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.
Shoji White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7042
Le Cygne
Ressource · R238
74
LRV
#E6DFD3
Hex
#F4F0E7
230 · 223 · 211
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Greige-white; a warm off-white with a little grey and a little pink
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
White
Family
White
White & Pastel
Collection
Ressource Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read warm. Both belong to the white family.
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.
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.