I just painted my bedroom and master bath SW Alabaster with SW High Reflective White trim and doors. I LOVE the look, both colors work beautifully together. Depending on the time of day (morning sun) it looks white without being too stark white, as the day progresses it warms up turning into a vanilla cream in the evenings. My bedroom is west facing with more windows and a small south window. My master bath is west facing. The High Reflective White stays pretty true to color at all times. Unfortunately they were not able to do the cabinets in HRW as the paint I used on the cabinets could not be mixed in that color. HRW is a color that is funny at Sherwin Williams and kinda' tricky and definitely takes more coats to cover. I used Emerald paint in Alabaster on ceilings, walls, and cabinets in different finishes and Super Paint in Semi Gloss in HRW for trim and doors. I was nervous about using Alabaster on the cabinets in the bathroom but it worked perfectly. I will say, for those that are using a white on walls that is not as warm as Alabaster/White Dove, or more cooler grays (think grays that aren't greige) the Alabaster or White Dove warm soft whites are going to go yellow/cream. I would recommend going with Pure White for cabinets and trim. It is still a soft white without the creaminess of Alabaster. High Reflective White is also a good white it's not as soft as Pure White but still not so white that it looks cheap, but again HRW is hard to cover and cannot be mixed in many sheens and paints. I decided not to go with Pure White with my Alabaster walls because my husband wanted more of a contrast with the doors and trim, I wanted to use Alabaster on everything, but made a compromise with my husband, and went with HRW. I am not at all disappointed with the look. I know I spent countless hours agonizing over the choices and hopefully this will help others that are in the same position.

I am a big fan of SW Alabaster White. I live in a house with lots of natural light, lots of wood, colorful artwork. This color is a wonderful warm white. I love it so much, that in the new house we are building I am using it again. It helps that the house is sited the same direction and is not very far away so I know how the light will reflect. But the new house is different style, there is still a lot of wood, but there is also a bit of metal with iron beams and railings. The color still looks great. I did the trim in SW Highly Reflective White it is a brighter white and really pops. I have a pantry cabinet wall which is wood, not sheetrock and I dont mind the difference in the way the paint sheen is, it works fine for me.

Here are a few possibilities from Sherwin-Williams: Shoji White, Oyster White, White Heron, Spare White, and Nebulous White.

that color can have a pinkish undertone.