Oh wow Lori I can't thank you enough for such a thoughtful and detailed response. I have spent a lot of time on your amazing blog and your answer here has really helped as well. This is exactly what I was trying to understand. I love the look of mascarpone and now I understand why. Is there a deeper cream that we could use on the wall if mascarpone is our cabinet colour? Would Spanish White work? Our table and chairs are Spanish White and I think it would be nice to repeat that cream on the wall. I'm so nervous to make a mistake as these are all choices we expect to live with for many years.

Would Spanish White work? Our table and chairs are Spanish White and I think it would be nice to repeat that cream on the wall.

I like Spanish White and Marscapone next to each other. It works on paper and works when I look at it.

Spanish White will probably look a little different on the walls vs. furniture so be sure to get samples and make sure you like how it all works together in the same space.

Marscapone is a good cabinet color. Just spec'd it for cabinets last Saturday.

Wonderful, thank you! We have tested the Spanish white and I do like it but it's nice to know that it actually works on paper as well.

If I may ask one more question that confuses me. Considering the LRV of the Spanish White and the Mascarpone are so high, does that mean that my adjoining sunroom must also be such a high LRV? I would love to use Benjamin moore Flowering Herbs or Georgian Green but not sure if I can put that next to Spanish White? (I'm totally inspired by Zuzu's famous living room and want to recreate those colours with some sort of pink/rose red floral with green walls).

Ha! Totally remember Zuzu's living room. I think I still have that picture saved somewhere.

Considering the LRV of the Spanish White and the Mascarpone are so high, does that mean that my adjoining sunroom must also be such a high LRV?

No. Because it's a sunroom I assume there's an abundance of light. You might want to go darker than Spanish White and Marscapone.

It's common to read here on the forums and out there on the interwebs that bright sunlight "washes out" color. That's not exactly correct.

Colorfulness increases with luminance (brightness of light). This is known as The Hunt Effect.

As luminance (brightness of light) increases, dark colors look darker and light colors look lighter. This is known as The Stevens Effect.

Both Flowering Herbs LRV 56 and Georgian Green LRV 45 work with your palette of Spanish White and Marscapone.

Your choice is to go with Georgian Green which will be stronger and more consistent in terms of colorfulness and intensity. Or go with Flowering Herbs knowing it will probably shift lighter than anticipated compared to what your samples looked like - especially on a sunny day; you could feel like it's lighter, paler, weaker than expected. Depends on what you think is more desirable.

Thank you! If I understand correctly I think the Hunt Effect explains why the manchester tan in my dark living room looks grey, and in our bright south facing rooms it has a more yellowish, colourful look to it. I'm guessing I will prefer Flowering Herbs but I will sample both. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise.

If I understand correctly I think the Hunt Effect explains why the manchester tan in my dark living room looks grey, and in our bright south facing rooms it has a more yellowish, colourful look to it.

Yep. Man Tan doesn't have enough chroma or colorfulness to bust through a dim quality of light - like north light. Its chroma kind of shrinks into the shadows.

In a brighter room, there's more light for Man Tan's chroma to 'grab onto' and show up.

A color like Ocean Beach 958 is almost identical to Man Tan except it has a bigger bump of chroma which means it would have a shot at working in a dim, low-light, north-facting type room.