Pistachio vs Agreeable Gray
Pistachio is a Jotun color while Agreeable Gray comes from Sherwin-Williams. Hue-wise, Pistachio belongs to the yellow family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. At LRV 60 vs 58, Agreeable Gray will read as the brighter of the two — a 3-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 11.3, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pistachio vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pistachio 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
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Pistachio vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pistachio 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 Pistachio comparisons
See how Pistachio stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Pistachio reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pistachio reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 58 vs 27, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
Pistachio reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Pistachio encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 8, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Pistachio is decisively the brighter choice.
Pistachio reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pistachio reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.