Flora vs Agreeable Gray
Where Flora belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Flora belongs to the green-grey family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Flora (LRV 40), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Flora runs green while Agreeable Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 14.0, 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.
Flora vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Flora 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.
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 returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Agreeable Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Flora would.
Color Details
Flora vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flora 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 Flora comparisons
See how Flora stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 40, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 30) makes Flora the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
Flora reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (43 vs 40) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 40, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
Flora reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 40), opening up a space where Flora encloses it.
Flora reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (40 vs 31) makes Flora the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 40 vs 7, Flora is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 40 vs 24, Flora is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 40, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 40, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.