Its all a matter of personal taste, I guess. And, whether you like a particular color or not. If you love navy blue, it might make you very happy. I couldn't work in the green one myself even though I like that color in smaller doses. The Plain English actually looks like three shades in the whole shot. The Plain English is based on what people did in the 18th and early 19th century. When they got more sophisticated about paint analysis, they found out that at least one of the rooms at Mount Pleasant in Fairmount Park was painted the same color from top to bottom, everything. With two exceptions: there was a band of black painted around the perimeter of the floor (across all mouldings, doors everything). This was because they scrubbed the wood floors and swept them with sand. Then, the interior of the cupboards were painted a bright color. Love it or hate it, this is a Very difficult thing to pull off, particularly when working with different materials. It would have been amazing if Miles Redd had gotten Pryolave counters to match. It would have Looked worse :), but as an intellectual exercise he would have really earned his fee. The slight variant look is a bit easier to do and a bit easier, perhaps, on the eyes. However, vary too much and you might as well forget it...it looks like a near-miss. Add interest with something else, and its not monochromatic anymore, its a color scheme. People will argue this one with me up and down, but if you do all one color, it essentially becomes a ground (I am not allowed to call it a neutral) for everything else. In the monochromatic blue kitchen or yellow kitchen---you could throw any other colors in any number, in there-- in terms of Contents--and it wouldn't be jarring. In that sense it would almost be like coloring on a white piece of paper. Compare that to the masters of the supertight supercontrolled pallette. The all-custom-(nearly)-all-the-time Diamond and Baratta. Now, THIS would drive me crazy, because it IS an entire palette, vs. one color. Put the wrong object down in This room and you're done for. I really wonder how actual food looks in those kitchens.

I’d level it off to make it more open.

I am a big fan of SW Alabaster White. I live in a house with lots of natural light, lots of wood, colorful artwork. This color is a wonderful warm white. I love it so much, that in the new house we are building I am using it again. It helps that the house is sited the same direction and is not very far away so I know how the light will reflect. But the new house is different style, there is still a lot of wood, but there is also a bit of metal with iron beams and railings. The color still looks great. I did the trim in SW Highly Reflective White it is a brighter white and really pops. I have a pantry cabinet wall which is wood, not sheetrock and I dont mind the difference in the way the paint sheen is, it works fine for me.

they can be diff. or pick a light contrasting color. I did Simply White on my walls in the room, but in the kitchen I did Light Pewter hard to get a good photo of both in one shot,,,, but the Light pewter is the wall next to fridge and the open shelving coffee bar,,,,Simply White is in the family room. My cabs are a shade brighter than simply White. the LED lights are Daylight, or 4000K better shot of Light Pewter. the Trim is semi gloss Simply White. so is the baseboard and crown the pantry room is also the pewter color. So you really don't have to do another white. I think it adds a bit more interest to do a slight contrast in color.