Summit Gray
Summit Gray is a Neutral paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#959491LRV
29.56
Summit Gray's Color Strip
Summit Gray is the fifth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Pewter Cast and Gray Shingle. The strip spans from Zircon at the lightest end to Grapy at the deepest. As part of strip 282, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Summit Gray in Rooms
Follow Summit Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 7 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Misc Photo
1 misc image trace Summit Gray (7669) through the color’s movement from one type of space to another. Its place within Timeless Color Wall and Top 50 Colors hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
An accent wall in Summit Gray adds sophisticated depth to this space.
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1 Living Room Photo
Summit Gray (7669) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under the movement from window light to lamplight.
Living room walls in Summit Gray provide elegant neutral sophistication.
@aaron911411
1 Bedroom Photo
Viewed across 1 bedroom image in a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, Summit Gray (7669) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 29.6 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Summit Gray walls create a calm backdrop for this bedroom retreat.
@luxeinteriorsanddesigninc
2 House Photos
Summit Gray (7669) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows.
Exterior siding in Summit Gray gives this home a modern, polished appearance.
@daguecommunities
Summit Gray exterior paint provides lasting beauty and timeless curb appeal.
@aasrudpainting
2 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Summit Gray (7669) brings its neutral character into cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture. Its muted saturation softens the color’s edges, making texture and shadow part of the composition.
Kitchen cabinets painted Summit Gray offer contemporary style and durability.
@oxfordmscabinets
These gray cabinets in Summit Gray shade elevate the kitchen's modern design.
@oxfordmscabinets
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 86 vs 30, Extra White is decisively the brighter choice.
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 30), opening up a space where Summit Gray encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (30 vs 25) makes Summit Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Trim Color
At LRV 86 vs 30, Extra White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 30 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Bedrock the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 30 vs 7, Summit Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 30, Starry Night is decisively the brighter choice.
Summit Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 30 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 30 vs 3, Summit Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wisp reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 30), opening up a space where Summit Gray encloses it.
At LRV 30 vs 6, Summit Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 49 vs 30, March Wind is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Bedrock the marginally brighter of the two.
Ellie Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Zircon reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 30), opening up a space where Summit Gray encloses it.
Darker Colors
Summit Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Summit Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 14, Summit Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Summit Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (30 vs 22) makes Summit Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This tantalizing dark gray with its slight purple undertone creates a warm and inviting space. Try this pure warm neutral in a dining room or bathroom.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.