Gray Mist vs Natural Choice
Where Gray Mist belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Natural Choice is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (73 vs 73), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Gray Mist runs yellow while Natural Choice is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 0.7, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Gray Mist vs Natural Choice in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Gray Mist and Natural Choice 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.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Gray Mist vs Natural Choice Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Gray Mist on one side and Natural Choice 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 Gray Mist comparisons
See how Gray Mist stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Gray Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 30, Gray Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 60, Gray Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 43, Gray Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (84 vs 73) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
Gray Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Gray Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Gray Mist reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 31, Gray Mist is decisively the brighter choice.