On a swatch, you will see that Super White is lighter and more gray than Pure White, but in real life these two appear to be pretty similar once they are on the wall.

Intense White is like a darker version of Pure White. It is technically an off-white, but it reads so neutral that it can sometimes look white.

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Unfortunately, I don’t know the LRV of White Cotton, but it is guesstimated to be around 87, which is lighter than Pure White.

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There are just sooo many white paint colors in the world that it would be hard to cover them all, but I tried to get a nice big cross section.

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Alabaster is only a little darker than Pure White, with an LRV of 82, but it is a whole lot creamier! Like Pure White, it does still have a touch of gray to help keep things a little more neutral.

Natural White is in a warmer color family than Pure White, but it’s less saturated, so it reads more gray. It has a similar LRV to Pure White, at 83.

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Simply White is one of the lightest and brightest whites that Benjamin Moore offers (it has an LRV of 91+). On paper, Pure White looks a little dull in comparison.

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Dover White is a warm white, and not gray at all, so it isn’t neutral like Pure White. The LRV of Dover White is 83, so it’s just a touch darker than Pure White.

Here we will go through some of the most commonly compared colors to Pure White from both Sherwin Williams and other major brands.

Ultra Pure White is not all that similar to Pure White, because it is regarded as the lightest and brightest white on the market.

High Reflective is the whitest white that Sherwin Williams offers. It is brighter and cleaner than Pure White, and has an LRV all the way up at 93.

Eider White has an LRV of 73, so it’s a good bit darker than Pure White. It is also in the deep orange color family, so there’s a lot more red in it than the yellowy-gray of Pure White.

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Valspar’s Ultra White is more similar to Behr’s Ultra Pure White and Sherwin Williams High Reflective White than it is to SW Pure White.

Ice Cube is an off-white, with an LRV of 77, so it is darker than Pure White. Technically it is in the green color family, but it is almost completely gray, so it doesn’t have the warmth that Pure White does.

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White Cotton is a nice true white with a green base. It is cooler than Pure White, and a little more similar to Sherwin Williams Extra White.

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Creamy is exactly what you think, it’s creamy. Creamy is a little darker than Pure White. With an LRV of 81, it’s right on the edge of white and off-white.

On the wall, I would say that Simply White looks creamy a little more often than Pure White. I think because it has no gray in it at all.

Because White Flour is a more saturated colors, it can look darker than Pure White, but is actually a touch lighter, with an LRV of 87.

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You would think from the name that Ceiling Bright White would be lighter and brighter than Pure White, but this is not the case!

Polar Bear looks much more like Pure White in real life than it does on the swatch. Side by side you can see that Polar Bear is a fair bit lighter than Pure White, and a little less gray.

Extra White is a green-based white, so it can read a little softer than a cool white, but it isn’t as warm as Pure White.

Linen White is only a little darker than Pure White, but because it is such a saturated color and not gray at all, it definitely looks like a color on the wall.

Like Pure White, Chantilly Lace is a true white. Chantilly Lace is not gray at all (like Pure White is) and while it does have a subtle softness, it is a green-based white and not technically creamy at all.

White Heron was almost my choice for a Benjamin Moore verion of Pure White, but I found that Vanilla Milkshake was a little closer.

Pearly White looks pretty much like it sounds. It’s the color of a pearl! Pure White on the other hand is both creamy and gray like Pearly White, but it only looks white.

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It’s kind of like two different approaches to having a neutral true white. Chantilly Lace is neutral due to its green base, and Pure White is neutral because it’s creaminess is countered with that bit of gray.

At first glance, Eider White can look similar to Pure White, but Eider White is actually an off-white greige, and not technically a white at all.

You can see that Ceiling Bright White is cooler and more gray than Pure White. It is also a tiny bit darker, with an LRV of 83.

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Spare White is another white that almost looks like a darker version of Pure White. It can look creamier, grayer, or totally neutral, but technically it is an off-white.

Aesthetic White is actually an off-white, it has an LRV all the way down at 73. Besides being lighter, Pure White is a little bit more neutral than Aesthetic White, which isn’t quite as gray.

It is also supposed to be a touch lighter than Pure White, but again the LRV’s from one brand to another are not iron clad, and I think Pure White at least reads like the lighter of the two.

Oxford White is lighter and cooler than Pure White. It is in the yellow-green color family, but I find that it most often reads quite cool/gray rather than neutral or soft.