Moth Gray vs Mushroom
Where Moth Gray belongs to PPG's range, Mushroom is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (58 vs 57), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 0.9, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Moth Gray vs Mushroom in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Moth Gray and Mushroom 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.
Color Details
Moth Gray vs Mushroom Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Moth Gray on one side and Mushroom 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 Moth Gray comparisons
See how Moth Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Moth Gray encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Moth Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Moth Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Moth Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Moth Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Moth Gray encloses it.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Moth Gray reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 31, Moth Gray is decisively the brighter choice.