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!)

I have been looking forever for the best white paint for the majority of my house. To include ceilings walls in the kitchen halls living Room dining Room family Room. I got several Ben Moore paints and 2 weeks ago got a sample court of Sherwin Williams alabaster. I love Greek villa also and wanted to see what it looked like at a 125% because it just seems too light to me I wanted something a bit richer with a little bit lower lrv around 80. Tonight I popped into my local Sherwin Williams the same place that made the alabaster and I asked for Greek villa at a 125%. The girl told me the formula and I knew that Greek villa at least I have another gallon of enamel paint Greek villa has black and deep Gold in it. She fed me some mumbo jumbo about it being a different formula. She was also unhappy that I was there at like 10 till 5 because they close at 5 never mind that I leave my house at 8 o'clock to work all day and I hadn't even been home from work yet. I took the paint out to the car and thought this doesn't really look like Greek villa at a 125%. And lo and behold when I got home and put them side-by-side the formulas are exactly the same it's the same kind of paint Sherwin Williams cheap satin court but those paint formulas are exactly the same. Do we think that a mistake was made with the Greek villa 125%. The only way for me to be sure is to go to another Sherwin Williams store tomorrow and inquire about take both cans of paint both courts and show them. I do know this because of the constant screw UPS this is not the 1st time I've had difficulty with Greek villa. I had my whole house painted during an extended stay away and when I get home I don't think they put any color and into the ceiling paint I believe my ceiling paint is high hide extra white ceiling paint with no colorant in it. I will be going with a Benjamin Moore probably dune white or white dove at a 125%. But I want my money back even though it's $7 I deserve my money back for the mistake does anybody know if it's possible that those 2 formulas would be exactly the same I don't think they would be because I know Greek villa has black in it. thanks to the sw color experts on the forums.

Thanks for sharing the pictures! They’re all beautiful. I’ve actually just made plans to do the opposite of the advice, so we’ll see what happens. With our west facing bedroom, the colors look either too dark and harsh on 2 of the walls, or too light and faded. So we’ll be using Greek Villa and Natural Choice on alternating walls. I’m only doing my 11 year old daughter’s room. She wants a boho style room, and we have a terracota colored comforter and wood accent pieces ready. We don’t want to have to repaint trim in just one room, so those will stay with Behr’s Ultra Pure White like the rest of the house. Maybe I’ll share some pics when it’s finished. Wish me luck!

Hi, I just choose pure white for my cabinets. All the advice i got on here was just to paint the walls pure white. but i will have pure white trim. not sure how that would look with your old trim though, if you say no one notices the diff then might work for you.