Granite Dust vs Popular Gray
Where Granite Dust belongs to Behr's range, Popular Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (63 vs 61), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Granite Dust runs red while Popular Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 1.0, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Granite Dust vs Popular Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Granite Dust and Popular Gray are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Granite Dust vs Popular Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Granite Dust on one side and Popular Gray 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 Granite Dust comparisons
See how Granite Dust stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 63, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 6, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
Granite Dust reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Granite Dust the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Granite Dust the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Granite Dust the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Granite Dust encloses it.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 12-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Granite Dust is decisively the brighter choice.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Granite Dust reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Granite Dust reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.