Ashen vs Twilight Gray
Where Ashen belongs to PPG's range, Twilight Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Ashen belongs to the beige-greige family and Twilight Gray to the greige-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (52 vs 53), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.6, 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.
Ashen vs Twilight Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Ashen and Twilight 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.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Ashen vs Twilight Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ashen on one side and Twilight 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 Ashen comparisons
See how Ashen stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 52, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ashen reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 52 vs 27, Ashen is decisively the brighter choice.
Ashen reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
A 8-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Ashen the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Ashen encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Ashen is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Ashen is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Ashen the marginally brighter of the two.
Ashen reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Ashen reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Ashen reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.