Mossy Stone vs Cargo Pants
Mossy Stone is a Dulux color while Cargo Pants comes from Sherwin-Williams. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. With LRVs of 57 and 56, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 1.6, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mossy Stone vs Cargo Pants in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Mossy Stone and Cargo Pants 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Mossy Stone vs Cargo Pants Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mossy Stone on one side and Cargo Pants 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 Mossy Stone comparisons
See how Mossy Stone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 57), opening up a space where Mossy Stone encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (69 vs 57) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (57 vs 52) makes Mossy Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 30, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Mossy Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (60 vs 57) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 57 vs 43, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 4, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 57, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 21, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 57), opening up a space where Mossy Stone encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 57), opening up a space where Mossy Stone encloses it.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 57 vs 41, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 57) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 25, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Mossy Stone reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Mossy Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 57 vs 31, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 7, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 24, Mossy Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.