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.
Pashmina
Benjamin Moore · AF-100
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
44.2
LRV
#BBB2A1
Hex
#F4F0E7
187 · 178 · 161
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Neutral
Warmth
Warm
Pashmina is neutral; Le Cygne is warm.
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Beige
Family
White
Affinity
Collection
Ressource Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersPashmina leans neutral where Le Cygne reads warm. Pashmina is a beige, Le Cygne a white.
How they read
In their own wordsPashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.
Le Cygne — the swan — is a warm, matte ivory from the French house Ressource. It has the chalky, light-absorbing quality of old lime plaster, which is why it looks so at home on Haussmann paneling and ceiling roses: it softens the light rather than bouncing it around. Cream is present, yellow is not.