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.
Sirene
Portola Paints · Roman Clay
Spoonful of Sugar
Benjamin Moore · 041
LRV
20.98
#6E8A9A
Hex
#B26B58
110 · 138 · 154
RGB
178 · 107 · 88
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Sirene is cool; Spoonful of Sugar is warm.
Calm marine blue; cloudy and layered in Roman Clay
Undertone
Burnt orange over red clay; a caramel terracotta
Blue
Family
Orange
Roman Clay
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorSirene
The difference
Read from the numbersSirene leans cool where Spoonful of Sugar reads warm. Sirene is a blue, Spoonful of Sugar a orange.
How they read
In their own wordsSirene is a Portola Roman Clay in what the brand calls 'a calm marine blue'. Because Roman Clay is troweled on rather than brushed, the colour is never flat — it moves between pale sea-blue and deeper slate across a single wall.
Do not let the name fool you — Spoonful of Sugar is a deep, saturated caramel-terracotta, not a pastel. With an LRV of 21 it is a real color with real weight, and in a high-gloss lacquer it becomes something else entirely: a warm, glowing envelope that turns a library or dining room into a jewel box.