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.
Lamp Room Gray
Farrow & Ball · No. 88
Pashmina
Benjamin Moore · AF-100
LRV
44.2
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Hex
#BBB2A1
177 · 177 · 170
RGB
187 · 178 · 161
Cool
Warmth
Neutral
Lamp Room Gray is cool; Pashmina is neutral.
Traditional blue-grey, softened; the lived-in grey of lamp rooms
Undertone
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Gray
Family
Beige
Colour Card
Collection
Affinity
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersLamp Room Gray leans cool where Pashmina reads neutral. Lamp Room Gray is a gray, Pashmina a beige.
How they read
In their own wordsLamp Room Gray is what Farrow & Ball calls its 'most traditional blue grey' — a mid-light grey with a soft blue cast that feels older and more settled than a modern cool grey. It takes its name from the rooms where oil lamps were once trimmed and stored.
Pashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.