When I painted by main floor closet I bought a small can of white paint and dropped in one of my gazillion BM sample pots to create a nice off-white. I would never paint the closets the color of the adjoining room in my house because I change colors way too much. I also painted my three bedroom closets last month EK Gustavian Grey which is a lovely light grey (ceilings too.) For my 5 x 5 master bedroom I ordered a fun light. I have a gorgeous rug in their that I got on clearance. I am with Jan teacats, make it fun! Final answer: Life is to short to paint a closet plain white.

The color reflectance, its influence and issues with acuity is actually mathematical -- not subjective. Most closets have one fixture and depend on the lumens from one bulb - most often an incandescent. Can be physical considerations as well because it's not reasonable to assume everyone has the same level of color acuity. i.e One person might have no trouble picking out the navy blue trousers from among a dozen pairs of black trousers. While another may literally have to take several pairs over to a window to make the same color determination. The case for white closets and visual ergonomics reaches beyond aesthetics. Has some interesting points to explore. As another example, we've noticed here just in this thread is that closets are not repainted as often as rooms. So it's feasible that the chosen color for a closet will span a decade or more. In ten years time, the average human adult's visual acuity will decrease as the eye ages. Ten years on an eyeball after age 30 is a LONG, hard ten years. A novel color coordinated turquoise closet would be a fun pop one day and then before you know it, it annoyingly interferes with your deciphering a dark chocolate stripe from a dark forest green stripe. As with all things color, it depends on WHAT color we're talking about. Midtones aren't going to have the same visual acuity interference issues as a dark saturated color. And if there is adequate illumination for the square footage and function of the closet, then that will obviously help support the use of color in a closet as well.

They're small holes and the majority of them can be successfully spackled. If there is additional damage where, for example, the "feet" of some of the angle supports caused an impression, a narrow-bladed spackling knife and some joint compound can be used to artfully remedy the dents. Also, if you're installing your own system, thoughtful placement of the new components can hide at least some of the holes. And, once the walls are painted, the new system is installed, and the clothes are put back, any deficiencies in your repairs won't be on display anyway.

Just in case anyone searches for this in the future. The paint match is SW pure white. :)