The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersWhite Dove is the lighter of the two at LRV 83.16, 24.6 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Pelican Gray leans cool where White Dove reads warm. Pelican Gray is a grays, White Dove a whites. For a whole room, White Dove 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.
White Dove (OC-17) is Benjamin Moore's most-specified soft white — warm, but with a subtle gray-green base that keeps it from going yellow. At LRV 83 it's bright enough to act as a white on walls and trim, yet soft enough to never feel stark.