The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Tundra
Benjamin Moore · 2133-70
A white that keeps its cool
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersWhite Dove is the lighter of the two at LRV 83.16, 6.1 points above Tundra at LRV 77.07. Tundra leans cool where White Dove reads warm. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, White Dove is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Tundra is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsTundra is the off-white for people who find most whites too creamy. Its LRV of 77 puts it in soft-white territory, but the base is a cool, faintly green-blue grey, so it reads clean and quiet rather than warm. On plaster mouldings and in rooms with a lot of daylight it looks like fresh air.
White Dove (OC-17) is Benjamin Moore's most-specified soft white — warm, but with a subtle gray-green base that keeps it from going yellow. At LRV 83 it's bright enough to act as a white on walls and trim, yet soft enough to never feel stark.