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.
Shelter
Portola Paints · Lime Wash
Kennebunkport Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-123
LRV
31.32
#8E9B8A
Hex
#919D82
142 · 155 · 138
RGB
145 · 157 · 130
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Shelter is cool; Kennebunkport Green is warm.
Mossy grey-green; lichen on stone
Undertone
Greyed sage-olive; a garden green in shade
Green
Family
Green
Lime Wash
Collection
Historical Colors
In real rooms
Every room, each colorShelter
Kennebunkport Green
The difference
Read from the numbersShelter leans cool where Kennebunkport Green reads warm. Both belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsShelter is a Portola Lime Wash in a mossy grey-green — and because it is a lime wash, not a paint, the color is cloudy and alive, drifting between pale sage and deep moss across a single wall. The finish is chalky and matte, and it takes light the way stone does.
Kennebunkport Green is a soft, greyed sage-olive from Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors — the green of hedges seen in shade rather than sun. At LRV 31 it is a true mid-tone: a color, not a neutral, but a gentle one that never shouts.