Swirling Smoke vs Repose Gray
Swirling Smoke is a PPG color while Repose Gray comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the greige-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 60 and 58, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 0.6, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Swirling Smoke vs Repose Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Swirling Smoke and Repose 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
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Swirling Smoke vs Repose Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Swirling Smoke on one side and Repose 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 Swirling Smoke comparisons
See how Swirling Smoke stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 60, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 6, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Swirling Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Swirling Smoke the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Swirling Smoke the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 13, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Swirling Smoke encloses it.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 60, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Swirling Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 8, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Swirling Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Swirling Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.