Whiteboard vs Cabbage White
Whiteboard is a Cloverdale Paint color while Cabbage White comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Whiteboard belongs to the white family and Cabbage White to the green-white family. With LRVs of 85 and 84, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.8, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Whiteboard vs Cabbage White in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Whiteboard and Cabbage White are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Whiteboard vs Cabbage White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Whiteboard on one side and Cabbage 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.
More Whiteboard comparisons
See how Whiteboard stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 85 vs 6, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 52, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 58, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 27, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 13, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 44, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 66, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (85 vs 74) makes Whiteboard the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 8, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 45, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.