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.
Inventive Orange
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6633
Blackberry
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7577
42.41
LRV
4.81
Inventive Orange is 37.6 points lighter
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Hex
#533640
232 · 157 · 111
RGB
83 · 54 · 64
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Clear apricot orange; warm yellow-red base
Undertone
Deep plum with a magenta undertone
Orange
Family
Purple
Orange
Collection
Sherwin-Williams
In real rooms
Every room, each colorBlackberry
The difference
Read from the numbersInventive Orange is the lighter of the two at LRV 42.41, 37.6 points above Blackberry at LRV 4.81. Both read warm. Inventive Orange is a orange, Blackberry a purple. For a whole room, Inventive Orange is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Blackberry is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsInventive Orange is a mid-light, clear apricot — a genuine orange rather than a terracotta, with a warm yellow-red base. At LRV 42 it is bright enough to lift a room and saturated enough to read as a deliberate choice.
Blackberry SW 7577 is a very dark plum in Sherwin-Williams' red family, rated for interior and exterior use. Sherwin-Williams gives an LRV of 4.81.