Little Touch vs Agreeable Gray

Little Touch (Cloverdale Paint) and Agreeable Gray (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Little Touch reads as pink-purple, while Agreeable Gray reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. The 8-point LRV gap — 68 for Little Touch vs 60 for Agreeable Gray — means Little Touch will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 17.1 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.

Little Touch vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces

5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Little Touch 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

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. Little Touch reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.

Little TouchLittle Touch 1189 by Cloverdale Paint — Living Room

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Agreeable GrayAgreeable Gray SW 7029 living room

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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. Little Touch has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

Little TouchLittle Touch 1189 by Cloverdale Paint — Bedroom

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Agreeable GrayBedroom painted in Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray

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Kitchen

Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Little Touch has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

Little TouchLittle Touch 1189 by Cloverdale Paint — Kitchen

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Agreeable GraySherwin Williams Agreeable Gray kitchen cabinets

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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 — Little Touch gives the walls a little more lift.

Little TouchLittle Touch 1189 by Cloverdale Paint — Dining Room

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Agreeable GraySherwin Williams SW 7029 dining room

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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. Little Touch has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

Little TouchLittle Touch 1189 by Cloverdale Paint — Bathroom

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Agreeable GrayModern Agreeable Gray bathroom

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Color Details

Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint · 1189
Hex#E6D0E7
LRV68.0
BrandCloverdale Paint
Number1189
Undertone
Temperature
BrightnessLight
Agreeable Gray
Sherwin-Williams · 7029
Hex#D1CBC1
LRV60.4
BrandSherwin-Williams
Number7029
Undertone
TemperatureWarm
BrightnessLight

Little Touch vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison

5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Little Touch on one side and Agreeable Gray on the other.

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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 Little Touch comparisons

See how Little Touch stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.

White Dove
Little Touch
White Dove
Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Little Touch encloses it.

Little Touch
Ammonite
Little Touch
Ammonite
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Ammonite
LRV 69

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.

Little Touch
Iron Ore
Little Touch
Iron Ore
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.

Little Touch
Purbeck Stone
Little Touch
Purbeck Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

At LRV 68 vs 52, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Evergreen Fog
Little Touch
Evergreen Fog
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

At LRV 68 vs 30, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Mizzle
Little Touch
Mizzle
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Mizzle
LRV 52

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.

Little Touch
Accessible Beige
Little Touch
Accessible Beige
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Little Touch
Denim Drift
Little Touch
Denim Drift
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.

Little Touch
French Gray
Little Touch
French Gray
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

At LRV 68 vs 43, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Naval
Little Touch
Naval
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Sherwin-Williams
Naval
LRV 4

At LRV 68 vs 4, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Tranquil Dawn
Little Touch
Tranquil Dawn
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.

Little Touch
Bancha
Little Touch
Bancha
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Bancha
LRV 13

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.

Little Touch
Hardwick White
Little Touch
Hardwick White
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.

Little Touch
Pure White
Little Touch
Pure White
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Artichoke
Little Touch
Artichoke
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Sherwin-Williams
Artichoke
LRV 21

At LRV 68 vs 21, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Balboa Mist
Little Touch
Balboa Mist
Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Little Touch
Shoji White
Little Touch
Shoji White
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Little Touch
Snowbound
Little Touch
Snowbound
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Sherwin-Williams
Snowbound
LRV 83

Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Little Touch encloses it.

Little Touch
Pewter Green
Little Touch
Pewter Green
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.

Little Touch
Skimming Stone
Little Touch
Skimming Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Little Touch
Dix Blue
Little Touch
Dix Blue
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Dix Blue
LRV 41

At LRV 68 vs 41, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Calamine
Little Touch
Calamine
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Calamine
LRV 68

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.

Little Touch
Treron
Little Touch
Treron
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
Farrow & Ball
Treron
LRV 25

At LRV 68 vs 25, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Vintage Vogue
Little Touch
Vintage Vogue
Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.

Saybrook Sage
Little Touch
Saybrook Sage
Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

Little Touch reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.

Little Touch
Pale Green
Little Touch
Pale Green
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
RAL ClassicClassic
Pale Green
LRV 31

At LRV 68 vs 31, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Pine Needle
Little Touch
Pine Needle
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

At LRV 68 vs 7, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Little Touch
Cement grey
Little Touch
Cement grey
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68
RAL ClassicClassic
Cement grey
LRV 24

At LRV 68 vs 24, Little Touch is decisively the brighter choice.

Guilford Green
Little Touch
Guilford Green
Little Touch
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 57) makes Little Touch the marginally brighter of the two.

Little Touch
Just Walnut
Little Touch
Just Walnut
Cloverdale Paint
Little Touch
1189 · LRV 68

A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.