Baluster vs Elephant Gray
Where Baluster belongs to Little Greene's range, Elephant Gray is a PPG color. These are both greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within grey to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (23 vs 24), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.8, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Baluster vs Elephant Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Baluster and Elephant 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
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Baluster vs Elephant Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Baluster on one side and Elephant 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 Baluster comparisons
See how Baluster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 60 vs 23, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 23, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 23, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
Baluster reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Baluster reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
Baluster reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 23), opening up a space where Baluster encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (31 vs 23) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.