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.
Olympian Green
Edward Bulmer Natural Paint · Olympian Green
Aegean Olive
Benjamin Moore · 1491
LRV
11.54
#9A9E4C
Hex
#5D594C
154 · 158 · 76
RGB
93 · 89 · 76
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Lively lime-chartreuse; ultramarine and yellow pigments
Undertone
Grey-brown olive; more khaki and bronze than leaf green
Green
Family
Green
Core range
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Both belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsOlympian Green is Edward Bulmer's clear, lively lime — made from ultramarine and yellow pigments, with the warmth of chartreuse. The brand's own line is that it is 'a lime green without being a slime green', and on the wall that is exactly right.
Aegean Olive is a deep, grayed olive that sits closer to bronze and khaki than to anything leafy. With an LRV just under 12 it behaves like a dark neutral: it wraps a room, dissolves corners and makes cane, rattan and aged brass look expensive. It is the green you choose when you do not want the room to read as green.