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.
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
LRV
48
#F4F0E7
Hex
#ADBCB3
244 · 240 · 231
RGB
173 · 188 · 179
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Le Cygne is warm; Catalina Blue is cool.
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Undertone
Soft blue-green, a sage lean
White
Family
Blue
Ressource Collection
Collection
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In real rooms
Every room, each colorCatalina Blue
The difference
Read from the numbersLe Cygne leans warm where Catalina Blue reads cool. Le Cygne is a white, Catalina Blue a blue.
How they read
In their own wordsLe Cygne — the swan — is a warm, matte ivory from the French house Ressource. It has the chalky, light-absorbing quality of old lime plaster, which is why it looks so at home on Haussmann paneling and ceiling roses: it softens the light rather than bouncing it around. Cream is present, yellow is not.
Despite the name, Catalina Blue lives in the soft territory where blue meets green. It is a muted, sea-glass color — grey enough to stay calm, green enough to feel coastal — that shifts between blue and sage depending on the light it's given.