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.
Mythical
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6550
Faded Terracotta
Farrow & Ball · No. CC8
19.66
LRV
#7E778E
Hex
#DCB594
126 · 119 · 142
RGB
220 · 181 · 148
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Mythical is cool; Faded Terracotta is warm.
Dusky violet-grey
Undertone
Sun-bleached clay; peach and sand with the red worn off
Purple
Family
Orange
Sherwin-Williams
Collection
California Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersMythical leans cool where Faded Terracotta reads warm. Mythical is a purple, Faded Terracotta a orange.
How they read
In their own wordsMythical SW 6550 is a dusky violet in Sherwin-Williams' purple family, rated for interior and exterior use. Sherwin-Williams gives an LRV of 19.66.
Faded Terracotta is exactly what the name promises: a clay orange that has been left in the light until the red drained out, leaving a soft, sandy peach. It comes from Farrow & Ball's California Collection, made with Kelly Wearstler, and it carries that West Coast ease — warm, dusty, never brash.