Peppermint Rock vs Agreeable Gray
Where Peppermint Rock belongs to Dulux's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Peppermint Rock belongs to the blue-green family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Peppermint Rock (LRV 75) reflects noticeably more light than Agreeable Gray (LRV 60), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Peppermint Rock runs cool while Agreeable Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.6, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Peppermint Rock vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Peppermint Rock 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 Peppermint Rock will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Agreeable Gray would.
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. Peppermint Rock reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Agreeable Gray.
Color Details
Peppermint Rock vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Peppermint 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.
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