Chestertown Buff vs Agreeable Gray
Where Chestertown Buff belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Chestertown Buff 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 Chestertown Buff (LRV 53), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Chestertown Buff 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 27.3, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chestertown Buff vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chestertown Buff 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Agreeable Gray gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Agreeable Gray has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Chestertown Buff vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chestertown Buff 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 Chestertown Buff comparisons
See how Chestertown Buff stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Chestertown Buff encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Chestertown Buff reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chestertown Buff reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Chestertown Buff the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 53 vs 4, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Chestertown Buff reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Chestertown Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 21, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Chestertown Buff encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Chestertown Buff encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Chestertown Buff encloses it.
Chestertown Buff reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Chestertown Buff encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (53 vs 41) makes Chestertown Buff the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 53, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 25, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Chestertown Buff reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chestertown Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 24, Chestertown Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 53) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 53, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.