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.
Pure White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7005
Lamp Room Gray
Farrow & Ball · No. 88
84
LRV
#EDECE6
Hex
#B1B1AA
237 · 236 · 230
RGB
177 · 177 · 170
Neutral
Warmth
Cool
Pure White is neutral; Lamp Room Gray is cool.
A true soft white with a touch of grey and a touch of warmth; neither cool nor creamy
Undertone
Traditional blue-grey, softened; the lived-in grey of lamp rooms
White
Family
Gray
White & Pastel
Collection
Colour Card
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersPure White leans neutral where Lamp Room Gray reads cool. Pure White is a white, Lamp Room Gray a gray.
How they read
In their own wordsPure White is one of Sherwin-Williams' most-specified whites for a simple reason: it has almost no agenda. A trace of grey keeps it from glaring, a trace of warmth keeps it from turning blue, and at LRV 84 it is bright without being stark. It is the white you choose when the art, the furniture or the view is the point.
Lamp Room Gray is what Farrow & Ball calls its 'most traditional blue grey' — a mid-light grey with a soft blue cast that feels older and more settled than a modern cool grey. It takes its name from the rooms where oil lamps were once trimmed and stored.