Rippled Rock vs Agreeable Gray
Rippled Rock (Cloverdale Paint) and Agreeable Gray (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Rippled Rock belongs to the grey family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. The 4-point LRV gap — 60 for Agreeable Gray vs 56 for Rippled Rock — means Agreeable Gray will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 3.6 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.
Rippled Rock vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Rippled Rock 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
Rippled Rock vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rippled Rock 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 Rippled Rock comparisons
See how Rippled Rock stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Rippled Rock the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 56 vs 30, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
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With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Rippled Rock reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 4, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 21, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 56), opening up a space where Rippled Rock encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Rippled Rock encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (56 vs 51) makes Rippled Rock the marginally brighter of the two.
Rippled Rock reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
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Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 56), opening up a space where Rippled Rock encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 41, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
Rippled Rock reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Rippled Rock reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 7, Rippled Rock is decisively the brighter choice.