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
Wythe Blue
Benjamin Moore · HC-143
LRV
48.11
#98ACBA
Hex
#AABEB4
152 · 172 · 186
RGB
170 · 190 · 180
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Clean cool blue with a touch of black; Farrow & Ball says it stays truly blue in all lights
Undertone
Blue-green with a subtle gray cast
Blue
Family
Blue
Colour Card
Collection
Historic Collection
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.
Wythe Blue is Benjamin Moore HC-143, from the Historical Colors collection. Benjamin Moore describes it as "an easy, genteel blue-green with a subtle gray cast," with an LRV of 48.11, so it sits in the middle of the light range.