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.
Setting Plaster
Farrow & Ball · No. 231
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
57
LRV
#DBC2B0
Hex
#F4F0E7
219 · 194 · 176
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Dusty plaster pink softened by yellow pigment
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Pink
Family
White
Farrow & Ball
Collection
Ressource Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorSetting Plaster
The difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Setting Plaster is a pink, Le Cygne a white.
How they read
In their own wordsSetting Plaster No. 231 is a dusty pink from Farrow & Ball, named after "the blushing walls we often admire in newly plastered houses". The brand says it is "definitely a pink in historic terms, but has a certain softness to it due to the inclusion of yellow pigment".
Le Cygne — the swan — is a warm, matte ivory from the French house Ressource. It has the chalky, light-absorbing quality of old lime plaster, which is why it looks so at home on Haussmann paneling and ceiling roses: it softens the light rather than bouncing it around. Cream is present, yellow is not.