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.
School House White
Farrow & Ball · No. 291
Tundra
Benjamin Moore · 2133-70
LRV
77.07
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Hex
#E2E4E3
227 · 222 · 208
RGB
226 · 228 · 227
Warm
Warmth
Cool
School House White is warm; Tundra is cool.
Soft off-white without cool undertones, like old school houses
Undertone
Barely-there grey with a whisper of green-blue; a white with the warmth turned down
White
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection
Color Preview
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSchool House White leans warm where Tundra reads cool. Both belong to the white family.
How they read
In their own wordsSchool 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.
Tundra is the off-white for people who find most whites too creamy. Its LRV of 77 puts it in soft-white territory, but the base is a cool, faintly green-blue grey, so it reads clean and quiet rather than warm. On plaster mouldings and in rooms with a lot of daylight it looks like fresh air.