The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Moonlight
Benjamin Moore · 2020-60
The yellow that lights a room from inside
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
In real rooms
Every room, each colorMoonlight
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersMoonlight is the lighter of the two at LRV 83.37, 0.2 points above White Dove at LRV 83.16. Both read warm. Moonlight is a yellows, White Dove a whites. For a whole room, Moonlight is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while White Dove is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsMoonlight — now sold by Benjamin Moore under the name Sicilian Lemon, same number 2020-60 — is a pale, clear butter yellow with an LRV of 83. It is light enough to behave like a tinted white in a bright room and cheerful enough to make a north-facing one feel as if the sun came out.
White Dove (OC-17) is Benjamin Moore's most-specified soft white — warm, but with a subtle gray-green base that keeps it from going yellow. At LRV 83 it's bright enough to act as a white on walls and trim, yet soft enough to never feel stark.