The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Wimborne White
Farrow & Ball · No. 239
The white that English houses are painted
White Dove
Benjamin Moore · OC-17
The soft white designers reach for first
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersWimborne White is the lighter of the two at LRV 89, 5.8 points above White Dove at LRV 83.16. Both read warm. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, Wimborne 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 wordsWimborne 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.
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.