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.
Kittiwake
Farrow & Ball · No. 307
De Nimes
Farrow & Ball · No. 299
#98ACBA
Hex
#748284
152 · 172 · 186
RGB
116 · 130 · 132
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Clean cool blue with a touch of black; Farrow & Ball says it stays truly blue in all lights
Undertone
Grayed blue with a touch of green; workwear denim rather than sky
Blue
Family
Blue
Colour Card
Collection
Colour Card
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 wordsKittiwake is a clean, cool mid blue from Farrow & Ball, named for the seabird and, in the brand's words, inspired by the wings of seabirds when seen in bright sunlight. On the colour card it sits between Parma Gray and Lulworth Blue.
De 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.