The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Calke Green
Farrow & Ball · No. 34
The green from the breakfast room at Calke Abbey
Dune White
Benjamin Moore · 968
The wall white that stays out of the way
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersDune White is the lighter of the two at LRV 82, 60 points above Calke Green at LRV 22. Calke Green leans neutral where Dune White reads warm. Calke Green is a greens, Dune White a whites. For a whole room, Dune White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Calke Green is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsCalke Green takes its name from the breakfast room at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, and it has the settled, slightly faded quality of a color that has been on a wall for two hundred years. It is a mid-tone green with enough grey to stay calm and enough yellow to stay warm — the green of gardens rather than forests.
Dune White is a versatile off-white with hushed cream undertones and just enough beige-grey to keep it balanced — neither too yellow nor too cool. With an LRV near 82 it keeps a room bright and open, which is why it works so well as a whole-wall color behind bolder furniture and art.