Steeped Tea vs Cornwall Slate
Where Steeped Tea belongs to PPG's range, Cornwall Slate is a Sherwin-Williams 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 (30 vs 29), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 2.0, 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.
Steeped Tea vs Cornwall Slate in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Steeped Tea and Cornwall Slate 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.
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.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Steeped Tea vs Cornwall Slate Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Steeped Tea on one side and Cornwall Slate 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 Steeped Tea comparisons
See how Steeped Tea stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 30, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
At LRV 30 vs 6, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
With LRVs of 30 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 52 vs 30, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (30 vs 27) makes Steeped Tea the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Steeped Tea reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 13, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 30, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Steeped Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 30, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 30, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Steeped Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 30, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Steeped Tea reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Steeped Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.