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.
Clarté Lunaire
Ressource · MET 08
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
LRV
59.36
#B9B8B4
Hex
#CACBC5
185 · 184 · 180
RGB
202 · 203 · 197
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Silvery lunar sheen; pale metallic grey that shifts with the light
Undertone
A cool light gray with a blue undertone that shows in north light; reads neutral in warm light
White
Family
Gray
Peinture Métallisée
Collection
Historical Colors
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Clarté Lunaire is a white, Stonington Gray a gray.
How they read
In their own wordsClarté Lunaire — 'moonlight' — is shade MET 08 in Ressource's twelve-colour metallic collection: a pale, silvery finish that catches and returns light like brushed pewter. Berlin designer Gisbert Pöppler used it to give a sitting room a soft, lunar glow.
Stonington Gray is a light gray that Benjamin Moore describes as silvery, with relatively neutral undertones. On a wall it is cooler than that description suggests: a blue undertone shows in north-facing or cool light and relaxes in warm light. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and gray enough to read as a color against white trim.