Color guide · Farrow & Ball · White

Great White

No. 2006 · #E4DFDC · LRV 74 · warm red-orange tone

No. 2006 · #E4DFDC · LRV 74 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Great WhiteFarrow & Ball · No. 2006
The color, edge to edge.Use your own photo →
Great White
FARROW & BALL · No. 2006 · #E4DFDC
Brand · codeFarrow & BallNo. 2006 · all Farrow & Ball whites
LRV74Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonewarm red-orange tone
FamilyWhite
Hex · RGB · HSL#E4DFDC · 228, 223, 220 · 22°, 13%, 88%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Heirloom Shade63
  2. 2First Star69
  3. 3Great White74
  4. 4Alabaster82
  5. 5Chantilly Lace91
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Great White, Really?

Great White reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Farrow & Ball No. 2006 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Great White

Great White is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Great White

At LRV 74, Great White is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Great White 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.

Upload a photoPainted in about a minuteFree, no account
Visualize in your room
Same color, different store

Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Farrow & Ball No. 2006 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.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar Farrow & Ball Colors

The nearest shades to Great White within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Great White · 15.9 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Great White · 1.3 : 1 · fails for text

WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #E4DFDC in HSL space. Pair Great White with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E4DFDC + #DCE1E4
TRIADIC
#E4DFDC · #DCE4DF · #DFDCE4
ANALOGOUS
#E4DCDD · #E4DFDC · #E4E3DC

Have you painted with Great White?

Rate it — one tap helps the next reader decide.

Ask a Question

Jessica Williams

Not sure about Great White in your room?

Ask Jessica below — every question gets a real reply, usually within a day.

Keep exploring