I've been going through a similar chaos (don't husbands just love it!). But the realization that everything could change once the lighting is installed pretty much threw me over the edge. I decided to go with @funcolors's "The Best White" and am crossing all fingers and toes. Seems we have way too many choices these days. I try to humor myself by imagining what our great great grandparents would say about our quest for the "perfect" white paint color! :-D (Now fretting over which white for trim!)

We closed on our house today wahoooo! I only got to spend about an hour there but looked quickly at the samples for trim/doors/ceilings. I think I've narrowed it down to three possibilities: BM Simply White, SW Extra White and BM Super White. I thought about BM Chantilly Lace too. Basically, looking at the finishings, my first gut is that BM Simply White looks the best. I just worry it may look too yellow once up on everything. At least that's what I read (and you know how reliable the internet is). First question: has anyone had experience with BM Simply White? Does it just read warm or do you see the yellow in it when it's one trim/doors/ceilings? So I may go that direction, or wonder if I should go with a cleaner white but something close. Something still a little warm... As for the runners up, from what I can see SW Extra White and BM Super White are very similar but Extra White maybe looks a little warmer? Maybe because it has more chroma? Is this understanding accurate, Lori A. Sawaya?? And it seems to me that the order of warmth would go SW Extra White, BM Super White, BM Chantilly Lace... is that a correct reading? Again for context - East/West exposures with a lot of shade. Wall colors aren't chosen but would likely be something along the lines of BM Edgecomb Gray, BM Ballet White, BM Chelsea Gray, BM Natural Cream. Daughter's room will be BM Opal. I'll try to take some pics of the finishings tomorrow but would love any thoughts on this. Thanks!

Lori. Thanks. do you find pure white to be too stark? I literally had 12 white paints on my back privacy wall to test out. The privacy wall is Greek villa right now I did that a few years ago and it’s just not white enough for me. I narrowed it down to bm super white and sw pure and extra white. Super white seems to be the brightest white so that def scared me. I don’t want stark in your face white and that is what I am scared about with the extra white. I was just scared the pure would have too much gray but maybe it is Just appearing like that next to the extra white and the yellow walls on the house.

The SW base without tint is Extra White SW 7008. Some painters have an extra shot of white colorant shot into the can. I've seen it. I've measured it and I don't see a difference VISUALLY. However, some painters believe it helps with hide. Because Extra White may need more than two coats. If they want to do an extra shot of white and can keep it consistent can to can, I'm fine with that. Ben Moore's base without tint is White OC-151. It's very pretty too. I believe (don't quote me) High Reflective White is ALSO an untinted base color which is why it's only available in specific bases. I don't know for sure because I never use it. I read that Extra White looks best with cool colors and doesn't pair well with warm woods. 🙄 I specify Extra White a lot. This is a ridiculous statement.