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.
Margaux
Color Atelier · Lime Paint
Spoonful of Sugar
Benjamin Moore · 041
LRV
20.98
#7B3D3B
Hex
#B26B58
123 · 61 · 59
RGB
178 · 107 · 88
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Deep burgundy red; wine-dark in limewash
Undertone
Burnt orange over red clay; a caramel terracotta
Red
Family
Orange
Lime Paint
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Margaux is a red, Spoonful of Sugar a orange.
How they read
In their own wordsMargaux is Color Atelier's bold, deep red — a burgundy with the depth of the Bordeaux it is named for. In lime paint the colour is never uniform: it pools darker in the corners and lifts to a dusty rose where the light hits.
Do not let the name fool you — Spoonful of Sugar is a deep, saturated caramel-terracotta, not a pastel. With an LRV of 21 it is a real color with real weight, and in a high-gloss lacquer it becomes something else entirely: a warm, glowing envelope that turns a library or dining room into a jewel box.