Can you not go on site and see how they turn in that specific light (make a large sample and haul it with you)? My future new kitchen is north facing and there is no way I would pick a color without seeing its tones in that room...keeping in mind the flooring color, countertop (take samples with you) etc.

@lucky998877 yes I can go to the construction site. It's framed but dry wall not up yet and it's just hard to tell, all I see is light bouncing off 2 x 4's. I need to pick my cabinet color within the next week or two so it can get in the production line up. I've been on the verge of tears over this because it so overwhelming. I see all these beautiful kitchens and even trying to reproduce one seems impossible.

My wonderful, brilliant mother, who I miss terribly, used to tell me I can’t change a room’s exposure, I needed to work with it, and it sounds like that’s what you’re trying to do. Wait ‘till the walls are up and the windows are in before you worry about the paint colors. It’s great to have a plan but it will change once the space changes. She was also a fan of leaning into the dark side. All of our north facing rooms are painted in deep colors. You might find you like a more saturated gray once you see it in the space. Good luck!

@eam44 great advice and yes, I plan to wait on wall colors etc until it's all done. I just need to decide a cabinet color now and that's what's causing me angst. I want to do a light/white for the L part of kitchen and then a dark blue/gray for the island. I just don't know where to begin with the white. I feel like I need a warm white to balance the cool northern exposure, but it needs to work with the counter top. I've been looking at so many white paint chips my heading is spinning.

Warm whites aren’t going to balance the light. Just choose whatever white matches most closely the cream background in the counter. Ask about variability in your Caesarstone, first of all. Does the background change much from lot to lot? Then take your sample counter material to the SW store and they will help you match it better than we can. On my monitor, Statuario Maximus has a slightly peach undertone, and so would your paint choice. Below is a factory image of your counter material with SW 7104 Cotton White. Will it be the right option? You have to see both irl to make that decision, but it might get you in the right color family.

Oh, one more thing, your counters will be horizontal and your cabinets vertical. The light will hit them differently, so, go to a room in your house that faces north and put boards painted with your candidate colors standing up vertically on top of your horizontal counter samples. You might be surprised at the difference that makes.

I’m doing a new build with north-facing views too but I’m not as far along as you. I also want a warm white paint color. My concern is wanting to observe the paint colors within the context of the lighting that will be in the home—and I don’t think any of that will be installed when the paint decisions need to be made.

Following.

i googleda and found a great article here:

https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-most-popular-benjamin-moore-paint-colours-north-facing-northern-exposure-rooms/

C. Misty Carrera?

From her website, but more to read besides this one: Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue HC 147. If I were to go cool, it would either be Benjamin Moore Wythe blue or Woodlawn Blue. Wythe is a beautiful blend of blue/green/gray (pretty balanced). Woodlawn Blue is a blue/gray with a wink of green in it. And even though blue and green are BOTH traditionally cool colours, when you add green to blue – it makes it appear warmer! I would pick a blue with green in it.

Thank you @everdebz and @eam44 for the input. I did hire Kylie for a cabinet color consult and she did a good job (though I hadn't chosen a counter top at that point), I was more looking for a cabinet color that would be a "white" that would look good in a north facing room and this is from her consult - "SW Alabaster. This is a warm, creamy white. It will help to off-set the

northern light coming in, without being as yellow as Dover White." She also suggested Westhighland White as a 2nd choice. SW 7566 but I feel I see a bit of pink...maybe I need my eyes checked. I do like Alabaster, but it seems a bit too warm for some of my counter top selections. What is the "nuance" of SW alabaster.... And does it contradict what Lori says about nuance below?

From reading the chroma info from land of color expert @Lori A. Sawaya it seems I want "Colors with a nuance that is light and clear. Meaning choose paint colors that are clear but not vivid or bright", but how to pick one. Don't exactly understand how I figure out "nuance".

Also, do I start with a paint color that will work in a northern exposure and then select a counter top to go with, or do I pick a counter top and then pick a cabinet color? I see so many counter tops that I like, yet I can't figure out how to pick the proper paint color that will work with the counter top AND the north exposure.

And then to bring in a dark color for the island. Kylie suggested SW Cyberspace or SW Grizzle Gray 7068. I really like Grizzle Gray, but I am concerned it is too muddied and gray for the northern light. Will the gray stand out more? Say I chose something with green undertones (SW Urban bronze 7048) is the blue north light going to counteract to make these colors appear brown? or will the green tones be more prevalent.

Bottom line I am still having a hard time figuring out what the natural light will do to the various paint colors. And because the house is under construction and my cabinet color choice needs to be made, I am not in a situation where I can wait until everything is in place.

It’s great that you’re trying to get into color theory, but maybe you should let that go for a bit. Light changes seasonally and by the hour. Will you have loads of windows or one? If you’ve got one kitchen window, the right lighting scheme will have more to do with a feeling of warmth than your exposure. If you want warm colors, that’s fine, have them. Your undertones will be yellow, peach, orange, or pink. Choose your counter material, then use its background color to choose your cabinet color. Lay the counter samples horizontally and the paint colors sample boards vertically, then choose what looks best to your eye. It really is not rocket science, although it can feel like that at times. You must have a north facing room where you are living. Make your choices in there.

What did you end up choosing? We live in Florida. We are building our home soon and our kitchen will be on the north side of our home. Kitchen will have a 4ft window. This said, both our dining nook and living room which are adjacent to our kitchen have 9 ft of south facing windows. I am leaning towards SW Gibraltar for our base cabinets and island and SW Pure White for wall cabinets.

PS. I meant to add that I am hoping the Gibraltar will go blue. I just love it’s blue side!

This is off topic, but what size handles are on this cabinets and where did you get them?