Mild Mint vs French Gray
Where Mild Mint belongs to Behr's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Mild Mint belongs to the green-grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Mild Mint (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Mild Mint runs green while French Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 12.7, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mild Mint vs French Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mild Mint and French Gray in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Mild Mint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Mild Mint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Color Details
Mild Mint vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mild Mint on one side and French 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 Mild Mint comparisons
See how Mild Mint stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Mild Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Mild Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Mild Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Mild Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Mild Mint encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Mild Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Mild Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Mild Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Mild Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mild Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
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Mild Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.