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.
Olive Colour
Little Greene · No. 72
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
LRV
63.233
#626446
Hex
#CDD2CA
98 · 100 · 70
RGB
205 · 210 · 202
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Olive Colour is warm; Sea Salt is cool.
Deep, muted yellow-green olive; an 18th-century green
Undertone
Pale green-grey that shifts toward blue in cool light; the color of sea glass
Green
Family
Green
Colours of England
Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorOlive Colour
The difference
Read from the numbersOlive Colour leans warm where Sea Salt reads cool. Both belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsOlive Colour is one of Little Greene's Colours of England — a deep, muted yellow-green olive with a history: the brand quotes Mrs Delany, who in the 1700s 'painted her room a sort of olive green for her pictures'. It is rich, earthy and remarkably good behind art.
Sea Salt is a soft green-grey that changes its mind with the light: green in a sunny room, blue-grey in a shaded one. At LRV 63 it is light enough for a whole room and quiet enough to live with for years, which is why it has become a modern classic for bedrooms and bathrooms.