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.
Pointing
Farrow & Ball · No. 2003
Extra White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006
LRV
86
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Hex
#EEEFEA
243 · 239 · 227
RGB
238 · 239 · 234
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Pointing is warm; Extra White is cool.
Soft warm white; the colour of lime pointing between bricks
Undertone
A bright, clean white with a faint blue-grey lean
White
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection
White & Pastel
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersPointing leans warm where Extra White reads cool. Both belong to the white family.
How they read
In their own wordsPointing 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.
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.