it's paint or lime wash

Look for a warm white. You really need to try your samples in your own light.

Look like paint to me. I was thinking alabaster by Benjamin Moore would work but now I’m thinking it looks a little brighter than that. Like a true white?

If you are in a location were it freezes, you do not want acrylic paint. It's like putting a plastic bag over the brick and the paint will pop and has to be repainted every 8 years or so. Not with Lime Wash.

• Whitewashed brick has a charming Old World feel with a freshly painted look. You can update your home while still keeping the warmth of the brick exposed, and not having to fully commit to completely painted brick.
• The best part is, it’s removable! There’s no stress when deciding the color or look that you want. The paint is designed to be washed off in the first 5-days following application so you can test it as you want. It can easily be touched up because of its flat finish.
• It is made to last and is manufactured in Italy with the highest-quality ingredients.
  Classico Limewash is made from Dolomite lime from Northern Italy. It is slaked, aged like a fine wine, then specially formulated for durability with little-to-no maintenance for decades. It will continue to patina giving you an authentic, natural look for your home.

Kristy, you can leave on or take off as much of the color as you like. It's just white. I'm in FLA. It was 104 the other day and I have stucco on a house built in 1988. We paint every 10 years.

A very white white that I’ve used is Snowbound. In hot Sourhern light it can tend to look stark. Especially when used with black. You have to judge the quality of light yourself. Alabaster tends to still look very white in bright light, but had s warmth that takes it away from being stark.