Soft Savanna vs Agreeable Gray
Where Soft Savanna belongs to Jotun's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Soft Savanna belongs to the beige-greige family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Soft Savanna (LRV 42), a difference of 19 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 15.7, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Savanna vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Soft Savanna 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 Soft Savanna would.
Color Details
Soft Savanna vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Savanna 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 Soft Savanna comparisons
See how Soft Savanna stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 42, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (42 vs 30) makes Soft Savanna the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 42 vs 4, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 42, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 21, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (51 vs 42) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Savanna encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Soft Savanna reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (42 vs 31) makes Soft Savanna the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 42 vs 7, Soft Savanna is decisively the brighter choice.