Templeton Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Templeton Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Templeton Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Slaked Lime Deep to the beige family. Templeton Gray has an LRV of 24. Templeton Gray runs blue while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 30.6, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Templeton Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Templeton Gray and Slaked Lime Deep 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Templeton Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Templeton Gray on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Templeton Gray comparisons
See how Templeton Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 24, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 6, Templeton Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 24, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 24, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (27 vs 24) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
Templeton Gray reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 24, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (24 vs 13) makes Templeton Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 24, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
With LRVs of 24 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 24, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 24, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 24, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Templeton Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 8, Templeton Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 24), opening up a space where Templeton Gray encloses it.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Templeton Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 24, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Templeton Gray reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.