Pale Moon vs Agreeable Gray
Where Pale Moon belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Pale Moon belongs to the beige-yellow family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Pale Moon (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Agreeable Gray (LRV 60), a difference of 16 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pale Moon runs yellow while Agreeable Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.7, 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.
Pale Moon vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Pale Moon 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 Pale Moon will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Agreeable Gray would.
Color Details
Pale Moon vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Moon 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 Pale Moon comparisons
See how Pale Moon stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 58, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 27, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 55, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 44, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (76 vs 66) makes Pale Moon the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Pale Moon the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 45, Pale Moon is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Pale Moon reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Pale Moon reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.