Ashland Slate vs Anchor
Where Ashland Slate belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Anchor is a Cloverdale Paint color. Hue-wise, Ashland Slate belongs to the grey family and Anchor to the blue-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (16 vs 15), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.7, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ashland Slate vs Anchor in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Ashland Slate and Anchor are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Ashland Slate vs Anchor Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ashland Slate on one side and Anchor 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 Ashland Slate comparisons
See how Ashland Slate stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 16, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (16 vs 6) makes Ashland Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 16, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 16, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (27 vs 16) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
Ashland Slate reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 16, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 16, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 16, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 16, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 16, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Ashland Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
A 8-point LRV gap (16 vs 8) makes Ashland Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 16, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Ashland Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 16, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 16), opening up a space where Ashland Slate encloses it.