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Settled, side by side

Wimborne White

Farrow & Ball · No. 239

Alabaster

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7008

LRV
82.215
#F4F2E7
Hex
#EDEAE0
245 · 242 · 232
RGB
237 · 234 · 224
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Soft white with a touch of yellow; the English default white
Undertone
Warm creamy white with a faint beige-yellow base
White
Family
White
Colour Card
Collection

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Both belong to the white family.

How they read

In their own words

Wimborne White is Farrow & Ball's everyday warm white — named for the Dorset town where the company was founded — with just enough yellow to keep it soft and none of the chalkiness of a true white. At LRV 89 it is bright and clean, and it is the white most often used for ceilings, trim and whole rooms in English houses.

Alabaster (SW 7008) is a soft, creamy white with a faint beige-yellow undertone — warm enough to feel inviting, clean enough to still read as white. At LRV 82 it brightens a room without the starkness of a true white.

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