Rabbit's Ear vs Colonnade Gray
Where Rabbit's Ear belongs to PPG's range, Colonnade Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both greige-greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within greige-grey to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (54 vs 53), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.2, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rabbit's Ear vs Colonnade Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Rabbit's Ear and Colonnade 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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
Rabbit's Ear vs Colonnade Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rabbit's Ear on one side and Colonnade 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 Rabbit's Ear comparisons
See how Rabbit's Ear stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Rabbit's Ear encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Rabbit's Ear reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rabbit's Ear reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Rabbit's Ear the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Rabbit's Ear reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Rabbit's Ear reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 21, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Rabbit's Ear encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Rabbit's Ear encloses it.
Rabbit's Ear reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 54), opening up a space where Rabbit's Ear encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 25, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
Rabbit's Ear reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Rabbit's Ear reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 24, Rabbit's Ear is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (57 vs 54) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.