Yarmouth Blue vs Pure White
Where Yarmouth Blue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Pure White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Yarmouth Blue belongs to the blue family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. Pure White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Yarmouth Blue (LRV 56), a difference of 28 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Yarmouth Blue runs blue while Pure White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 16.2, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Yarmouth Blue vs Pure White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Yarmouth Blue and Pure White in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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 LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Yarmouth Blue would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Yarmouth Blue.
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 Yarmouth Blue.
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 Yarmouth Blue.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Yarmouth Blue would.
Color Details
Yarmouth Blue vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Yarmouth Blue on one side and Pure White 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 Yarmouth Blue comparisons
See how Yarmouth Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 56 vs 6, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Yarmouth Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 27, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Yarmouth Blue reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Yarmouth Blue reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 13, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 44, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Yarmouth Blue reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 56) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 56, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 56, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Yarmouth Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 8, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 56, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Yarmouth Blue reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Yarmouth Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (56 vs 45) makes Yarmouth Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Yarmouth Blue reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
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