The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Extra White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006
Gallery white
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersExtra White is the lighter of the two at LRV 86, 26.6 points above Stonington Gray at LRV 59.36. Extra White leans cool where Stonington Gray reads neutral. Extra White is a whites, Stonington Gray a grays. For a whole room, Extra White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Stonington Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsExtra White is a bright, slightly cool white — the closest Sherwin-Williams gets to a gallery wall. At LRV 86 it is crisp and reflective, with a faint blue-grey lean that keeps it clean rather than creamy. It is the white for architecture: plaster reliefs, coffered ceilings, a bank of steel windows.
Stonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.