Aegean Olive vs Agreeable Gray
Aegean Olive is a Benjamin Moore color while Agreeable Gray comes from Sherwin-Williams. These are both greige-greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within greige-grey to land. At LRV 60 vs 12, Agreeable Gray will read as the brighter of the two — a 49-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. The tonal difference — Aegean Olive's yellow character against Agreeable Gray's warm — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 44.2, 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.
Aegean Olive vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Aegean Olive and Agreeable 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
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. Agreeable Gray returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Home Office
In a home office, wall color sits in your peripheral vision for hours at a time, so temperature and undertone matter more than you might expect. The LRV gap is large enough that Agreeable Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Aegean Olive would.
Color Details
Aegean Olive vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Aegean Olive on one side and Agreeable 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 Aegean Olive comparisons
See how Aegean Olive stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (12 vs 6) makes Aegean Olive the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Aegean Olive reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 12, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (12 vs 8) makes Aegean Olive the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 12), opening up a space where Aegean Olive encloses it.
Aegean Olive reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.