Supposed to pick a couple options for color for my new kitchen's walls tomorrow. But... I'm a paint procrastinator. :( It's my most dreaded decision. I'm doing the ceiling and trim to match the cabinets, but they're stock cabinets, not painted. The closest paint chip match as far as I can tell is SW Pure White. The counters are a leathered black pearl granite and the backsplash is also white. So, I think I'm in a dangerzone if I try to pick a white for the walls. But, some of the wall is wood panelling and I love the look of white panelling. Was thinking maybe Snowbound? I actually recently purchased a pink-toned white for the adjacent room which is very open to this one, so I considered going along with that and doing something pink-ish, but I didn't see a good option in Sherwin Williams. Ackkkk I'm all over the place. HAAAALPPP

We were going with SW Extra white but after seeing some pictures and comments, some people said it is TOO bright white For a multitude of reasons, I wouldn't let comments and pictures online inform your opinion about Extra White. Again, we want to undertones. Paint colors don't have undertones, so you're in luck. Would Pure white work better? Based on what you've said, I doubt it. But I don't care for Pure White. I think there are prettier whites (personal opinion). All paint colors are defined and described by hue, value and chroma. The majority of white paint colors available in commercial paint brands belong to the yellow hue family, green-yellow hue family or green hue family. The reason is because there's a whole bunch of human visual perception stuff with regard to this region of the spectrum. Long story short, we end up perceiving near neutrals like grays and whites from this spectral, hue family range as being the most neutral as in not having amounts of discernible hue. Extra White and Pure White belong to the same hue family neighborhood. Pure White is at the end of the Yellow Hue Family, Extra White is at the beginning of the Green-Yellow hue family - again, same neighborhood on the color wheel. When it comes to brightness - and brightness is a description of how lightness (value) looks - they're basically the same. The biggest different between EW and PW is CHROMA. Chroma tells you how colorful or neutral a color looks. Pure White has more chroma. 0.44. Which means it's not as white as Extra White which has a chroma of 0.32. Extra White is a whiter, cleaner color than Pure White. (remember swatches you see online can not mimic in real life colors so whatever you think you see in swatches online you should ignore and go get physical chips)

We closed on our house today wahoooo! I only got to spend about an hour there but looked quickly at the samples for trim/doors/ceilings. I think I've narrowed it down to three possibilities: BM Simply White, SW Extra White and BM Super White. I thought about BM Chantilly Lace too. Basically, looking at the finishings, my first gut is that BM Simply White looks the best. I just worry it may look too yellow once up on everything. At least that's what I read (and you know how reliable the internet is). First question: has anyone had experience with BM Simply White? Does it just read warm or do you see the yellow in it when it's one trim/doors/ceilings? So I may go that direction, or wonder if I should go with a cleaner white but something close. Something still a little warm... As for the runners up, from what I can see SW Extra White and BM Super White are very similar but Extra White maybe looks a little warmer? Maybe because it has more chroma? Is this understanding accurate, Lori A. Sawaya?? And it seems to me that the order of warmth would go SW Extra White, BM Super White, BM Chantilly Lace... is that a correct reading? Again for context - East/West exposures with a lot of shade. Wall colors aren't chosen but would likely be something along the lines of BM Edgecomb Gray, BM Ballet White, BM Chelsea Gray, BM Natural Cream. Daughter's room will be BM Opal. I'll try to take some pics of the finishings tomorrow but would love any thoughts on this. Thanks!

are you painting those cabinets or getting new ones? Painting? why is the backsplash being done before the cabs? now you're stuck w/the bright white (which I don't think was the best match w/that countertop. ) I would have done white cabinets and Kendall Charcoal on your walls. The floor and tile would have popped w/that wall color. (you still can redo the walls with it. I think it will look better than a bright white. Kendall or Chelsea are warmer grays that would look beautiful w/your wood, the floors and the white. get a sample and just try it on one wall. (you're taking that tile up to the ceiling, yes?) Please, no boob light! gave you a nice flush mount. Who is painting the cabinets? Honestly? I'd keep the cabs as is and get a new countertop (and a diff ceiling light!) You'll spend at least 5K getting those painted (please use a pro cabinet painter and not the house painter guy! ) so take that money and get a lighter counterotop. You could find cheaper replacements if you went w/a pre-fab countertop. they come in quartz, granite, whatever. find a soft, grayish/white quartz, or a creamier white/w/a soft gray undertone. You plan on keeping these floors for a long time? No need picking colors that work w/that floor if you plan on changing it in the next year or so. But, if not possible, pull a light silver gray from the floor and those counters and use that shade. or do a grayish white. lets see the countertop close up Try a sample of these and see how they look w/the other two elements