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.
Savage Ground
Farrow & Ball · No. 213
Deep Secret
Benjamin Moore · CSP-625
LRV
11.64
#D5C5A9
Hex
#525A60
213 · 197 · 169
RGB
82 · 90 · 96
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Savage Ground is warm; Deep Secret is cool.
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Undertone
Charcoal grey leaning blue; a slate rather than a soot
Beige
Family
Gray
Archive Collection
Collection
Color Stories
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSavage Ground leans warm where Deep Secret reads cool. Savage Ground is a beige, Deep Secret a gray.
How they read
In their own wordsSavage Ground is a warm, sandy beige from Farrow & Ball's archive — a yellow-leaning neutral that reads as sunlit rather than safe. It is the color of a stone floor in a Provençal kitchen, and it makes a room feel warmer without asking anyone to notice why.
Deep Secret is a dark charcoal grey with a clear blue undertone — Benjamin Moore files it in the blue family and calls it 'your new favorite gray'. It comes from the Color Stories collection, whose full-spectrum formulas shift more with the light than standard paints.