Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Pointing

Farrow & Ball · No. 2003

Alabaster

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7008

LRV
82.215
#F3EFE3
Hex
#EDEAE0
243 · 239 · 227
RGB
237 · 234 · 224
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Soft warm white; the colour of lime pointing between bricks
Undertone
Warm creamy white with a faint beige-yellow base
White
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the white family.

How they read

In their own words

Pointing is one of Farrow & Ball's warm neutral whites, named for the lime pointing between old bricks. It is fresh and uncomplicated — a white with a gentle cream warmth that never tips into yellow.

Alabaster (SW 7008) is a soft, creamy white with a faint beige-yellow undertone — warm enough to feel inviting, clean enough to still read as white. At LRV 82 it brightens a room without the starkness of a true white.

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