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
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
LRV
53.31
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Hex
#BBC3BB
244 · 240 · 231
RGB
187 · 195 · 187
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Le Cygne is warm; Tranquility is cool.
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Undertone
Pale grey with a green-blue whisper; sea fog
White
Family
Blue
Ressource Collection
Collection
Affinity Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorTranquility
The difference
Read from the numbersLe Cygne leans warm where Tranquility reads cool. Le Cygne is a white, Tranquility 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.
Tranquility is a pale grey from Benjamin Moore's Affinity collection with a soft green-blue whisper — the color of sea fog rather than a city sky. At LRV 53 it is a true light-mid tone, and it does exactly what its name suggests: it calms a room without making it cold.