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.
Costes
Portola Paints · Roman Clay
Southwest Pottery
Benjamin Moore · 048
LRV
16.56
#B07A62
Hex
#975F57
176 · 122 · 98
RGB
151 · 95 · 87
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Dusty rose-terracotta; clay with a pink heart
Undertone
Brown and red tones of kiln-fired clay; some see a hint of violet
Orange
Family
Red
Roman Clay
Collection
Benjamin Moore Classics
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCostes
The difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Costes is a orange, Southwest Pottery a red.
How they read
In their own wordsCostes is a Portola Roman Clay — a hand-applied plaster finish rather than a paint — in a dusty rose-terracotta. Because Roman Clay is troweled on, the color is never flat: it moves between pale pink and deep clay across a single wall, and the surface has a soft, suede-like depth that photographs like stone.
Southwest Pottery 048 is a deep clay red from Benjamin Moore's Classics collection, described by the brand as "a nuanced hue that captures the brown and red tones of kiln-fired clay". Its LRV is 16.56, so it is a properly deep colour.