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.
De Nimes
Farrow & Ball · No. 299
Coat of Arms
Benjamin Moore · 763
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the blue family.
How they read
In their own wordsDe Nimes is Farrow & Ball No. 299, which the brand calls "a quietly elegant blue" that "feels wonderfully down to earth." Its name and its shade come from the everyday workwear cloth woven in Nîmes, France, and Farrow & Ball names Shaded White as its complementary white. Stiffkey Blue and Inchyra Blue are the brand's darker neighbors; Selvedge and Oval Room Blue the lighter ones.
Coat of Arms is a deep, gray-tempered teal — blue enough to anchor a room the way a navy would, green enough to feel alive against wood, brass and raffia. At LRV 14.7 it is a genuinely dark color, and that darkness is where its elegance lives: it recedes, it flatters everything placed against it, and it never looks like a color that is trying.