Deciding between Sherwin Williams Repose Gray vs. Agreeable Gray? I’m sharing the differences between these two paint colors to help you decide which is best for your space!
I’ve been wanting to paint our foyer for a while now after finishing up removing all of the wallpaper back in September (remember that little piece of hell?!). I even bought a bunch of samples but hadn’t gotten around to putting them up on the wall. Well, I finally got back on the paint-the-foyer train so this weekend I painted my samples on a wall in our foyer and I’ve narrowed my choices down to two – it’s Sherwin Williams Repose Gray vs. Agreeable Gray:
Here are the differences I noted in looking at Repose Gray vs. Agreeable Gray:
1. Repose Gray is slightly darker than Agreeable Gray. Repose Gray has a LRV (Light Reflectance Value) of 58 and Agreeable Gray has a LRV of 60 (the lower the LRV, the darker the paint color will look and feel once up on the wall)
2. Repose Gray has more gray in it while Agreeable Gray has more beige in it. Repose Gray can also take on a green tinge in some spaces.
I’m leaning towards Agreeable Gray. What do you think?
To see examples of both paint colors in rooms and see how these two colors compare to other greige paint colors, be sure to visit {this post} on my ten favorite greige paint colors!
I need to get going on my painting because this new beauty that will hang in our foyer arrived at my doorstep over the weekend:
I found my new mirror {here} (affiliate link) and am totally smitten! Its new home will be over our chest in the foyer, where it will replace the rustic rectangular mirror that’s there now. So my plan is to decide on the paint color in the next day or two and knock out the painting of the foyer. I’ll definitely share pictures once I’m done so stay tuned…
Dagmara @ GlamistaHome says
Well, I love the new mirror and have to agree that I would not be able to just have it sit there without starting some work. It’s just too exciting. I like the agreeable gray as well, I like that it’s more defined in it’s color.
I am looking forward to seeing what you will do with that bench. Looking forward to seeing the finished product! 🙂 Happy Monday!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks so much – refinishing that bench is seriously taking forever but hopefully it will be worth it in the end!
Leticia Alvarez says
I like Agreeably , for my Master Bedroom. What do you think ??
Liz @ Infuse With Liz says
I do love the agreeable gray (cute name too)! Love the new mirror- and especially since you got it at such a good price. Perseverance pays off! The bench is a wonderful piece- I can imagine what a pain it’s been to strip.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Liz! That bench is one of those projects I would never have started into if I had known how much time it would take but at least I can see the finish line now!
Jennifer @ Dimples and Tangles says
Oh, this is gonna be so good! I agree with Agreeable Gray!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Jennifer – hoping that color will work – grieges are so hard!
Becky says
Love the mirror! I’ve seen Agreeable Gray in my girlfriend’s home and it looks great! Your foyer is going to look amazing with that bench and mirror! Can’t wait!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Glad you hear that Agreeable Gray was a winner in your friend’s house!
cassie says
you are my hero for stripping that piece…. wow. and LOVE the new mirror!!!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
It may be more idiot than hero (I was too naive to know what I was getting into…)!
[email protected] Stroll Thru Life says
Love that new mirror, stunning and I agree with the paint color. Gorgeous. That bench is going to be amazing also. Can’t wait to see it all finished.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks so much Marty!
Katherine says
Agreeable gray – the perfect griege
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Sounds like it’s been a winner for you in the past Katherine – love to hear that!
[email protected] says
I LOVE that mirror!!!!!! Great bargain hunting! Glad you jumped ship because what fun would only one project at a time be?! And I think agreeable gray is the best.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks so much Brenna! I think the reality is that I thrive when I juggle things and get bored when I do things in an orderly fashion so I gotta just go with what works for me (even if it drives me husband crazy…) 🙂
Maureen D says
I used Agreeable Grey in my bedroom and hated the pinky-purple undertone so much I only went 4 months before repainting it. Greiges are SO tricky, I am kind of off them, as you don’t know what you are getting until they are up. Your application will be different, my bedroom has 2 east-facing windows. Good luck!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Ugh. I hate hearing that but it’s so true that the greiges are tricky and so dependent upon the light that you get. I had Edgecomb Gray through the foyer and kitchen of our old house and loved it in parts of the house but then it looked totally pinky in other parts of it. Thanks for the heads up about your experience with Agreeable Gray – I’m now going to slap some samples of it up on the other two walls in the foyer to make sure it doesn’t take on that tone in my house before going for it.
Lisa @ Shine Your Light says
I was thinking about your bench and what had happened to that fun project! Um, not so fun? You are amazing for stripping it with all that detail…….wow!!! I can’t wait to see your foyer come together with all these elements – the new mirror, bench, pillows, oh my!!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
I’m pretty much the queen of dropping the ball on a project when the going gets rough to start in on something more fun and that’s what happened with that bench that has been the biggest beast to strip! I sure hope it’s worth it in the end!
Elizabeth @ The Little Black Door says
Oh your bench is looking so good! And I love the mirror. 🙂
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Elizabeth – hopefully it will all come together ok!
Tone on Tone Loi Thai says
That is such a cool mirror – can’t wait to see it hung 🙂 And I need to start checking out the paint colors at SW – I primarily use Benjamin Moore. Thanks for sourcing, Kris.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Loi – I use mostly BM too but I like several of Sherwin Williams’ grays!
Stacey says
That mirror is going to look so great there! And I totally forgot about that bench! I’m jealous all over again. Can’t wait to see it all done.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Stacey – I’ve pretty much forgotten/neglected that bench too – lol!
savvy shopper says
Definitely Agreeable Gray. Love how the foyer is shaping up. Can’t wait to see it all done.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Yep – after throwing it up on the other two walls just to be sure, Agreeable Gray it is!
Beth of designPOST interiors says
I don’t know why but your feed is not coming up on my blogroll feed regularly 🙁 I am missing all your good deals and projects- unacceptable!! I am going to to start using Blog Lovin instead bc I hate missing things! Love your new mirror!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Funny you say that Beth because I have been lost without my blogroll since moving over to WordPress (why can’t WordPress come up with one???) and missing so much stuff so I’ve been starting to use Bloglovin more. Glad you like the mirror!
Heather | Decor Fix says
I’ve used SW Agreeable Gray in3 client projects last year (and in my dad’s home). It’s SO versatile and has looked great in each environment, even though lighting was so different. It kind of whispers “gray” rather than yells it. Love, love, love it.
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Yay! That makes me so happy and more confident that it’s the way to go – thanks Heather!
Shelley @ Calypso in the Country says
I love that mirror! I also think Agreeable Gray is a great color. I have seen it in several pictures and seems to work well with other things.
Shelley
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks Shelley. I think Agreeable Gray is the winner!
Laurie says
I am trying to stay on track with one project at a time as well, but it’s SOOOOOO hard! I am trying to give myself two rooms at a time to hopefully curb too much jumping around, but I make no promises! 🙂 Love the mirror! I just might have to order myself one…is it wood though? An online review said it wasn’t?? I would go with the Agreeable Gray for your foyer. I personally think the Repose Gray reads a little too cold. Can’t wait to see the finished foyer!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
I’m glad it’s just not me who has decorating ADD! That’s strange about the online review – my mirror is definitely wood (and fairly heavy!).
Leslie says
Before I read all the comments and saw that you had indeed made a decision, I was going to suggest Dorian Grey SW 7017. I used it in our front sitting room that is now going to be my husband’s office. It’s a lovely color. When I needed a lighter version of grey in the basement, I used Mindful Grey. I should be revealing the office fairly soon. Good luck and I hope you find your grey agreeable!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Thanks so much for the paint color suggestions Leslie! I’m always looking for good grays so even if I don’t use them for my foyer, I’m glad to have some other color ideas for future spaces!
Bev Weinberger says
Love the mirror. I am looking for a convex one just like it for over our fireplace. Can you tell me if it is convex? (Hard to tell from the pic).
thanks!
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Gosh Bev – I just noticed that I never answered your question about the mirror – so sorry! No, it isn’t convex – it’s just a regular flat mirror. Again, sorry for the super late reply!
laura says
Please Help, I have been trying to decide between the exact two same colors for months, could you please tell me why you chose agreeable gray over repose, and are you happy with your decision, I’m afraid agreeable may be to light, put I also think it is a beautiful color, one thing I do know is my husband and kids think I’m crazy, Please help ! thank you, Laura
Kris @ Driven by Decor says
Hi Laura,
You crack me up! I actually ended up going with white walls only because all of the rooms off of our foyer are dark and we get little to no light in our foyer. But both Agreeable Gray and Repose Gray are beautiful colors – I honestly don’t think you can go wrong with either. I was going to go with Agreeable Gray only because I was looking for something that was more of a griege (had beige in it). Repose Gray was definitely a truer gray than Agreeable. The best choice for you honestly depends upon the colors that you have in your space and the rooms off of it – they’re both great choices!
Lanie says
So I am between the both colors as well. I love aggreable grey but is picking up a blue undertone- did you have this problem?
Thank you????
Kayleigh @ Sugar in My Texas Tea says
Repose Gray is one of the (11!!!!) samples we just threw up on our walls. I’ll have to go into the garage to see which one we went with. We narrowed it down to four SW colors (the others were Behr, all too dark or too purple) and that was one of them.
Kris Jarrett says
Ha! You sound like me Kayleigh – I always go overboard the the paint samples! Glad you found one that worked for you!
Anonymous says
Love the new mirror but also the older rustic rectangular one. Would you mind if I asked where you got that one? Thanks!
Kris Jarrett says
I liked that mirror a lot too – it just wasn’t a good size for my chest of drawers. That mirror was a HomeGoods find!
Marijke says
We did agreeable grey in almost the whole house. We painted our new build ourselves and were in a time crunch. I am now slowly painting a few rooms some other colors. but the agreeable grey is there to stay in the main living space for sure. It seems quiet versatile.
Kris Jarrett says
Thanks for sharing that – so good to know!
Meg says
What is the color on the back wall in the dining room with the decorative plates? Gorgeous!!
Kris Jarrett says
Thanks! It’s a tweaked version of Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray – the exact formula is at the bottom of this post: https://www.drivenbydecor.com/house-tour-dining-room
Nikki says
What is the paint color in your dining room in the background? I love it!
Kris Jarrett says
It’s a slightly tweaked version of Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray – you can find the exact formula at the bottom of this post: https://www.drivenbydecor.com/house-tour-dining-room/
Michelle says
Thank you so much for your post! I was deciding between these two colors and you made it so easy! Areeable gray it is. Thanks!
Gentry says
I painted my living room/dining room last summer in mindful gray, and ceilings repose gray and it turned out beautifully! I had gotten samples to help make up my mind, and loved the agreeable gray as well. I have the painting bug again and decided to do the bedrooms I’m agreeable gray! I’m so excited to get to finally use my other favorite color! Visualizing how amazing the finished project will look so that I don’t talk myself out of “opening a new can of [paint] worms”, ha!
Kris Jarrett says
That’s so great to know that you loved both colors!
Susan Bridges says
I painted my whole house Ageeable Grey. It looks great.
L says
We debated about the two but chose Repose Gray about a year ago for most of our main floor. We absolutely love it. With the lighting in some rooms we still get more beige than gray so I’m glad we chose Repose overAgreeable. – L
Sarah H says
We used Agreeable Gray to paint almost all of the interior of our house about 5 years ago and I’m still happy with it. In fact, today we are painting a den (rare area that was a more beige color) and it is also going to Agreeable Gray. Hope you are happy with your results. BTW we used Repose Gray on our kitchen cabinets (also good – but I wish I’d have gone a bit darker on those – not quite dark enough to look very gray).
Karen says
I thought I would use a light gray paint for interior walls but I am not a fan of white trim. I have since seen a house painted in a neutral color and they used a gray trim. I am now thinking of doing that and using possibly Repose Gray for the trim but unsure of a good light neutral color for the walls. Any ideas??
Tracy says
Love pearly white!!! Trim or walls. I used it on all walks before selling our home. Buyers loved the brightness & clean look. FYI I home sold fast… paint color helped.
Dianne says
Agreeable gray for sure. Sometimes Repose Gray gets a slight violet/purple look depending upon the lighting.
Tracy says
Both colors are tricky. Lighting, floor and textures can turn pink and or blue tone. Personally I’m a fan of soft whites. Especially if home has lower sun light. Good luck
Debra says
I painted my interior in repose gray and it was beautiful
Kris Jarrett says
Thanks for sharing Debra!
Aggie says
Hello, what’s the paint color of your dining room wall? It looks like a darker shade of Agreeable Gray.
Thanks!
Judith Z says
Repose Gray will pick up the wood tones in the mirror. Agreeble Gray has a tad too much beige.
Patti says
Hi, Thanks, I’ve been torn between the same two grays and also chose Agreeable
. My house is a typical 70’s ranch and the bathrooms both have the original ceramic tile so it’s complicating choices! The one bathroom will have to be white because there is so much already going on there. My question is which white are you using for trim? I’m torn between Alabaster and Pure white. I’d like to do the trim and ceilings in the hall and bedroom and the small master bath in white. Also should I use satin for trim and eggshell for ceilings? Thanks! Patti
Annie says
I much prefer the cooler greys, so Repose Gray appeals, but my kitchen cabinets, 3 bathroom vanities and the wood around the fireplace are cherrywood (reddish gold), with light gold/beige tiles or gold light hardwood. Black granite in the kitchen, with greenish gold slate backspash, no window, so dark. I can’t afford to change the backsplash or countertop, is Agreeble Gray a better choice? Kitchen and living room walls are now green, which I don’t like. Bathrooms have warm white with light grey quartz countertops, and walls are creamy yellow, which works with all the gold-beige tiles, but I really want to “cool down” the overall look so am hoping I can do it with the right paint. Thanks!
Jackie says
I am in the same boat – need to decide between Agreeable Gray or Repose Gray for an entire repaint of my first floor. Plan on taking the color throughout, with the exception of the office (Oyster Bay) and bathrooms (Anew Gray) on the first floor. I’m leaning hard toward Agreeable Gray, but have concerns about the lighting in my home. The kitchen/dining area, living room and master bedroom are all NW exposure. I picked up sample quarts of the two colors and painted 8×10 canvases – but I really feel like I won’t know how AG is going to behave until the paint is on the walls. Makes me nervous because I am paying a contractor to do this job, and I won’t be able to afford a do-over.
I see from the comments that you ended up going with white instead. What color did you choose? I’m toying with the idea of using Alabaster in my kitchen area to make it brighter/warmer (natural Alder cabinets, black granite, and neutral light beige ceramic backsplash) – I feel like it would be a good choice to be adjacent to the living room with AG.
I’ve been trying to make this decision for most of the summer, and now I’m down to the last 48 hours before I need to give the contractor my color choices. I’m sure I will be second guessing my decision right down to the last minute.
Bernadette Telander says
Which of those two grays ~ Repose or Agreeable ~ would go better with mahogany wood trim?
Dawn Nicole Woolner says
Hi, all of you that went with Agreeable Gray, what color trim and ceiling did you go with? I’m having a heck of a time choosing.
Roberta says
what is the best color flooring for 8×6 bathroom in basement, agreeable gray walls ?
Susanne Wik says
Our builder painted the walls in most of the house SW Repose Gray. It’s lovely and doesn’t turn pink at all. The house has dark wood floors with a white trim. The color is very relaxing.