Ivory white is not Acadia white. Ivory white #925 is in the Classic colors fandeck and Acadia white #OC38 is in the Preview colors fandeck. They are very close in color. jbrodies' kitchen that was recently posted as finished has cabinets in Acadia White. Here's a pic of ours while being remodeled. We're not quite done yet, but you can get an idea of the Ivory White color. The wall next to the cabinet has been primed so it is white in color and you can see the Ivory white next to it has a bit of yellow creaminess to it. My hutch top is walnut so you can see it next to brown. Also, I have a lot of natural light in my kitchen, during the evening the cabs look even more creamy. I think either color would look great with Tropical Brown.

I think you've got a great place to start, very large and open. There's not much room for a microwave over the stovetop though? Anyway, can you paint the walls more of a greige that is so popular, somewhere between the gray you wanted, but still pickup the beige tones in the granite. Breezy's cabinets are BM Simply white, which looks really nice. All the best on your reno!

If you are down to just two colors it would be a good idea to buy a sample (even if that means a quart) and paint a good size area of each in the space you plan to use it. I find it helpful when I paint an edge to touch. Check on the colors throughout the course of several days, hopefully with differing amounts of sun. Don't forget to see how they look at night too. I was between two different BM whites and this process made it clear that one read too yellow in my space for my taste. Who knows, maybe this is why so many shades of white are available? Either that or they just have a lot of great names they want to use! I find subtle differences hard to read well on a computer screen. HTH

thank you Janice for the input. I too have refinished furniture and wood for many, many years. Your experience (or your husbands) might be different, but that doesn't make your statement absolutely true. this though, "because of careless..." is a major reason why. .Careless people. (poorly prepped is the other reason) Just because his finishes didn't hold up around those people, doesn't mean that painted cabinets are always going to chip. I merely debated your statement that "painted cabinets chip on the edges very easily". I completely disagree with you on that. You mentioned walking through 'million dollar homes that you sell' and seeing chipped cabinets. You have no idea how they were painted and what kind of prep work was done. What you're seeing is the end results of poorly prepped cabinets. I still say proper priming and prepping is the key. I redid my friends 1980 oak cabinets over 10 years ago. I stripped and sanded all of them. then primed. then fine sanded. then painted. she still has those cabinets and they have never chipped. she has a bunch of kids and animals and isn't at all careful in her kitchen. That's the only part of your comment I disagreed with. Many people come on here and tell people, 'don't paint your cabinets. they'll never last'. That's just untrue. And I know you didn't say just to 'wipe on gel stain'. (And for the record, when I say, 'slapped on stain", that is meant to mean 'without much prepping or being overly careful. You're the second person on here that seems to have an issue w/that phrase) However, if you look at any how-to's on some of these blogs, that's exactly what they do.The 'slap on' stain. Why? because they have no clue on how to properly refinish wood. I have stained a ton of wood furniture. To do it correctly takes just as much work as painted. (why you think stripping and staining is easier and faster now, I don't know) A lot of people advise the OP's on here to 'just stain them a darker color', (Maybe thinking it's easier than painting) without having any clue that it's just as much work. Stripping cabinets is not easy. not for a novice. When I advise people of things on here, I try to keep in mind their budget and what they can or cannot afford. Painting or staining kitchen cabinets is not a cheap date. Not if it's done correctly. That's why I offer a DIY option whenever I mention painting. unless the OP is familiar w/wood finishing, I just leave that DIY option off the table because it's too difficult for a novice to get right. I understand you just wanting to offer info to others that may read this post, as do I. That's why I sometimes contradict some comments, like I did yours. Someone who knows nothing about cabinet painting would see your comment and immediately think all painted cabinets won't last. Simply put, it's just a false statement the way you have it written. Perhaps next time you might try adding, "without proper prep work and materials used, painted cabinets may not hold up well enough compared to stained wood cabinets". Mkay? thanks. this is prob moot anyway since the op hasn't been back.