My cabs and walls are snowfall white, which I love. It can be a pretty crisp white with cool LEDs or just slightly warm with 3000Ks. My accent color is turquoise (splash & floor), but I think it would look nice with Hale Navy.

Matching whites can be hard. If you want to make it easier on yourself, use the same white for the cabinets and trim. Skip the accent wall- it's a dated concept and rarely provides the interest people are hoping.

BM Cotton Ball is a beautiful color...good choice. It is considered a "warm" white and I would think if you must paint the dining room gray, try a "warm" gray such as BM Balboa Mist. You'll want the two colors to complement each other. Ask your salesman for his help. Please you do not need an accent wall. Buy some great art or fabulous drapes for your dining room instead.

Threers, thanks for your comments. It's not a must to pain dining to gray. Actually gray is not my favorite. I really like Navy color. there's one wall in dining room facing south windiow. I just feel if it could be in Hale navy? To match the hale navy, I choose classic gray. But seems everyone feel accent wall is dated. This is my dilemma.

Cotton Ball "white" is in the yellow section for a reason. A lot of it will really look yellow...I would look at colors again. Maybe Ben Moore OC-36 Niveous.

If you love navy, why not make the whole dining room Hale Navy?

I don't know if that is too dark and too bold :-) 3 walls in navy and 1 window walls

Barbara Griffith Designs: my kitchen and family room are facing north. Would you think cotton balls will still look yellow... I read some article saying cabinet white could be a bit crisy eg snowfall white and to add contrast wall could be a bit warmer. That's why I pick cotton balls. But I am not color expertise.. all from my gut.

While cabinets and walls can certainly be a different color, trim and cabinets would normally be the same color.

I don't think an all-navy dining room is too dark or bold at all. One of the advantages of a separate dining room is that you can paint the walls a more intense color than you might in an open plan space. I found a few pictures on Houzz, and you can find even more with a general google or pinterest search to show you how lovely an all-navy dining room can be.

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First of all remember people that work in paint stores worked in a different field somewhere else and are not designers. They are not color experts. I suggest you look at these colors on a color deck in your home as you will see the color family. If you look a deck of "whites" as it may be harder to differentiate. In that way you can better see the color tones that will show up once painted. Look at these outside so you can really see the color and again in the rooms. Remember to hold the samples upright like your walls, flat on a table if you are painting the floor (the color will look different).

"Classic Gray" is a great shade from the beige gray shade so it actually appears a warm gray without a hint of green or blue I like it a lot.

"Cotton Balls" is in the yellow family, so keep that in mind.

"Cloud Nine" is in the gray green family.

and "Hale Navy" is very dark, almost black, and I would not use it.

I would choose your cabinet color "Snowfall White" for ALL trim. It is a great shade and in that way you are not mixing white shades. So, I would not use Hale Navy at all as it is too dark, much less with green tint Cloud Nine.

Cotton Balls is in the yellow family, so unless you are going that direction I would choose another shade.

For the Navy colored wall how about something just a little lighter such as HC 151 (Buckland Blue) which is lighter so you actually see the color better along with the other walls which could be "Patriotic White" 2135-70 which is a pale blue. Mixing shades of white is never a good idea.

How about your ceilings? What color are they...they are often the largest "wall" in the room. I often paint them a white with the smallest touch of the wall color added for a slight tint.

Barbara Griffith Design: thank you for your advice! I will check the color you mentioned. I think I will leave cotton balls out. Just paint all walls in snowfall white instead of mixing white shade. For ceilings, can I go snowfall white or I should go brighter white eg Chantilly lace?

Kristin S: the pictures are all gorgeous! Who can not like navy! I will consider all navy in dining room.

Hi it's me again. It is difficult to discuss colors on a computer monitor....your best advice is to go to a BM paint store where, in my experience, the salespeople will discuss the values, tints and pigments of the colors you are looking at. My Cotton Ball paint does NOT look yellow...but a warm white. I would check it out as well as the other paint colors mentioned by all here. The Hale Navy is indeed almost black but BM has several other deep blues that with white window trim will look very good in a dining room. Good luck! Choosing the right color sometimes takes longer than the paint job itself.