Sweet Basil vs Agreeable Gray
Where Sweet Basil belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Sweet Basil reads as green-grey, while Agreeable Gray reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Sweet Basil (LRV 14), a difference of 47 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sweet Basil 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 42.6, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sweet Basil vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sweet Basil 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 Agreeable Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sweet Basil would.
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 reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sweet Basil.
Color Details
Sweet Basil vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Basil 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.
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