Spalding Gray
Often used for its versatile qualities, Spalding Gray remains a staple for Sherwin-Williams designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to add character and warmth to any space. Use our expert data below to help you visualize this color in your home.
Hex
#8D7F75
LRV
22.13
Spalding Gray's Color Strip
Spalding Gray is the fifth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Chatura Gray and Garret Gray. The strip spans from Popular Gray at the lightest end to Chateau Brown at the deepest. Color strip 242 groups these shades together so you can see how each reads next to its neighbors.
Coordinating Colors
Heron Plume reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 22), opening up a space where Spalding Gray encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (32 vs 22) makes Jasper Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (22 vs 15) makes Spalding Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Trim Color
Heron Plume reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 22), opening up a space where Spalding Gray encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 24 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 22 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (26 vs 22) makes Hammered Silver the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 77 vs 22, Glass Bead is decisively the brighter choice.
Morning at Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spalding Gray reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 6), opening up a space where Mount Etna encloses it.
Debonair reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spalding Gray reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 7), opening up a space where Tarragon encloses it.
Spalding Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spalding Gray reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 7), opening up a space where Sea Mariner encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Polished Concrete reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Proper Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 22), opening up a space where Spalding Gray encloses it.
Hibernate reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 22), opening up a space where Spalding Gray encloses it.
With LRVs of 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Spalding Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (22 vs 15) makes Spalding Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 22 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 10-point LRV gap (22 vs 12) makes Spalding Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (22 vs 13) makes Spalding Gray the marginally brighter of the two.