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.
Breakfast Room Green
Farrow & Ball · No. 81
Aegean Olive
Benjamin Moore · 1491
LRV
11.54
#90A589
Hex
#5D594C
144 · 165 · 137
RGB
93 · 89 · 76
Warmth
Warm
Lively mid green with a touch of blue (Meredith Ellis, via Chairish)
Undertone
Grey-brown olive; more khaki and bronze than leaf green
Green
Family
Green
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorBreakfast Room Green
The difference
Read from the numbersBoth belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsBreakfast Room Green No. 81 is, in Farrow & Ball's words, "the most cheerful of all our greens, remaining lively in both bright sunlight or softer candlelight". The brand adds that it is particularly beautiful in the dawn light.
Aegean 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.