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.
Swiss Coffee
Benjamin Moore · OC-45
Silver Metallic
Meoded · Decorative plaster
81.91
LRV
#EEECE1
Hex
#B7B4AE
238 · 236 · 225
RGB
183 · 180 · 174
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Swiss Coffee is warm; Silver Metallic is cool.
Creamy yellow-beige
Undertone
Warm pewter with a pearl sheen; the color changes as you move
White
Family
Gray
Off-White Collection
Collection
Decorative finishes
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSwiss Coffee leans warm where Silver Metallic reads cool. Swiss Coffee is a white, Silver Metallic a gray.
How they read
In their own wordsSwiss Coffee is the warm white by which other warm whites are measured. With an LRV near 84 it stays bright and open, but a slight yellow-beige undertone keeps it creamy rather than clinical — the look of fresh cream rather than fresh snow.
Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.