White Stone
Behr's Designer Collection creamy white, reviewed honestly: the greige that keeps it from going lemon, the brighter trim that makes it look dirty, and what to pick instead.
Jessica has spec'd whites and neutrals for more than 300 rooms and keeps a sample wall of painted drawdowns in her studio. Every color review is checked against real reader rooms in the comments and re-tested when a formula changes. About the testing process →
- 1First Star69
- 2Classic Gray74
- 3White Stone85
- 4Chantilly Lace91
- 5Ultra Pure White97
The Fast Verdict
White Stone is the Home Depot creamy white that still behaves like a color. Warm, slightly greige, quieter than a pure white — yellow enough to feel finished, gray enough that it does not go lemon. At LRV 85 it sits on the same number as White Dove, which is why it works as a whole-house wall-and-trim white: soft body, no glare, and a name that oversells the stone.
Whole-house walls + trim in decent daylight · kitchens with warm wood and brass · cabinets · anyone who wants a creamy white that still reads like a color
Your room faces north and stays dim · trim stays Polar Bear or Ultra Pure White · you want a crisp gallery look · your counters are cool grey marble
- Soft, finished white — creamy but grayed enough to stay quiet
- One-color rooms (walls + trim + ceiling) work beautifully
- Same LRV 85 as White Dove, mixed at Home Depot
- Cabinets and trim: hides scuffs better than Polar Bear
- Whole-house safe in decent daylight — Designer Collection for a reason
- Goes flat and greige-gray in dim north-facing rooms
- Reads dirty next to Polar Bear or Ultra Pure White trim
- Too soft for crisp, modern, high-contrast looks
- Can flash yellow-red in west sun and against cool stone
What Color Is White Stone, Really?
A warm creamy white with a gray drop in it — and the gray is the whole trick. Most creamy whites are built on a yellow oxide that tips lemon the moment afternoon sun or a 2700K bulb hits them. White Stone carries that cream, then mutes it with a soft greige, so the wall reads finished instead of butter. Behr files it in the yellow family and the Designer Collection, the curated short list of about thirty shades. The name suggests limestone. The paint does not. Owners call it creamy, a nice yellow that is not lemony, and a very light gray tint — all three are the same gallon being honest about different rooms.
At LRV 85 it reflects most of the light that hits it, but it is clearly not a bright white. Put it next to Polar Bear (LRV 94) or Ultra Pure White (LRV 97) and White Stone suddenly shows its body. That gap is the useful part. On a wall it holds just enough color to soften shadows and flatter wood; on trim it reads as painted woodwork rather than plastic-bright. It shares the same hex and LRV as Blank Canvas (DC-003), Behr's 2023 Color of the Year — same neighborhood, quieter listing, less of the peach talk.
Undertone in one line: warm yellow-beige with a greige mute — never a cool marble white, never Swiss Coffee cream. West sun and warm bulbs can pull a yellow-red flash; north light pulls the gray. If the sample looks green or pink, that is the floor, the lawn, or a tree outside — not the paint.
Where It Shines
Give it real daylight and wood tones and it is one of the better whole-house whites you can mix at Home Depot. The one-color room — walls, trim, and ceiling all in White Stone with only sheen changes — is the version that works, because the color has enough body to carry it alone. Kitchens are its second home: on cabinets it flatters brass and butcher block, and at LRV 85 it hides scuffs a Polar Bear door would broadcast. Designer Collection is the hint: Behr already decided this was a house color, not an accent chip.
Where It Fails
Almost every regret story about White Stone comes from one of three situations, and all three are predictable. None of them are the paint's fault — but if your room matches one, this is not your white, and no amount of coats will fix it.
North light is cool and grey — it strips the cream out and leaves the greige base exposed. Readers who wanted a warm white get dingy stone-gray walls. The color did not fail; the light did. Step up to Behr Swiss Coffee if you still want glow, or commit to warm lamps.
The most common bad pairing in a Home Depot house: White Stone walls, Polar Bear (LRV 94) or Ultra Pure White (LRV 97) on the trim. The brighter white wins, and White Stone looks unwashed — too creamy to be white, too pale to be a color. The fix is the one-color rule — walls, trim, and ceiling all White Stone. If you insist on contrast, go darker, never brighter.
Carrara-type stone, grey LVP, and blue-grey tile sit at the opposite temperature and shove the yellow into the open. Cabinets that looked softly white on the chip read cream next to grey-veined quartz. With cool stone, pick a cleaner white — Sherwin-Williams Pure White, or Chantilly Lace if you want the gallery version.
Room by Room
With any real daylight it is the calm backdrop that makes wood furniture and art look deliberate. Eggshell finish; same color on trim in semi-gloss. This is the whole-house test, and White Stone passes it — hallways and adjoining rooms do not suddenly change temperature.
Warm counters, brass, butcher block, oak — all of it loves White Stone. Satin on cabinets wipes clean and hides knuckle marks around handles. Keep the walls the same color or a warm greige; a bright white backsplash or quartz will make the doors look creamy by comparison.
Under warm 2700K bulbs it turns gently cozy at night without going lemon. If the bedroom faces north and stays dim, step up to Swiss Coffee instead, or you will wake up to stone-gray walls.
With warm stone, wood vanities and brass: perfect. With cool grey marble or blue-grey tile: it argues — use a cleaner white. Satin or a bath-rated eggshell for wipe-down either way.
Semi-gloss White Stone trim under White Stone walls is the pairing that actually works. Flat on the ceiling keeps the plane soft instead of clinical. Hallways are where a whole-house white earns its keep, and this one carries room to room without a temperature jump. What does not work is Polar Bear or Ultra Pure White trim against these walls.
Full sun reads it brighter and crisper than indoors, and with black or charcoal trim it is a quiet farmhouse white. Sample the north elevation: shade will pull the greige and the cream can look faintly yellow-dusty from the street. Walk around the house with a board before committing.
Your Light Is the Risk
The cream glows softly all day without tipping lemon — the greige holds the yellow in check. Whole-house safe. This is the light the color was built for.
Cool grey daylight exposes the greige base; the walls go flat, dingy, stone-gray. Test first, or plan on lamps.
Quiet and slightly cooler in morning east light; west sun and golden hour warm it and can flash a yellow-red for an hour. Most owners like the shift; sample at 6pm if yellow is your dealbreaker.
2700K lamps: creamier, cozier, still grayed. Cool white LEDs: dull and faintly stone-gray — swap the bulbs, not the paint.
Most complaints about White Stone are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr DC-012 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Greek VillaSW 7551 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.9 | 84 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Arbor WhiteES-01 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 85 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cream Delight7002-14 · Valspar | 0.8 | 84.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | AccoladePPG1208-1 · PPG / Glidden | 0.5 | 85 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Candlelit BeigePPG1207-1 · Glidden | 0.4 | 85 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pristine Pearl021W · Dutch Boy | 1.3 | 84 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to White Stone within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
White Stone vs the Colors You're Also Considering
Every White Stone sample board has the same rivals on it. The numbers show the real lightness gap — then it comes down to which risk you would rather live with.
Pick this when you are shopping Home Depot and want the same creamy whole-house job without switching brands.
Benjamin Moore PM-19 · LRV 85White DovePick this if you want the designer default and a painter who stocks Benjamin Moore — same LRV, a touch more grayed and quieter.
Pick this when you want the quieter Designer Collection listing of the same stone-cream, without the blush conversation.
Behr DC-003 · LRV 85Blank CanvasPick this if you want the 2023 Color of the Year — same hex and LRV in our deck, with the peach-tell reputation and the photographed rooms.
Pick this for the Home Depot mix of the same creamy-greige idea, a hair brighter on the wall.
Sherwin-Williams SW 7551 · LRV 84Greek VillaPick this if your painter works in Sherwin-Williams — nearly the same warm off-white, one LRV point deeper, and it punishes the wrong trim just as hard.
Pick this for the slightly brighter, more whole-house wall version of the same cream, mixed at Home Depot.
Sherwin-Williams SW 7008 · LRV 82AlabasterPick this if you want the famous cabinet white — a touch deeper, same warm-quiet job, with a yellow that shows next to anything stark-white.
The cross-brand matches for White Stone are unusually tight. Farrow and Ball Pointing No. 2003 at LRV 86 has a deltaE of 0.42, Glidden Candlelit Beige PPG1207-1 at LRV 85 is 0.43, and Diamond Vogel Moth Mist 0356 at LRV 84 is 0.55. Those are the same color for practical purposes. Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa SW 7551 at LRV 84 and Benjamin Moore Arbor White ES-01 at LRV 85 are nearly as close, at deltaE 0.9 and 0.84.
A little further out, Backdrop Jane BD-JA at LRV 86, deltaE 1.12, and Dutch Boy Pristine Pearl 021W at LRV 84, deltaE 1.29, are visually identical in normal room light.
The useful contrasts sit at the far end. Clare Wing It PNT100-LT-24 at LRV 88, deltaE 3.67, is lighter and pinker, and Rust-Oleum Chiffon Cream 329598 at LRV 92, deltaE 4.17, is much brighter and more yellow. Both are close but visibly different side by side, which is exactly what you want if White Stone reads too warm for your room.
White Stone Coordinating Colors
The rule for coordinating with White Stone is simple: stay on the warm side of the fence, and do not put a brighter white next to it. It flatters warm greiges, warm woods, deep navies, and near-blacks — and it argues with icy blues, cool greys, and blue-grey stone. These are the partners that keep showing up in rooms that work:
Designer Collection, Not Color of the Year
White Stone is not a Color of the Year, and it has no TV-show credit. What it does have is a slot in Behr's Designer Collection — the short, curated list of about thirty whites, neutrals, and accents — as DC-012. That is a quieter honor than Blank Canvas getting 2023, and it is the honest one: this is a house color, not a campaign color.
The name is the other thing to ignore. White Stone sounds like a cool limestone, and some of the brand copy leans that way. Behr still files it in the yellow family, the hex is warm, and owners describe cream plus a light gray tint. Trust the family, the LRV, and a big sample on your wall — not the marble in the name. If you already like Blank Canvas but do not want the peach conversation, this is the listing to sample next; they share hex and LRV 85 in our deck.
White Stone With Wood Tones and Floors
This is the pairing question readers ask most, and the short answer is: warm wood loves it. Oak — red, white, honey — walnut, butcher block, and cedar all sit comfortably against White Stone because the color's warmth meets theirs halfway. If your floors are orange-leaning builder oak, the greige in this white is one of the few things that softens the orange instead of amplifying it.
The one flooring that needs a sample first is cool grey LVP or grey-washed wood. Grey floors pull White Stone's cream into relief, and the wall can read slightly yellow — or that yellow-red flash — against them. It is not always a dealbreaker — warm rugs and brass fix it in most rooms — but test a big sample above the actual floor before painting the whole house.
Metals are easy: unlacquered brass, antique bronze and matte black all work. Polished chrome is the one that leans cold against it and makes the walls look creamier than they are.
Three Ready Palettes Built on White Stone
A color is never alone on the wall. These are complete combinations in the 60-30-10 pattern, with the reason each one holds together. Every one opens in the visualizer.
One color at two sheens gives depth without contrast lines, so small houses read bigger and hallways flow. Cracked Pepper on the door supplies the single dark note the scheme needs — a chameleon black that stays current without stealing the walls.
Try this palette in your roomAgreeable Gray and White Stone share the same warm-grey base, so the wall-to-cabinet handoff is seamless; the navy island grounds the room and loves brass hardware. Keep the counters warm — cool quartz will push the cabinets yellow.
Try this palette in your roomRevere Pewter is the greige a creamy trim white was built to sit against; Evergreen Fog adds one muted color note that reads restful, not decorated. White Stone trim keeps the edges soft — a brighter white would make the walls look dirty.
Try this palette in your roomWhite Stone FAQ
Is White Stone warm or cool?
Warm — a creamy white with a greige mute. Behr files it in the yellow family, and the name is the misleading part: this is not a cool marble white. In cold light it drifts toward a dusty off-white; it never reads icy.
Is it a good match for White Dove?
It is the closest Designer Collection white to that job. White Dove sits at LRV 85 with a grayed-warm body; White Stone is the same LRV with a slightly creamier, more yellow-beige read. Polar Bear (LRV 94) is the color people search as a budget Dove, and it is not. Side by side they will not be identical — Dove is a touch more refined — but for a Home Depot paint they occupy the same role.
What trim color goes with White Stone walls?
White Stone itself, in semi-gloss. Polar Bear and Ultra Pure White are the usual suggestions and the usual mistake: both are so much brighter that the walls look dirty. If you insist on contrast, go darker (a greige or charcoal), never brighter.
Is it good for kitchen cabinets?
Yes — Behr sells it as a cabinet and trim enamel for a reason. It flatters brass and wood, hides scuffs better than Polar Bear, and does not fight granite or quartz with warm flecks. Only cool grey marble argues with it. Use a satin urethane-fortified cabinet paint.
Is White Stone the same as Blank Canvas?
On the numbers they share hex #F1EDE1 and LRV 85. Blank Canvas is the 2023 Color of the Year with a peach-tell reputation; White Stone is the quieter Designer Collection listing, and owners describe a gray tint that keeps the cream from going lemon. If you already sampled Blank Canvas, you have sampled this neighborhood — live with a big board before you buy the other name.
Does it work on exteriors?
Yes — Home Depot mixes it as an exterior color. Expect it to read brighter in full sun than indoors, pair it with black or charcoal trim, and walk the north side with a sample: shade can pull the greige and leave a faintly dusty-yellow cast from the street.
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