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.
Pine Frost
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
65.148
LRV
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Hex
#F4F0E7
208 · 213 · 203
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Pine Frost is cool; Le Cygne is warm.
Pale silvery green; mint with the sugar removed
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Green
Family
White
Collection
Ressource Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersPine Frost leans cool where Le Cygne reads warm. Pine Frost is a green, Le Cygne a white.
How they read
In their own wordsPine Frost is a pale, frosted green that reads almost as a tinted white in bright light and as a soft silvery sage in shade. At LRV 65 it is light enough for a whole bedroom yet has enough pigment to feel like a decision. There is no sweetness in it — the grey keeps it cool and quiet.
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.