White

With an LRV of about 88, White reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

White in other brands

• Swan White Dunn-Edwards DEW346 White Very close ΔE 0.0
• Ivory Turret Kelly-Moore OW221-1 White Very close ΔE 0.2
• Powder Puff Asian Paints 7972 White Very close ΔE 0.2
• White Veil Behr OR-W14 White Very close ΔE 0.4
• Abstract White Vista C-1026 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Pointing Farrow & Ball 2003 White Very close ΔE 0.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Fossil Benjamin Moore AF-65 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as white
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is White warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.9 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to White?

Swan White (DEW346), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of White?

≈ 88. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.