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.
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sweet Tea
Portola Paints · Lime Wash
46.34
LRV
#AABBA5
Hex
#A19D7B
170 · 187 · 165
RGB
161 · 157 · 123
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Cedar Grove is cool; Sweet Tea is warm.
Soft sage; a grey-green with a little blue in the shade
Undertone
Soft sage green in limewash
Green
Family
Green
Classics Color Collection
Collection
Lime Wash
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersCedar Grove leans cool where Sweet Tea reads warm. Both belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsCedar Grove is a mid-light sage — green enough to be clearly a color from across the room, grey enough never to look minty. At LRV 46 it sits in the sweet spot for a full-room green: it holds its tone in daylight and softens rather than muddies as the light fades.
Sweet Tea is the Portola Paints Lime Wash the designer specifies for this bathroom. Lime wash is a mineral paint rather than a flat coating, so the color sits on the wall with soft, cloudy movement and dries lighter than it goes on.