Toasty Gray vs Pigeon
Where Toasty Gray belongs to Behr's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within grey to land. Toasty Gray (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 10 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Toasty Gray runs red while Pigeon is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 31.9, 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.
Toasty Gray vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Toasty Gray and Pigeon 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 Toasty Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pigeon 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. Toasty Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Toasty Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Toasty Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Toasty Gray vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Toasty Gray on one side and Pigeon 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 Toasty Gray comparisons
See how Toasty Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Toasty Gray encloses it.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Toasty Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Toasty Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Toasty Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Toasty Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 21, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Toasty Gray encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Toasty Gray encloses it.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 41, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Toasty Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Toasty Gray is decisively the brighter choice.