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
Little Falls
Benjamin Moore · 1621
LRV
41.07
#F4F0E7
Hex
#9EADB7
244 · 240 · 231
RGB
158 · 173 · 183
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Le Cygne is warm; Little Falls is cool.
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Undertone
Dusty steel blue with grey; a denim that has been washed many times
White
Family
Blue
Ressource Collection
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersLe Cygne leans warm where Little Falls reads cool. Le Cygne is a white, Little Falls 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.
Little Falls is a mid-tone, grey-softened blue with the ease of well-worn denim. At LRV 41 it holds its color in daylight without ever becoming bright, and its grey base keeps it from reading as nursery blue. It is calm without being cold.