Parma Gray vs Antique White
Where Parma Gray belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Antique White is a Jotun color. Hue-wise, Parma Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Antique White to the beige-greige family. Antique White (LRV 56) reflects noticeably more light than Parma Gray (LRV 50), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Parma Gray runs cool while Antique White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 14.3, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Parma Gray vs Antique White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Parma Gray and Antique 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Antique White gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Antique White reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Antique White reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Antique White reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Parma Gray vs Antique White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Parma Gray on one side and Antique 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.
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