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Milk White

Edward Bulmer Natural Paint · Milk White

Extra White

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006

LRV
86
#F1ECDF
Hex
#EEEFEA
241 · 236 · 223
RGB
238 · 239 · 234
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Milk White is warm; Extra White is cool.
Warm, soft white with none of milk's blue cast
Undertone
A bright, clean white with a faint blue-grey lean
White
Family
White
Core range
Collection
White & Pastel

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Milk White leans warm where Extra White reads cool. Both belong to the white family.

How they read

In their own words

Milk White is one of Edward Bulmer's core whites — a warm, inviting white with none of the blueness the name might suggest. The paint is plant-based and pigmented with earths, which gives the colour a chalky, gentle depth on the wall.

Extra White is a bright, slightly cool white — the closest Sherwin-Williams gets to a gallery wall. At LRV 86 it is crisp and reflective, with a faint blue-grey lean that keeps it clean rather than creamy. It is the white for architecture: plaster reliefs, coffered ceilings, a bank of steel windows.

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