I'm betting it's mostly the lighting that makes any color look warmer or cooler. If your incandescent or LED lighting leans warmer, so will the colors.

The best way to look at colors is to get those large stickable samples and put them on your own walls at variouse times of the day, in both daylight and artificial light.

Colour is massively impacted upon by the quality of light available to it.

Whites are particularly affected as they have so little inherent Chroma of their own.

one way to lessen the yellowish appearance is to put something from the same Hue Family neighbourhood but with more Chroma adjacent to it. The trim will appear somewhat more neutral by comparison.

I like all bulbs in every fixture to be LED 4000K to help with yellow cast but White Dove has a yellow undertone as do any so called warm whites.

Color is relative. If you put a color that’s just a tad yellow next to a cooler color (e.g., blue) it will look more yellow. However if it is next to a warmer color (coral) it may appear cooler. It’s difficult to find a true neutral. It’s always best to sample colors in the room they will be, with the furnishings and fixed elements that it will live with. And pick paint LAST. Color is also affected by light. If you have a room full of Edison bulbs the whole space will seem warmer. If the room is on the south side of the house, that light is warmer, north side light has a cooler tinge.

As an electrical contractor since 1945, we seldom install 4000K light bulbs unless the client wants a surgical white look in their place. Generally, the highest we install is 3000K which is somewhat neutral for our Pacific Northwest location. Let your artificial and natural lighting lead your way in choosing paint colors.

I have a good amount of natural light on one side but no much on the other side. We got a quote for recess lights and it was abt $2K so we will have to wait for that. Apparently our joists aren’t going in the idea direction.

Tara … when I mentioned 3000K, the K is Kelvin (as in color of light) not monetary cost as in $.

So many variables can affect the way a paint color looks. In my case, White Dove wouldn't look as yellow if I didn't have all my trim, doors, crown and cabinets painted BM Chantilly Lace, which is a true white compared to White Dove.

My lighting is 3500K. Patricia is one of the few people on the forums who prefers the cold/bluish look of 4000K, so do some research before blindly following that suggestion. You can get recessed lights that are adjustable so you can change the Kelvin to suit your space. A few years ago I helped my Dad install some and I suggested they try them at 3500K ... after a few days they decided they liked the light a bit warmer and switched them to 3000K.

Yes I know you meant Kelvin. I was speaking of the quote I received to get recessed lighting installed in my home.

Chiapas, o absolutely do not like the blue color associated with light bulbs. I bought some accident and returned it the next day.

Any suggestions on how to improve my lighting when we repaint the kitchen. I want to go warmer and I’m getting rid of the gray paint, gray wall art and possible changing the table also which is gray. But what about that fixture?

I had problems with this in my kitchen- the grey looked purple with the yellow in my vory cabinets next to it. I ended up painting my walls with the dove color to compliment the ivory cabinets. We changed out the ceiling paint to Chantilly lace, shifted the lighting to a warm 3000-4000 lumens. The floors have greens and rusts, and the tile is a taupe with a more yellow undertone- I agree you have to stick with warm to tone a yellow feel down-

see attached picture- how the wall doesn't look yellow at all now.

You can see i have the Dove color on my wall and it has little yellow look to it

Can you show me pic of good bulbs to buy?

What is the difference between chantilly lace and a regular flat white for the ceiling?

I think the middle range shown below works well for kitchens without going too blue. I use daylight (far right) in my basement where we have no natural light, but wouldn’t want it in the rest of the house. Your room seems very warm to me, but it may just be the time of day you took the photo. You could try some cool white bulbs to see if they make a difference. Do you have overhead lighting in the kitchen currently?

Like other posters I'm guessing it is the type of lighting used that can make your dove white paint appear more white than yellow. Would offe the advice that you experiment with different types of bulbs to get the color that you want.

The typical Benjamin Moore ceiling paint - plain white has an undertone that fights with the yellow in the dove. Chantilly lace for ceiling has a warm neutral undertone.. the lights reflect off the ceiling, so anything on the ceiling needs to work well.with lighting and walls or it will fight with it.