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
Silver Metallic
Meoded · Decorative plaster
#F4F0E7
Hex
#B7B4AE
244 · 240 · 231
RGB
183 · 180 · 174
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Le Cygne is warm; Silver Metallic is cool.
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Undertone
Warm pewter with a pearl sheen; the color changes as you move
White
Family
Gray
Ressource Collection
Collection
Decorative finishes
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersLe Cygne leans warm where Silver Metallic reads cool. Le Cygne is a white, Silver Metallic 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.
Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.