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.
Blackened
Farrow & Ball · No. 2011
Alabaster
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7008
LRV
82.215
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Hex
#EDEAE0
219 · 219 · 218
RGB
237 · 234 · 224
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Blackened is cool; Alabaster is warm.
Farrow & Ball's coolest white, with a hint of grey from lamp black pigment
Undertone
Warm creamy white with a faint beige-yellow base
White
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorAlabaster
No room photographed in Alabaster yet.
Feature yours →The difference
Read from the numbersBlackened leans cool where Alabaster reads warm. Both belong to the white family.
How they read
In their own wordsBlackened is, in Farrow & Ball's own words, its coolest white, with a hint of grey, historically made with the addition of lamp black pigment. It belongs to the brand's group of Architectural Neutrals, the whites meant for minimal and industrial schemes.
Alabaster (SW 7008) is a soft, creamy white with a faint beige-yellow undertone — warm enough to feel inviting, clean enough to still read as white. At LRV 82 it brightens a room without the starkness of a true white.