Orion Gray vs Poppy Seed
Both are Behr colors. Orion Gray reads as grey, while Poppy Seed reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. With LRVs of 9 and 8, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE NaN, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Orion Gray vs Poppy Seed in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Orion Gray and Poppy Seed 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen Cabinets
On cabinetry, undertone and temperature become more pronounced against countertops and hardware. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Orion Gray vs Poppy Seed Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Orion Gray on one side and Poppy Seed 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 Orion Gray comparisons
See how Orion Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 9, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (9 vs 6) makes Orion Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 9, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 9, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Orion Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 9, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 9) makes Bancha the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 9, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Artichoke reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 9, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 9, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 9, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Treron reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 45 vs 9, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Cement grey reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 9), opening up a space where Orion Gray encloses it.