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Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Tundra
Benjamin Moore · 2133-70
A white that keeps its cool
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersTundra is the lighter of the two at LRV 77.07, 18.5 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Both read cool. Pelican Gray is a grays, Tundra a whites. For a whole room, Tundra 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.
Tundra is the off-white for people who find most whites too creamy. Its LRV of 77 puts it in soft-white territory, but the base is a cool, faintly green-blue grey, so it reads clean and quiet rather than warm. On plaster mouldings and in rooms with a lot of daylight it looks like fresh air.