Bar Harbor Beige vs Agreeable Gray
Where Bar Harbor Beige belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Bar Harbor Beige reads as beige, while Agreeable Gray reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Bar Harbor Beige (LRV 51), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Bar Harbor Beige runs red while Agreeable Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 10.4, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bar Harbor Beige vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Bar Harbor Beige 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
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 Agreeable Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bar Harbor Beige would.
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. Agreeable Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bar Harbor Beige.
Color Details
Bar Harbor Beige vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bar Harbor Beige 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 Bar Harbor Beige comparisons
See how Bar Harbor Beige stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 51, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 51 vs 30, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (51 vs 43) makes Bar Harbor Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 4, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 51, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (51 vs 41) makes Bar Harbor Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 25, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 51 vs 31, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 7, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 24, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (57 vs 51) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.