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.
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
Clay
Little Greene · No. 39
59.36
LRV
#CACBC5
Hex
#D4C59C
202 · 203 · 197
RGB
212 · 197 · 156
Cool
Warmth
Warm
Stonington Gray is cool; Clay is warm.
A cool light gray with a blue undertone that shows in north light; reads neutral in warm light
Undertone
Warm mid-stone neutral with ochre
Gray
Family
Beige
Historical Colors
Collection
Colours of England
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersStonington Gray leans cool where Clay reads warm. Stonington Gray is a gray, Clay a beige.
How they read
In their own wordsStonington Gray is a light gray that Benjamin Moore describes as silvery, with relatively neutral undertones. On a wall it is cooler than that description suggests: a blue undertone shows in north-facing or cool light and relaxes in warm light. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and gray enough to read as a color against white trim.
Clay is a Little Greene mid-stone neutral with more ochre than its predecessors — warm, sandy and quietly elegant. It is the colour of dried river clay: not quite beige, not quite yellow.