Ice Flow vs Agreeable Gray
Ice Flow (Cloverdale Paint) and Agreeable Gray (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Ice Flow belongs to the grey family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. The 5-point LRV gap — 60 for Agreeable Gray vs 55 for Ice Flow — means Agreeable Gray will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 5.6 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ice Flow vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Ice Flow and Agreeable Gray 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Agreeable Gray has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Agreeable Gray has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The brightness difference is modest but present — Agreeable Gray gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Agreeable Gray has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Ice Flow vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ice Flow 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 Ice Flow comparisons
See how Ice Flow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Ice Flow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 43) makes Ice Flow the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ice Flow reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Ice Flow reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.