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Settled, side by side

School House White

Farrow & Ball · No. 291

Alabaster

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7008

LRV
82.215
#E3DED0
Hex
#EDEAE0
227 · 222 · 208
RGB
237 · 234 · 224
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Soft off-white without cool undertones, like old school houses
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

School House White No. 291 is, in Farrow & Ball's words, "pared back, timeless and familiar without the cool undertones of the more contemporary neutral groups". The brand says the soft off-white is reminiscent of the colour used in old school houses.

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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