The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
Extra White
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7006
Gallery white
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersExtra White is the lighter of the two at LRV 86, 2.8 points above White Dove at LRV 83.16. White Dove leans warm where Extra White reads cool. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, Extra White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while White Dove is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsWhite 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.
Extra White is a bright, slightly cool white — the closest Sherwin-Williams gets to a gallery wall. At LRV 86 it is crisp and reflective, with a faint blue-grey lean that keeps it clean rather than creamy. It is the white for architecture: plaster reliefs, coffered ceilings, a bank of steel windows.