French Toile vs French Gray
Where French Toile belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, French Toile belongs to the blue-grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (43 vs 43), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. French Toile runs blue while French Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.6, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
French Toile vs French Gray in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing French Toile and French Gray in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. French Gray brings more warmth to the space, while French Toile keeps things cooler and crisper.
Color Details
French Toile vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see French Toile on one side and French 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 French Toile comparisons
See how French Toile stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 43, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 6, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 43) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 27, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 43, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 13, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 43, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 43, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 43 vs 12, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 12, French Toile is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
French Toile reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
French Toile reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 43), opening up a space where French Toile encloses it.