effectively the same paint: Dutch Boy Doves Wings (#d1cbc1) and Valspar Heritage Gray (#d1cbc1) are hex-identical to it, and PPG Whiskers (#d1ccc2) and Behr Toasty Gray (#d2ccc3) are near-identical. Benjamin Moore's closest is Wish (AF-680, #d0cbc3) — near-identical and the color to ask for at a BM counter. Farrow & Ball Cornforth White (#d1cbc3) is very close if you're speccing British paint. The one visible-difference match in the set is Kilz Starched Linen (#dad2c7), which sits a shade lighter and warmer. If you're matching between the two big names specifically, the full Sherwin-Williams to Benjamin Moore match list does this for every SW shade.

Colors That Coordinate with Agreeable Gray

Start with trim. Alabaster(Sherwin-Williams) (SW 7008, LRV 82.2) is the natural white here — a soft warm white that matches Agreeable Gray's warmth instead of fighting it, which is what a stark bright white would do. For a darker step in the same line, Mindful Gray(Sherwin-Williams) (SW 7016, LRV 47.6) is the deeper greige-gray built on the same base — a controlled 12-and-a-half-point drop in LRV that works for an accent wall, an island, or the dark half of a two-tone scheme. For a warm companion in an adjoining room, Accessible Beige(Sherwin-Williams) (SW 7036, LRV 57.9) sits at nearly the same lightness but in the beige family, so it reads as a warmer sibling rather than a clash. And if you're already in a Benjamin Moore house, Revere Pewter(Benjamin Moore) (HC-172, LRV 55.1) is that brand's answer to the same greige idea, a step deeper than Agreeable Gray but the same warm, grounded feel.

Testing and Matching Agreeable Gray

Before you commit, drop a photo of your actual room into the room visualizer to see Agreeable Gray on your own walls in your own light. Build the full scheme around it — trim, accent, companion — in the palette generator. If you're torn between it and Repose Gray, or want to check how close a cross-brand match really is, put two colors side by side in the color comparison tool. The complete catalog lives on the Sherwin-Williams color chart, and you can browse the rest of the family in gray paint colors or its warmer neighbors in beige paint colors. If the undertone talk here raised more questions than it answered, our guide to paint color undertones explains what's happening underneath, and the best greige paint colors and best gray paint colors guides cover the wider field.