The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Extra White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006
Gallery white
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersExtra White is the lighter of the two at LRV 86, 27.4 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Both read cool. Pelican Gray is a grays, Extra White a whites. For a whole room, Extra White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pelican Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.
Extra White is a bright, slightly cool white — the closest Sherwin-Williams gets to a gallery wall. At LRV 86 it is crisp and reflective, with a faint blue-grey lean that keeps it clean rather than creamy. It is the white for architecture: plaster reliefs, coffered ceilings, a bank of steel windows.