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.
China White
Benjamin Moore · OC-141
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
76.43
LRV
#E7E4D9
Hex
#F4F0E7
231 · 228 · 217
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Cool
Warmth
Warm
China White is cool; Le Cygne is warm.
Soft white with gray undertones; quieter than a bright white
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
White
Family
White
Off-White
Collection
Ressource Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersChina White leans cool where Le Cygne reads warm. Both belong to the white family.
How they read
In their own wordsChina White is Benjamin Moore OC-141, from the Off-White collection. The brand says "cool gray undertones freshen up this shade of white," and its LRV of 76.43 puts it a step below the brightest whites, so it reads as a calm, slightly shadowed white rather than a glare.
Le Cygne — the swan — is a warm, matte ivory from the French house Ressource. It has the chalky, light-absorbing quality of old lime plaster, which is why it looks so at home on Haussmann paneling and ceiling roses: it softens the light rather than bouncing it around. Cream is present, yellow is not.