Cathedral Gray vs Saybrook Sage
Where Cathedral Gray belongs to Behr's range, Saybrook Sage is a Benjamin Moore color. These are both greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within grey to land. Saybrook Sage (LRV 45) reflects noticeably more light than Cathedral Gray (LRV 40), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cathedral Gray runs red while Saybrook Sage is decidedly green, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 10.8, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cathedral Gray vs Saybrook Sage in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cathedral Gray and Saybrook Sage in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The brightness difference is modest but present — Saybrook Sage gives the walls a little more lift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Saybrook Sage has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Cathedral Gray vs Saybrook Sage Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cathedral Gray on one side and Saybrook Sage on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Cathedral Gray comparisons
See how Cathedral Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 40, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (52 vs 40) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (40 vs 30) makes Cathedral Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 40, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 40 vs 4, Cathedral Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 40, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 40 vs 21, Cathedral Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (51 vs 40) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 40), opening up a space where Cathedral Gray encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cathedral Gray reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 31) makes Cathedral Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 40 vs 7, Cathedral Gray is decisively the brighter choice.