Palais White vs Whitetail
Where Palais White belongs to Behr's range, Whitetail is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige-white family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (87 vs 86), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Palais White runs yellow and red while Whitetail is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 0.5, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Palais White vs Whitetail in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Palais White and Whitetail are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Palais White vs Whitetail Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Palais White on one side and Whitetail on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Palais White comparisons
See how Palais White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Palais White reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 87 vs 69, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 52, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 30, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 60, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 43, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 4, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (87 vs 84) makes Palais White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 87 vs 21, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 74), opening up a space where Shoji White encloses it.
Palais White reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 41, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 68, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 25, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Palais White reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 31, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 7, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 24, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 57, Palais White is decisively the brighter choice.