The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
Cascade White
Benjamin Moore · 2127-70
White with a weather forecast
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersCascade White is the lighter of the two at LRV 73.71, 14.3 points above Stonington Gray at LRV 59.36. Stonington Gray leans neutral where Cascade White reads cool. Stonington Gray is a grays, Cascade White a whites. For a whole room, Cascade White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Stonington Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsStonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.
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.