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Portola Paints White Paint Colors
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Every white in the Portola Paints deck — 7 colors, LRV 97 down to 75 — grouped by undertone and depth.
All 7 Portola Paints white paint colors
Grouped by undertone (warm → cool)Hex values are display approximations from Portola Paints's published swatch tools — not guaranteed to match a physical sample under controlled lighting. Order a brand-direct sample before specifying.
Portola sells direct at portolapaints.com and through a handful of stockists, not at Home Depot or Lowe's, so plan for shipping time and order a sample or drawdown board before committing — a screen or a small chip won't show you how a plaster finish actually moves in your light. Prices sit above mass-market paint on every line, including the flat acrylic, so you're paying for the brand's eye and its mineral finishes, not a discount white.
Like any paint color, these seven whites can be color-matched from a swatch or photo at essentially any paint counter and mixed into another brand's flat paint. That's a useful workaround if you love a Portola white but want it in a cheaper line or a sheen Portola doesn't offer — just know a color match captures the hue, never the texture of Roman Clay or Lime Wash.
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Reading LRV in a Small Deck
Every color in this family sits between LRV 75 and 97, so nothing here is a compromise white — they're all genuinely light. The gap matters more than it looks: a wall in Table Linen (LRV 97) throws noticeably more light around a dim room than one in Gem (LRV 75), even though both would photograph as "white" from across the room.
Use the number to match the light you already have. A north-facing room or a space with small windows leans better toward One Drop or Table Linen, where every bit of reflected light helps. A sunnier room can carry Gem or Casa Forma without washing out, and the added warmth keeps the space from feeling cold.
What Portola's Whites Actually Look Like
Portola keeps a tight seven colors in its white family, and the range runs from a near-clinical cool white down to warm, plaster-like creams. One Drop (LRV 94) is the closest thing here to a true blue-white — clean and bright with almost no color bias. Table Linen (LRV 97) actually reflects more light but reads softer, more like bleached linen than lab-white, which makes it feel less stark on a wall than the number suggests.
Casa Forma (LRV 83) and Origami (LRV 86) both lean warm and creamy, closer to the sun-bleached, earthy character that runs through the rest of Portola's deck. Sable (LRV 85) and Ellie (LRV 81) sit in a cooler, quieter neutral lane with a faint gray cast that keeps them from reading stark. Gem (LRV 75) is the deepest and warmest of the seven — really an off-white, useful when you want the idea of white without the glare of a true one.
Whites Under Roman Clay, Lime Wash, and Flat Acrylic
Portola's real specialty is texture, and a white behaves differently depending on which line it's ordered in. In the New Standard acrylic, any of these seven goes on flat and even — predictable, no surprises. Order the same color as Roman Clay and the surface builds up in thin troweled layers, so a white like Origami or Casa Forma picks up subtle shadow and movement as the light crosses it, instead of sitting as one flat plane.
Lime Wash pushes further in that direction. Its chalky, mineral finish suits the warmer whites here — Casa Forma and Gem in particular — better than the coolest ones, since the technique already reads soft and weathered, and a warm base color reinforces that rather than fighting it. If you want the crispest, most even white in the family, stick with New Standard rather than the plaster finishes.
The Questions Everyone Asks
How many white paint colors does Portola offer?
Portola's white family has seven colors, from the near-true-white One Drop (LRV 94) and the very bright Table Linen (LRV 97) down to the warmer, creamier Gem (LRV 75). It's a small, curated slice rather than a wall of dozens of near-identical whites, which fits how Portola sells its whole deck.
Which Portola white is the brightest?
Table Linen has the highest LRV in the family at 97, just ahead of One Drop at 94. Table Linen reads a touch warmer and softer despite the higher number, while One Drop is the closer match to a true, neutral blue-white if that's specifically what you want.
Are Portola's whites warm or cool?
Both, depending on the pick. One Drop and Sable lean cooler and more neutral, Ellie sits close to neutral with a faint gray cast, and Casa Forma, Origami, and Gem all read warm and creamy — closer to the earthy, sun-bleached feel that runs through the rest of Portola's palette.
Can I get a Portola white as Roman Clay or Lime Wash instead of flat paint?
Yes. The same color names generally span Portola's lines, so a white like Origami or Casa Forma can be ordered as flat New Standard acrylic, as troweled Roman Clay plaster, or as a chalky Lime Wash finish. The color stays the same; the surface and depth change a lot between the three.
Can I match a Portola white to another paint brand?
Yes. Any paint store can color-match a Portola white from a chip or photo and mix it into another brand's line, including a mass-market or premium acrylic. That gets you the hue at a lower price point, but it won't reproduce the movement of a Roman Clay or Lime Wash finish — that texture only comes from Portola's own material.
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