MY DH LOVES super white; two of our bedrooms are painted this color, along with the ceiling and woodwork, and I think he would paint everything super white, if he could! If it was just up to me, it would be something not quite as bright, but the rest of the house has grey walls, so the super white woodwork looks fine. And after pictures were put on the walls, along with bedspreads, etc. the bedrooms look fine, I don't even think about it anymore.

Thanks for all the comments! I've been scrolling through picture after picture and it seems like there are a lot of ways people do it. Crown all the color of cabinets (my least fav), white and gray crown and then only crown on the cabinets. I have till Monday to decide but I've used this picture as inspiration for my stove wall and I noticed they have two colors and it doesn't look bad IMO?

This is how I've done it. Caulked (and like many mentioned) and built it up with a few passes. Taped off the trim but not the very bottom edge of the trim. Painted the caulked wall AND the bottom of the trim. This is the easiest way to do it because even when you look at the most sparkly white trim the bottom always reflects the color of the wall and never looks white anyway so might as well paint it (I have light colored walls everywhere so this has minimal impact on overall look of the moulding). Also taping off the straight edge just above that trim edge is easy and easy to paint everything below and little to no risk of a mess. I'm done, forgot to take pictures.. maybe next time. Thanks everyone for participation and advice.

Why would you use the same cabinet crown shade throughout the house. That makes no sense. Your cabinets and crown are a separate feature unless they run right into your ceiling crown?