Repose Gray vs Sage
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Hue-wise, Repose Gray belongs to the greige-grey family and Sage to the beige-greige family. At LRV 58 vs 42, Repose Gray will read as the brighter of the two — a 16-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 13.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Repose Gray vs Sage in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Repose Gray and Sage 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Repose Gray returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Repose Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sage would.
Kitchen Cabinets
On cabinetry, undertone and temperature become more pronounced against countertops and hardware. The LRV gap is large enough that Repose Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sage would.
Color Details
Repose Gray vs Sage Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Repose Gray on one side and Sage 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 Repose Gray comparisons
See how Repose Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 58 vs 6, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Repose Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Repose Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 58 vs 27, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Repose Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 13, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Repose Gray encloses it.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Repose Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Repose Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
With LRVs of 58 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.