I’ve heard that you could/should cut the trim color by half or 80/20 or something too. Is that a good idea or do you think all the same color?

Is the rest of your trim painted or stained? If you are painting all your trim pick a nice trim color you want everywhere and use that for the crown. Otherwise paint it the same as the ceiling or cut it 50%.

I’ve heard that you could/should cut the trim color by half or 80/20 or something too. Is that a good idea

Not a good idea. It's a terrible idea.

I don't think the people who suggest this have actually done it. Or else they haven't seen it done with many colors.

Alabaster "cut by 50%" is a weird greenish-yellow dead gray white. I don't know how SW "cut" the formula. I didn't look. And who knows how the staff at your SW would decide what "50%" means.

Most of the colors we choose for interior use are near neutrals, muted, chromatic grays and whites. The amounts of colorants are small to begin with - there's nothing to "cut". It's not mathematically possible in some cases and in every case it's up to the person mixing the paint to decide how to "cut" the formula.

The other completely terrible horrible idea is to get a gallon of white and "add it" to your wall color. That has inconsistent results as well. Most of the time you can't even tell white was added so you end up with 2 gallons of a color that you were trying to change instead of just one. It's a mess.

In addition, if you do add white and use it, you HAVE to save a quantity of the mix for touch ups because you'll never mix that color again.

Ceiling can be the same color as the walls or a different color of white. I'd suggest a SW match to PPG's Delicate white to go with Alabaster on the crown.

Interesting. Thanks for your input! So you think a different color white on the ceiling is preferable to doing all alabaster— ceiling and trim? I guess I thought it would look more cohesive to have them the same?

Trim is done. Still need to paint ceiling. Photo for reference in case it’s helpful. Should I do alabaster on the ceiling or some other plain white?

do you want the crown to stand out or blend in ? stand out- different colors- blend in same color.

Not an expert, but I liked the idea of the previous poster to use the same color but in flat. The benefit of the same color would be to make the ceiling look higher. If you wanted your trim to pop out more then use a different white. You really can't go wrong here. I guess it'll come down to which you prefer - more open feel of ceiling or slight contrast to see trim better? Are you keeping the "beams" or painting/removing them? They seem a little odd now that the trim is white and not stained.

LOL, deb looks like we posted the same thing at the same time!

Gonna try Alabaster in flat for the ceiling! Thanks everyone for the input!

Deb and Forever Now-

definitely want it to blend in, not stand out!