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.
Van Alen Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-120
Calke Green
Farrow & Ball · No. 34
64.32
LRV
#CAD7C0
Hex
#77866A
202 · 215 · 192
RGB
119 · 134 · 106
Cool
Warmth
Neutral
Van Alen Green is cool; Calke Green is neutral.
Fresh pastel green with a touch of blue; slightly minty
Undertone
Muted mid-green with gray and a little yellow; a country-house green
Green
Family
Green
Historical Colors
Collection
Colour Card
In real rooms
Every room, each colorVan Alen Green
The difference
Read from the numbersVan Alen Green leans cool where Calke Green reads neutral. Both belong to the green family.
How they read
In their own wordsVan Alen Green HC-120 is a pale green from Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors. The brand says bright, clean undertones give this pastel green an ultra-fresh quality. Its LRV is 64.32.
Calke Green takes its name from the breakfast room at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, and it has the settled, slightly faded quality of a color that has been on a wall for two hundred years. It is a mid-tone green with enough grey to stay calm and enough yellow to stay warm — the green of gardens rather than forests.