Soft Mint vs French Gray
Where Soft Mint belongs to Behr's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Soft Mint belongs to the blue-green family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Soft Mint (LRV 77) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Soft 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 23.6, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Mint vs French Gray in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soft 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.
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 LRV gap is large enough that Soft Mint will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Soft Mint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
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. Soft Mint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Soft 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. Soft Mint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Color Details
Soft Mint vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft 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 Soft Mint comparisons
See how Soft Mint stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 58, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 27, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 55, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 44, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (77 vs 66) makes Soft Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 77 vs 12, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Soft Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 12, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 45, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
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Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Soft Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.