Pure White vs Bancha
Where Pure White belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Pure White belongs to the green-white family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Pure White (LRV 79) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 66 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pure White runs green while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 51.3, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pure White vs Bancha in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pure White and Bancha in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Pure White vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pure White on one side and Bancha 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 Pure White comparisons
See how Pure White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 69) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 52, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 30, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 43, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 4, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (84 vs 79) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 79 vs 41, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (79 vs 68) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 25, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 31, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 7, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 24, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 57, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (79 vs 72) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.