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
Lamp Room Gray
Farrow & Ball · No. 88
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Hex
#B1B1AA
244 · 240 · 231
RGB
177 · 177 · 170
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Le Cygne is warm; Lamp Room Gray is cool.
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Undertone
Traditional blue-grey, softened; the lived-in grey of lamp rooms
White
Family
Gray
Ressource Collection
Collection
Colour Card
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersLe Cygne leans warm where Lamp Room Gray reads cool. Le Cygne is a white, Lamp Room Gray a gray.
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.
Lamp 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.