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
Tundra
Benjamin Moore · 2133-70
LRV
77.07
#B9B8B4
Hex
#E2E4E3
185 · 184 · 180
RGB
226 · 228 · 227
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Silvery lunar sheen; pale metallic grey that shifts with the light
Undertone
Barely-there grey with a whisper of green-blue; a white with the warmth turned down
White
Family
White
Peinture Métallisée
Collection
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In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the white family.
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.
Tundra is the off-white for people who find most whites too creamy. Its LRV of 77 puts it in soft-white territory, but the base is a cool, faintly green-blue grey, so it reads clean and quiet rather than warm. On plaster mouldings and in rooms with a lot of daylight it looks like fresh air.