Every white color (any other color) looks different in different lighting situations, rooms, and homes. Chantilly Lace paint provides a clean and bright white paint color for a space. It is the perfect addition to spaces with cooler colors or blue hue. Now over to the wonderful colors that look great with Chantilly Lace.
What is Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Color?
Chantilly Lace is a very clean white paint hue by Benjamin Moore. It has a bright, sharp, pure appearance. With a light reflectance value (LRV) of 92 on a scale of 0 – 100, it is one of Benjamin Moore’s highest. This will cause the trim to reflect a lot of light in the room. Not only that, but Chantilly has one of the highest of Benjamin Moore’s LRVs.
Chantilly Lace is a go to for trim, walls, cabinets or exteriors. OC-65 but it has 2121-70. Benjamin Moore has Chantilly Lace in their Off-White and Color Preview Collection.
6 Colors that Go with Chantilly Lace
1. Pair Chantilly Lace with Benjamin Moore Hale Navy
BM Hale Navy paint color (HC-154) is a true navy that’s perfect for any imaginable color scheme or design style. Therefore, this color paint is always in vogue, come it may. Additionally, it works with every design style, from farmhouse to traditional, modern to nautical, you name it!
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BM Hale Navy has deep gray undertones that give it a refined velvety appearance. But it’s not too bright and it’s got the gray. In the kitchen, the walls are Simply White, and the trim is Hale Navy. As a south-west oriented room this room gets lots of sun, yet doesn’t get washed out.
2. Pair Chantilly Lace with Sherwin Williams Evergreen Fog
Sherwin Williams Evergreen Fog is a deep, dark, and eye-catching color. That said, it doesn’t mean it’ll turn your room into a gloomy cave either. At the same time, the color has the greige and yellow undertones which warms up a space more while it remains cozier than a typical to cool grays and blues.
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The image shows us this as a beautiful calm hue with a lot of depth and intrigue. Whether you use it on your walls or furniture, you’ll love the color. While you can use it anywhere, keep it in reserve to not make the space too dark.
3. Pair Chantilly Lace with White Dove
Many people are afraid of ‘boring’ bright white walls because they don’t want their houses to look repelling and uninviting. Luckily, Benjamin Moore White Dove color does not evoke those feelings. Besides, the color paint matches well with walls, trims, as well as the Chantilly Lace cabinets.
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Unlike the yellow undertone in most creamy whites, BM White Dove is a flexible white with hints of a greige undertone and it works well under a variety of light.
For example, our semi gloss trim is White Dove and our wall color is Super White. This worked well and I think this provides a great example of how well this hue pairs with other soft whites.
4. Pair Chantilly Lace with BM Slate Blue
BM Slate Blue is a lovely gentle blue with some gray and green overtones that recall clear blue skies and coastal waters. Any space in your home will be brought to life with color. It is something you can use on a piece of furniture, as a front door, or even your walls. But use it in moderation in rooms with limited natural light because it can make the room more dark.
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Slate Blue is a semiopaque color with strong undertones that change greatly based on the setting and neighboring colors around it. Because of this, it usually reads more gray or green depending on the time of the day. In the above image, a Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is the wall color and the Blue Slate is an accent color.
5. Pair Chantilly Lace with Benjamin Moore Pale Oak
BM Pale Oak is a soft greige neutral paint that is workable in a lot of settings and lighting. Its a warm, well balanced color, and in some spaces and natural light this color resembles an off white, and in others Its a true greige. For this reason, it will warm and charm every room of your house no matter where you use this color.
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Pale Oak usually takes on a soft greige tone in spaces with little natural light. Use semi gloss for the trim and BM Pale Oak as the primary BM color, as shown in the above image to maximize color and trim impact.
6. Pair Chantilly Lace with Benjamin Moore Silver Gray
BM Silver Gray is a soft pastel blue with gray undertones. It’s ideal for any room in your house. The fresh and modern charm it adds to any space cannot be missed. For all those other times, the color will change during the day as the lighting on it changes so it will look grayer, bluer or even greener.
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In addition, the color is charming, with just enough grays to set it off. It’s also a muted but striking hue that gets the right tones of color. Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is the main color of the bedroom, and Benjamin Moore Silver Gray acts as an accent providing the modern charm.
What Are the Undertones of Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace?
Chantilly Lace paint has very few undertones, though all white paint colors do. The undertones in white paint color are best explained by seeing it against the backdrop of other white shades. However, others suggest that a plain white piece of computer paper is a great choice for the comparison backdrop.
When you look at Chantilly Lace and compared it with other famous whites, you will suddenly realize that it is not gray, yellow or even beige. However, Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace does not have that intense gray color some of its siblings have but has a creamy touch. Still Chantilly Lace is not a creamy white shade as it may sound. However, if you look at it you will realize that it does not have chill that is why it is a soft white.
Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace Color Comparisons
When deciding to paint Chantilly Lace in your home you will have to choose between that and other whites simply alike. To help you choose the white color that matches best, here we are the Chantilly Lace color comparisons.
1. Chantilly lace vs. Simply White
Simply White (OC-117) features yellow undertones that place it in the warm color family. Your trim or walls doesn’t normally look yellow, but it will read slightly warmer in a room with southern exposure. Additionally, the yellow is enough to make it have a warm texture yet no so creamy.
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On the other hand, Chantilly Lace has a bit of blue. Simply White and Chantilly Lace are similar because they’re both in the lighter white range of paint colors and are a nice, crisp and clean look. Simply white has yellow undertones in it so its a warmer color.
Additionally, there are places in which you can use Simply White as you would Chantilly Lace, yet they are not the same. We feel that Chantilly Lace doesn’t work as well on walls and we find Simply White more versatile.
2. Chantilly Lace vs. Super White
Another great white paint color is Super White (OC-152, PM-1). It’s a very light white paint color as the name indicates. Grayer than Chantilly Lace, and slightly cooler unless you apply the color through Tintex to the underside. It’s quite a popular and versatile form in general, because it has less potentially aggressive undertones.
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For instance in the image the two whites cannot even be differentiated and again the two are so similar. Thus, you would expect that Super White will be the brightest White of the two, but Chantilly Lace is far brighter than Super White which is more subtle.
Super White can also be used where Chantilly Lace is used. That is why if you want cool undertone of white choose Super White. On the other hand, if you want something hot go for Chantilly Lace.
3. Chantilly Lace vs. Decorator’s White
Decorator’s White (OC-149) is a good choice for cabinets, walls and trim. Furthermore, when Chantilly Lace is placed next to Decorator White they become quite different, in that the Decorator’s White looks more gray.
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Decorator’s White is significantly cooler and bluer than Chantilly Lace. Decorator’s White also has solid blue undertones than the clean white of Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. On the flip side, if you have a very bright space, Decorator’s White paired with Chantilly Lace walls will work while it becomes your trim and ceiling color. But use the Decorator’s White paint with caution.
4. Chantilly Lace vs. Pure White
Sherwin William’s Pure White and Benjamin Moore’s Pure White are the two Pure Whites. Sherwin William’s Pure White is more popular and is a better color comparison to Chantilly Lace. It’s sharp, clean and brightly colored, and warm. But it has hints of greige undertones, and therefore it works perfectly well with other warm shades.
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Additionally, Pure White is just what you want for an entirely white look (neither blue nor yellow) and works wonderfully on cabinets, exterior surfaces, trim, and walls. Pure White is light white, however, it typically seems like it’s a much darker white color than Chantilly Lace.
Frequently Asked Questions on the Colors that Go with Chantilly Lace
1. Is Chantilly Lace cool or warm?
Since the undertones of Chantilly Lace are so subtle, it isn’t easy to know whether it’s cool or warm. But because it still has no green or blue undertones, it isn’t a cool white.
In fact, comparing it to other white paint colors, we see it is warm undertone yet it has not orange and pink and no yellow undertone. While there is a slight warmth to Chantilly Lace, we’ll call it a neutral white.
2. Why is Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace so popular?
It’s popular because it lends itself easy to anything you can think of — from contrast to color — designers love the clean easy color, which brings to mind images of soft linen, pure silk, and softer times.
3. What Sherwin Williams color is comparable to Chantilly Lace?
Extra White by Sherwin Williams is comparable to Chantilly Lace. However, it’s a little darker, a little gray, a little warmer.
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