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
Pashmina
Benjamin Moore · AF-100
LRV
44.2
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Hex
#BBB2A1
213 · 197 · 169
RGB
187 · 178 · 161
Warm
Warmth
Neutral
Savage Ground is warm; Pashmina is neutral.
Warm sand with a little yellow; a beige with sunshine in it
Undertone
Balanced taupe — neither warm nor cool, neither light nor dark
Beige
Family
Beige
Archive Collection
Collection
Affinity
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSavage Ground leans warm where Pashmina reads neutral. Both belong to the beige family.
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.
Pashmina is Benjamin Moore's most even-handed taupe: the brand describes it as 'perfectly balanced between warm and cool, light and dark'. It belongs to the Affinity collection, designed so that every colour in it harmonises with every other.