Living Large vs Agreeable Gray
Where Living Large belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Living Large belongs to the beige family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Living Large (LRV 51), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 22.1, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Living Large vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Living Large 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 Living Large would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Agreeable Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Living Large.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Agreeable Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Living Large.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Agreeable Gray returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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 Living Large.
Color Details
Living Large vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Living Large 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 Living Large comparisons
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At LRV 51 vs 27, Living Large is decisively the brighter choice.
Living Large reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 51) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 13, Living Large is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 83 vs 51, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Living Large is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 8, Living Large is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 51 vs 12, Living Large is decisively the brighter choice.
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