Settled, side by side
Comparisons
- White Dove vs Swiss CoffeeWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Swiss Coffee (LRV 81.91): which is warmer, which is brighter, and which designers reach for, with both shown in real rooms.
- White Dove vs Chantilly LaceWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04): Benjamin Moore's soft warm white against its cleanest white, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
- Pure White vs Extra WhiteSherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84) vs Extra White (LRV 86): which is warmer, which reads icy in north light, and which designers prefer for walls and trim.
- Chantilly Lace vs Pure WhiteBenjamin Moore Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04) vs Sherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84): crisp vs softly warm, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
Aegean Olive
Benjamin Moore · 1491
Wythe Blue
Benjamin Moore · HC-143
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersWythe Blue is the lighter of the two at LRV 48.11, 36.6 points above Aegean Olive at LRV 11.54. Aegean Olive leans warm where Wythe Blue reads cool. Aegean Olive is a green, Wythe Blue a blue. For a whole room, Wythe Blue is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Aegean Olive is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsAegean Olive is a deep, grayed olive that sits closer to bronze and khaki than to anything leafy. With an LRV just under 12 it behaves like a dark neutral: it wraps a room, dissolves corners and makes cane, rattan and aged brass look expensive. It is the green you choose when you do not want the room to read as green.
Wythe Blue is Benjamin Moore HC-143, from the Historical Colors collection. Benjamin Moore describes it as "an easy, genteel blue-green with a subtle gray cast," with an LRV of 48.11, so it sits in the middle of the light range.