Help!!!!! Benjamine Moore whites!!!!!
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6 years agoWe painted the walls of our new house Benjamin Moore Canvas 267. It is a warm white and I really like it. We used Benjamin Moore Mountain Peak White on the ceiling (the lighter paint)
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Benjamin Moore’s white opulence paint color
Comments (75)It has been a while since the last activity on this thread, and I felt it might be beneficial to give my updated perspective on White Opulence #879 from Benjamin Moore as a paint color for main areas. Having lived with this color for a bit longer now since my last comment, I am beginning to understand how tightly it regulates what other colors can be placed with it for anyone who cares about a homogeneous scheme and also how undeniable the pink tone can be when applied over large surface areas. White Opulence is a tint of red, but it is so light that in ample daylight or under bright white lighting it can "read" as white. In average daylight, it produces a whisper-light pink hue. The effect of this is magnified the larger the area that is covered by it. Using this color on the walls in the main space of a large, open-plan layout with high ceilings, for example, will imbue the area with a light, yet undeniable, pale pink cast in average lighting. It would be a good idea to prepare not only yourself but also any other significant users of the space of the pink tinge before selecting this color because some people truly dislike pink, and it is courteous to work with all regular users of spaces during design planning to try to ensure no one will be overly uncomfortable with the final effect. One thing that hasn't been discussed is how White Opulence can cast a peach tone under warmer lighting colors, especially in the absence of any compensating daylight, meaning nighttime in most home spaces. If peach is a color you want to avoid and you utilize warm lighting -- that is, progressively orange-tinged the further under a 4000K color temperature you go -- then this is a paint color to avoid. The general recommendation is that 4000K is quite cool for home environments, so if you don't know what color temperature your home lighting is, you can probably assume it is warmer than 4000K if you selected average bulbs from your home supplies provider. White Opulence as a red-based white was an attractive choice for my main space because I already had a red accent in a permanent finish and personally prefer the fresh look that a red-white lends versus common alternate choices for main area wall colors like yellow-based beiges or blue-based grays. The problem is that so many home goods available are manufactured in colors that go with beige and gray wall colors rather than the faint red-white of White Opulence that color coordination requires more work than may be expected. Of course, you could decorate using pure white items, but what you really need are options for whisper pink basics which are hard to find. Adding stronger pink or red items is not always the solution either because you cannot feasibly fill the room with accents; you need some basics that blend with the wall tone. Then there is the issue of coordinating White Opulence with colors for auxiliary rooms if you wish to have some variety throughout the home while still maintaining the feel that all of the home's colors work together. Most blues coordinate with White Opulence, but if you have already used red accents in rooms painted with White Opulence, then red is challenging to pair with blue in most instances unless it is a dark, cool blue like navy. Where this has been a dilemma for me has been my hallway colors connecting the main open space to the bedrooms which are all different pastels. The color plan I have will work, and I'll enjoy the variety of colors that I have been able to make flow together, but to be honest, at times I have wondered how much easier the design process might have been if I had picked plain white for the main space. White is the ultimate neutral some might say. At the very least, a basic white for the main area would have given me more freedom in selecting fabrics and other home products for the main space as well as coordinating colors for other rooms. It is all too easy to second-guess decisions that will affect your life long-term. I am using Benjamin Moore's durable Aura formula in a satin finish, so I expect the new White Opulence paint will last decades. Had I selected a plain white or yellow- or blue-based off white, I might be back on this very forum wishing I had gone with White Opulence to add appeal beyond the standard choices. I hope this is helpful to anyone still considering this color....See MoreNeed quick help on Benjamin Moore whites
Comments (5)I couldn't find the cabinet colors, do you have samples or photos of those. The Cambria Brittanicca is white-ish background with large gray veining. It also comes in a gold tone. Do you have gray veining? I would be a bit concerned that Decorator's White would go to the yellow hue, since it is in the Yellow Hue family and in the "warm" segment of the Color Specialist Color Wheel. It also has a fairly high level of Chroma at 2.084, so has some color. Of those mentioned, Distant Gray has an LRV of 87.9 so it is quite "reflective", it is in the Green/Yellow Hue Family but it only has a chroma level of 1.806, so very little color. Putting a wall color, without knowing the exact color of your upper cabinet color is pretty much impossible. But in any case, when you select a "white", do the walls and ceiling in the same color in a flat finish and the trim in a satin finish, same color. That will keep things cohesive. I would be a bit concerned about the wall color looking like a "mis-match" with your cabinet color. I might try BM OC-117 Simply White, it has low Chroma at .50 and high LRV at 90. So it will be a bright white and might not conflict with your upper cabinet color. That's where I would start. You will have to do sample boards, or get true samples from www.samplize.com They are 12x12" samples that you can stick to walls and ceiling to test with lighting in your home. Your lighting will effect whites more than anything else. Hope this helps....See MoreHelp!!!Two different Oxford whites!Benjamin Moore!!
Comments (11)Exactly. EasyRGB measured two different chips. One in the Classic fandeck 869 and one in CC fandeck, CC-30. When you use EasyRGB, you don't want the RGB values. Because RGB Values have nothing to do with the paint color formula OR what the color actually looks like. Many think RGB means how much red, green, blue a color has "in it". And that's not the job RGB values do. RGB values are instructions for a device; RGB indicates how much of each channel of red, green and blue light needs to light up to create a digital swatch of that color. If you click somewhere on that first box of numbers, you'll get a pop up menu. Choose convert. It's on this page where you'll find the values that define and describe what the color factually looks like to real human eyeballs. But here's the most important thing to remember. When using color data values as a FRAMEWORK to define and describe COLOR APPEARANCE, slight difference in CIELab and LCh(ab) aren't a big deal. Because we're using those data values to understand a color's three dimensional characteristics and a slight difference in the numbers isn't going to change the color appearance description. Which is VERY different from relying on the data to create a formula to be mixed into a can of base....See MoreKelly Moore/Sherwin Williams equivalent to Benjamin Moore's White Dove
Comments (1)The closest is this Sherwin Williams colour....See MoreRelated Professionals
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6 years agoOur trim is Simply White. It’s white without being stark/cold and WHITE like Super White (which we used in a bathroom) but it’s also not too creamy (in our light/rooms) where it leans toward yellow/ivory.
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PRO6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoYou mention lots of windows, so natural light will have a huge impact on any color you choose?
When you decide on the white, paint your woodwork the same in semi-gloss, so regardless of the light or time of day it is all the same. You are looking at the paint as a lonely soldier. Once you add your rugs and fabrics, it will come to life.
Decorator’s white is okay, but not china white…it can look dirty, especially if you have other whites in the room.
My favorite is B.M. Super White or S.W. Pure White.
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6 years agoWe just painted our college aged daughter’s room Super White. It was the only white that did not read blue or pink or yellow. It’s a true white in the space and exactly what we wanted.
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