Thank you amrad. I have the BM fan deck at home with weekend so that helps with visualizing the colors together. I should have mentioned that I will be repainting the now pale yellow walls to BM Hawthorne Yellow (well, at least I think that now, we'll see after the test pot goes up). Would that change your recommendation?

I painted my cabinets last summer, my house faces south, so I get lots of sun too. I got samples of White Dove and 3 others that I cannot recall (probably what you mentioned or close). I did not like White Dove on the swatch at all, but I kept an open mind. I painted all 4 on poster boards and looked at them for a few days and did a process of elimination. White Dove won! I LOVE the way my cabinets look.....white without being stark, but no undertones. I used Cabinet Coat paint from BM and they tinted it White Dove for me. Hope that helps....

OK I will tell you that until you know what your countertops will be, picking color for your cabinets is going to be very tricky. As to BM Simply White for trim, that is in the Yellow Hue family, and it has a Chroma of .5 which means it has very little color in it; and it has an LRV (light reflective value) of 90. 100 is highest reflective number so that will reflect a lot of light. Nice for trim, and I like "satin" for the finish. Now for wall color. BM White Dove has a Chroma of .58 and an LRV of 83. We like more separation of Chroma (at least .20) and this is way too close. I don't think that will work. So you are in a tricky spot not knowing some key variables such as countertop colors. I think if you want light colors, I would do either of these two colors, but use different "finishes". It will vary from room to room due to light conditions. Since your carpet is tan, and your flooring is dark brown, I think I would lean toward the BM White Dove since it has a bit more warmth to it than Simply White. SW Alabaster has nice lightness and many have used it for both trim and walls, etc. Use Satin finish for your trim, flat or matte for walls and ceiling.

You can find Chroma values for many of the more popular colors and brands in The Colorography Lab. We're adding new colors daily. Flo has special Color Strategist training and knows how to convert color data values into a hue, value, chroma color notation. At this point in time, a Color Strategist or The Colorography Lab are the only two resources to get accurate chroma values for major brand's pant colors. Dunn-Edwards is the only paint brand that publishes accurate hue, value, chroma notations for their colors in their fandeck. Unfortunately, Easyrgb doesn't directly display Chroma values. Neither does any of the hand-held colorimeter (Color Muse, NIX, ColorReader) apps. It's a very powerful color data value. As powerful, maybe more powerful, than LRV. I'm working on influencing changes in the architectural coatings industry to include the most useful color data value information. It's an industry that overall is allergic to change.