Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is a clean, crisp, and bright white paint color that is quite ideal for ceilings, trims, and moldings. Definitely the ‘whitest’ white paint color by Benjamin Moore – Chantilly Lace is a neutral white color that definitely lacks any undertones. So, if you’re not particularly fond of the warmth or the cool undertones in a white color – Chantilly Lace BM is definitely something to check out! It can work wonderfully on kitchen cabinets, interior doors and trims, ceiling, and moldings. Moreover, this bright white color can also illuminate the dull corners and make your home feel larger!
In this color review, I will be disclosing everything you need to know about Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. We’re going to discuss the undertones, Light Reflectance Values (LRVs), where and how to use this clean white color in your home, color comparisons, FAQs, and much more! We will also discuss how this color behaves in various lighting conditions. And yes, I am going to showcase some real-time images as well! Excited much? Let’s get started!
What Color is Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore?
Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore is a popular and one of the best-selling white paint colors. It’s the brightest and cleanest white paint color that can immediately brighten any dull corner of your home. It should definitely be a go-to white if you’re looking for a neutral paint color. So, the crisp and clean feel of this color is quite ideal for smaller homes and spaces that receive low incoming natural light. Whether you have neutrals in your home or a cooler-toned color palette, BM Chantilly Lace can play an ideal role in the ceilings, trims, and moldings.
There have also been certain times that I have used this clean and crisp white Benjamin Moore paint color as a WHOLE HOUSE COLOR for my various E-Design and Color Consultation clients. Yes, especially if you prefer an all-white look in your home – BM Chantilly Lace can truly do wonders. I would also recommend that you avoid using this color in warm-toned color palettes as it can counteract and come off as ‘too bright’ or ‘too stark’!
I’d recommend that you try this ready-to-order swatch in different rooms with different lighting conditions to determine how Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace will truly feel in your home.
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Is Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace a Warm or Cool White?
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is definitely a neutral and clean white paint color with just a touch of fresh blue undertones. But let me tell you, these undertones are quite passive and don’t generally show up! All in all, BM Chantilly Lace is a great recommendation if you’re looking for a bright and crisp white color that simply lacks any undertones. It’s definitely not a soft white either – so, you know this is the ‘brightest’ white you can have in your home.
For instance, try placing a swatch of BM White Dove against BM Chantilly Lace and BM Decorator’s White. You’ll observe how clean, crisp, and bright BM Chantilly Lace appears. On the other hand, you’ll also observe that BM Chantilly Lace simply lacks any undertones and can come off quite bright and neutral!
Why is Chantilly Lace So Popular?
BM Chantilly Lace offers the versatility of being a clean white color without looking overly cold and stark! Yes, this is definitely a clean and bright white color that can play phenomenally in a variety of interior design styles and color palettes. Moreover, if you’re looking for a ‘true’ white paint color for your home – BM Chantilly Lace can ideally serve all the purposes!
Is Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Good for a Bedroom?
Yes, absolutely! BM Chantilly Lace can work well in bedrooms that either receive low incoming natural light and/or have a small square footage. Even if you have a dull and dingy bedroom, BM Chantilly Lace can do wonders and brighten it up! Moreover, you must definitely paint the ceilings, trims, and moldings in the same color for the best results.
Does Chantilly Lace Look Green?
BM Chantilly Lace can look green or blue depending on the incoming natural light. Let’s say, if your space faces a large, lush lawn – this paint color has the potential to showcase a tiny green undertone. On the other hand, this color can showcase a hint of blue in the north-facing rooms!
Is Chantilly Lace Brighter than Pure White?
BM Chantilly Lace is definitely brighter, cleaner, and crisper than Pure White! Chantilly Lace has an LRV of 93 whereas SW Pure White has an LRV of 84! Secondly, Pure White by Sherwin Williams is quite a soft and muted white paint color that doesn’t feel stark and cold at any time.
Is Chantilly Lace Too Stark For Walls?
Well, this depends on the incoming natural light! So, for the north-facing rooms, BM Chantilly Lace can truly appear quite stark and clean on the walls due to the incoming cool and blue-tinted light. Meanwhile, in the south-facing rooms, Chantilly Lace can appear slightly softer due to the incoming warm light.
Can I Use Chantilly Lace in a Dark Room?
Absolutely yes! Chantilly Lace can make a great choice in the rooms that receive low incoming natural light. It’s rather my go-to choice for any space that feels dark, flat, and dingy! This clean and bright white paint color will always make your space feel airy and large.
What are the Undertones of Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace?
In my books, Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is a crisp and clean white paint color that mainly lacks any dominant undertones. So, if you’re looking for a no-fail solution and a bright white color that looks bright and yet not so stark, BM Chantilly Lace it is. On the other hand, this white color has the potential to showcase a tinge of ‘blue’ undertone! Yes, I wouldn’t recommend this particular white for warm-toned color palettes since it may sometimes showcase a cool feel to it! Unlike warm whites, this paint color can be paired with crisp white appliances, cool-toned marble, and clean furnishings.
Chantilly Lace Benjamin Moore can tend to appear slightly different under different lighting conditions – but not majorly dominant though. In general, you can use this color in any compass direction but you must know how it will end up looking. In a room with little natural light, this color will come off quite well – yes, it’s ideal for low-light spaces. On the other hand, this color is bound to look washed also when used in a room with little natural light. Let’s discuss how this color behaves in different lighting conditions –
- In the north-facing rooms, BM Chantilly Lace can appear slightly grayed out! With the incoming cool light, this color can potentially appear ‘blue’ or ‘gray’ but not majorly.
- In the south-facing rooms, the Chantilly Lace paint color is bound to come off like a clean and crisp, bright white color with washed undertones and a more neutral appeal.
- In the east-facing rooms, BM Chantilly Lace can appear soft during early morning hours and considerably cleaner during the rest of the day.
- In the west-facing rooms, Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore will look balanced almost all day long.
BM Chantilly Lace LRV
Light Reflectance Value or LRV is an important aspect to consider when choosing the best neutral paint color for your home. This value determines how light or dark the paint color is – on a scale of 0-100. Hence, the darker the paint color, the lower the LRV is!
Chantilly Lace BM has an LRV of 90.04 – hence, falling on the very light end of the scale. This is a clean and crisp, bright white color that feels slightly neutral to cool-toned! Hence, a reason why I’d recommend this color majorly in the neutral or cool-toned color palettes. Well, this is definitely the ‘whitest’ white color that can potentially brighten up the dull corners and illuminate your low-light home.
Can I Use Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace For The WHOLE HOUSE?
Absolutely, yes! Rather, BM Chantilly Lace can be a great pick for a whole house color scheme. So, if you’d like your home to feel clean, crisp, airy, modern, and large – look no further than Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore. This brightest white paint color can be readily used on all the common walls of your home, stairways, hallways, and open-concept living and dining rooms. Moreover, if you’re dealing with a home that receives less incoming natural light – BM Chantilly Lace can do wonders and brighten up all the dull corners.
Meanwhile, to ensure that Chantilly Lace paint doesn’t look monotonous as a ‘whole house color’ – I’d recommend that you paint the interior doors in a contrasting hue to add a sense of visual interest and depth. You can also choose to add tinges of serene or bolder and Chantilly Lace coordinating colors as accents on the accent wall, bathroom vanity, kitchen lower cabinets and island, entryway door, and built-in shelves in another contrasting hue to complete the palette. I personally love the look of BM Gray Owl or BM Wrought Iron on the doors and trims with BM Chantilly Lace on the walls!
How To Use BM Chantilly Lace Paint?
Chantilly Lace BM is a clean and crisp, bright white color that can be used in a particular space as well as a whole house color. This color can be used on all the walls of a particular room, the kitchen cabinets, mudroom and foyer cabinets, even trims and moldings, ceilings, exterior walls, bathroom vanity, and much more. Moreover, you can infuse bolder colors with respect to BM Chantilly Lace as a base color in a space. Especially for interior design styles like Coastal, Cottagecore, Modern Farmhouse, French Country, and Scandinavian – this clean white color by Benjamin Moore will work beautifully.
Here’s a well-curated pre-made color palette that I have created for BM Chantilly Lace on Etsy! It enlists all the exact colors that pair with Chantilly Lace color including how and where to use them in your whole house color palette. I have included 5 color palettes (with Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace and complementary hues) along with how to use each of those paint colors in various areas of your home. You’ll also get the detailed MATERIAL and FABRIC palette with each of BM Chantilly Lace color palettes! Another bonus is PAINT PLANNER and a detailed guide on paint sheens for various areas of your home.
Here’s where you can download the palette – Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Where To Use BM Chantilly Lace Paint in Your Home?
You can use Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore in various areas of your home. You can either use this color as a neutral or base in a specific space or even a whole house color. Moreover, this color is a classic choice for cabinets, vanity, interior doors, ceilings, trims, baseboards, and moldings as well. Here’s where you can use this BM Chantilly Lace paint color –
- Trims and Crown Moldings
- Ceiling
- Interior Doors
- Exterior Doors
- Exterior Walls
- Exterior Trims and Shutters
- Exterior Columns, Fascia, Soffits
- Whole House including foyer and hallways
- Bedroom Walls
- Bathroom Walls
- Bathroom Vanity
- Kids’ Rooms
- Laundry Cabinets
- Kitchen Cabinets
- Window Frames and Moldings
- Built-in Shelves
What Colors Go With BM Chantilly Lace?
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace are shades of greige, taupe, soft blues, dark blues, navy blues, blue-greens, green-grays, blue-grays, charcoal gray, cool whites, and black. Yes! This versatile color can pair well with every color category!
Here’s a list of Benjamin Moore blue colors that go with BM Chantilly Lace –
- Benjamin Moore Normandy
- Benjamin Moore Van Deusen Blue
- Benjamin Moore Smoke
Now, here’s a list of Benjamin Moore green colors that go with BM Chantilly Lace –
- Benjamin Moore Duxbury Gray
- Benjamin Moore Intrigue
- Benjamin Moore Healing Aloe
You must have a look at this list of Benjamin Moore gray and black colors that go with BM Chantilly Lace –
You must have a look at this list of Benjamin Moore blue-green colors that go with BM Chantilly Lace –
- Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue
- Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal
- Benjamin Moore Newburg Green
Now, here’s a list of Benjamin Moore greige/taupe colors that go with BM Chantilly Lace –
What Trim Colors Go With BM White Dove?
Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore in itself can make a beautiful trim and ceiling color choice with Chantilly Lace walls. After all, this is definitely my go-to white paint color choice for the ceilings, baseboards, and trims. In a different sheen of course, for instance, choose Eggshell for the walls, semi-gloss for the trims, and matte or flat for the ceiling! Don’t switch different whites with this color since it might clash with the undertones of one another.
- With BM Chantilly Lace walls, go with BM Chantilly Lace on the ceilings and trims.
- With BM Chantilly Lace cabinets, go with BM Chantilly Lace on the ceilings and trims. For the walls, you can choose a cool-toned white with either a gray, blue, or green undertone.
- Also, With BM Chantilly Lace trims, consider the same BM Chantilly Lace paint for the walls and cabinets.
Where To Use Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace in Your Homes?
As mentioned earlier, Chantilly Lace Benjamin Moore can make a light, clean, and crisp statement in any corner of your home. Well, if you’re excited to have a look at some inspirations of how this color has been used creatively, here’s a list to follow!
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Kitchen Cabinets
Looking for a crisp and clean white for the kitchen cabinets? Well, look no further than Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. This bright white for the kitchen cabinets can prove to be quite timeless, versatile, and modern! You must pair the cabinets with matte black or chrome pull handles, fixtures, and knobs.
BM Chantilly Lace Bedroom
BM Chantilly Lace in a bedroom is ideal to make it feel lighter, larger, and airier. Choose to use the same color on the ceilings, trims, and moldings as well! Moreover, this clean white color is quite ideal to brighten the dull bedroom corners and immediately illuminate them! Looks the best in south and west-facing bedrooms.
BM Chantilly Lace Whole House
If you’re looking to brighten the feel of your ‘whole house’ – do have a look at BM Chantilly Lace! This color can be used on all the common walls of your home along with the living, dining, and family room walls. You can choose to continue this color on the kitchen cabinets as well! Furthermore, add a touch of matte black, gray, shades of blues and greens, blue-greens, and mauve or pink for the best results.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Exteriors
Especially if you have a Modern farmhouse exterior design style, choose BM Chantilly lace on the walls, trims, fascia, and soffits. You can further choose a bold and saturated black color for the window frames, front door, and shutters! Definitely one of the most timeless white paint colors for the exteriors.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Living Room
One of the best living room paint colors, BM Chantilly Lace is a great way to make your living room feel timeless and sophisticated. Also, this is a great way to add pops of hues on the accent furniture, accessories, and more! You can even choose to accentuate the fireplace and add a bold exposed brick wall or simply cool-toned natural stone cladding.
BM Chantilly Lace Vanity
Whether you have greige, gray, or off-white walls in the bathroom, BM Chantilly Lace on the vanity is quite ideal. It’s definitely a no-fail solution for any bathroom and can also offer the utmost versatility! Choose matte black or chrome hardware fixtures, knobs, and pull handles.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Equivalent Colors
Comparing colors is always helpful since you get the idea of the true undertones of a paint color. After all, that’s how we know how a paint color is lighter/darker or warmer/cooler than the others!
Here, some closely similar paint colors are Benjamin Moore Simply White, Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White, Benjamin Moore Super White, Sherwin Williams High Reflective White, and Sherwin Williams Pure White.
Let’s see how they differ!
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace vs Benjamin Moore Simply White
Benjamin Moore Simply White is a popular white paint color with a deep yellow undertone unlike BM Chantilly Lace with a ‘blue’ undertone. With an LRV of 89.52 – this color is almost equally bright and clean. Yes, it has just the perfect touch of warmth!
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace vs Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White
Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White isn’t a clean and bright white color and rather is a cool-toned white with gray undertones. With an LRV of 82.68 – this color is considerably darker than BM Chantilly Lace.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace vs Benjamin Moore Super White
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is slightly cleaner and crisper as compared to BM Super White. The latter paint color is definitely softer and calmer as compared to the former paint color. With an LRV of 87.36 – this is definitely a cool-toned white but not the ‘whitest’!
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace vs Sherwin Williams High Reflective White
Sherwin Williams High Reflective White is a cleaner, brighter, and crisper version of BM Chantilly Lace. With an LRV of 93, it’s also way lighter than BM Chantilly Lace and can be used on the ceilings, trims, and moldings. SW High Reflective White is a neutral and clean white color that lacks undertones!
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace vs Sherwin Williams Pure White
Sherwin Williams Pure White is a soft and neutral white color quite ideal to be used on the ceilings, trims, and moldings. With an LRV of 84, this is definitely not a clean, bright, and crisp white color and is rather a soft and muted one.
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Takeaway
Is Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace one of your favorite clean and bright white paint colors? Well, are you excited to incorporate this color into your home? It’s definitely one of the best clean white paint colors to have in your home as a whole house color. So, without any delay, paint that fresh coat of this versatile white color and let your home feel bright and clean again!
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