The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Shoji White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7042
Rice paper, in paint
Cascade White
Benjamin Moore · 2127-70
White with a weather forecast
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersShoji White is the lighter of the two at LRV 74, 0.3 points above Cascade White at LRV 73.71. Shoji White leans warm where Cascade White reads cool. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, Shoji White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Cascade White is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsShoji White is a warm off-white with a greige base — a little grey, a little pink, no yellow. At LRV 74 it is soft rather than bright, and it has the quality of light through a paper screen: even, warm, forgiving. It is the white for people who find true whites cold and creams too sweet.
Cascade White is a cool off-white with a blue-grey cast that is visible even on the chip. At LRV 74 it is bright enough to read as white across a room, but next to a warm white it is unmistakably tinted — the color of a cloud on a clear day. It is crisp, modern and a little Scandinavian.