Which White of the Ferrari Whites?

OOoooohhhhh.......That's a good idea, thanks. Passed by the Porsche dealership a couple of times today. I'll have to put the door-jamb piece in the Audi so I can stop by next time I'm near there.

Correction on the Mercedes white - It's Arktikweiss - Arctic White, not Polar (semantics, I know, but could make all the difference, potentially).

 

Made a visit to the local Porsche dealership last weekend, per h2oskier's suggestion (thank you!!). Had the Boxer door plate along for comparison, and the difference was pretty significant. For the sake of good contrast/context, was in the SL that day, so I parked close to two Carrara White Caymans - a 2008 and a 2010. Thee was eve a slight difference between those!
In relation to the SL, they weren't quite as bright, but there was almost as great of a difference to the Boxer's Avus.
If I don't go with the SL's Arktikweiss, Porsche's Carrara White may be the one.

Been a bit busy attending to something more pressing, but when that's settled, I'll be back on this (among other things being neglected right now).

 

I wouldn't say it's subtle, that's for sure. You should see that grouping with an even whiter white next to the Carrara. More subtle, but still very noticeable.

Thanks for the suggestion; wouldn't have thought to look at that one.

 

Ian, we ended-up shooting several test-panels, including the Boxer's original Bianco Avus, Bianco Polo, Porsche's Carrara White in 2 variations: Stock, and with the Yellow (Ecru?) cut in half or completely out. Seeing them all together, the differences were huge - so much that I verified against my Boxer and SL, and several 2009-2010 Porsches on the dealer's lot nearby. Those were dead-on, and the reduced-yellow was quite noticeable against the factory's paint.

Next to the others, the Boxer's Bianco Avus really does have a green tint to it, not so noticeable by itself. The reduced-yellow Carrara White was mixed and shot because of the amount of that component that showed relative to the SL, and several other cars in the shop. I can't recall where the Polo hit in the spectrum of this group, but I think that Carrara was whiter (I'll have to check).

We finally had the SL's paint chromagraphed (the term, IIRC), and it came out to what is actually an Alfa Romeo color: Bianco Freddo.
Both the Boxer and the 400GT are being shot in that Alfa color, matched to color cards shot in the same batch to match the SL, just to be sure that they all have the same Alfa color that Mercedes used

 

That's the Bianco Fuji.