Recommendation for a warm cream neutral

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Benjamin Moore Ivory 925 (it's cross coded in other collections under a second name). It's a go to.

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Anonymous wrote:Benjamin Moore Ivory 925 (it's cross coded in other collections under a second name). It's a go to.

Doubled checked, it's the same as Acadia White.

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SW Antique White walls with pure white trim. The trim gives the walls more color.

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BM Mascarpone

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Anonymous wrote:SW Creamy. Very soft lightest yellow. Did my kitchen in it. Love it.

same here but our main entryway, stairs, living room, and hallways. Most are facing North and have little to no sun exposure. Its not a clinical white nor is it a yellow creamy, its a perfect balance.

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I cannot say enough about Maria Killam's e-book about choosing the right white paint (and the associated color wheel). https://mariakillam.com/product/white-is-complicated/

BM Wicker was what we ended up with. Perfect companion to the flooring and we definitely would have screwed it up without Maria.

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Hi OP—I get what you’re going for because I once made the exact same mistake. I painted my lightless dining room Mascarpone because I wanted to lighten the room. This DOES NOT WORK. Unless you have adequate light in a room, creamy white will look dingy and sad. Eventually, I repainted the room a moody blue. So much better! I think you’ve got to work with your lighting, not struggle against it.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot say enough about Maria Killam's e-book about choosing the right white paint (and the associated color wheel). https://mariakillam.com/product/white-is-complicated/

BM Wicker was what we ended up with. Perfect companion to the flooring and we definitely would have screwed it up without Maria.

Thanks, Maria!

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The answer is BM simply white. It’s a crisp white that has yellow undertones that you see up against another white, but it doesn’t look yellow.

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We had a north facing TH and used Behr roman plaster. It is a cool cream, but it looked great.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot say enough about Maria Killam's e-book about choosing the right white paint (and the associated color wheel). https://mariakillam.com/product/white-is-complicated/

BM Wicker was what we ended up with. Perfect companion to the flooring and we definitely would have screwed it up without Maria.

Thanks, Maria!

We can laugh, but I’m not her. I have lived my entire life hearing my mom describe various paint colors she had selected as “kind of an off-white” and then seeing them on the wall and going: “eh” and I am now 100% sure neither of us had ever previously understood what Killam lays out in this book.

If you pair a white with orange undertones with a taupe carpet, you will be out just as much money as if you had chosen correctly and you will be a lot less happy.

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BM Woodmont Cream. Has yellow undertones.

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Whatever you choose, make sure to look at the samples in different light at different times of day. It may be obvious but it makes a huge difference in the look.

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Warm cream might look yellow or tan in a sunless room, no?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot say enough about Maria Killam's e-book about choosing the right white paint (and the associated color wheel). https://mariakillam.com/product/white-is-complicated/

BM Wicker was what we ended up with. Perfect companion to the flooring and we definitely would have screwed it up without Maria.

Thanks, Maria!

We can laugh, but I’m not her. I have lived my entire life hearing my mom describe various paint colors she had selected as “kind of an off-white” and then seeing them on the wall and going: “eh” and I am now 100% sure neither of us had ever previously understood what Killam lays out in this book.

If you pair a white with orange undertones with a taupe carpet, you will be out just as much money as if you had chosen correctly and you will be a lot less happy.

I'm a new poster. I also bought Maria's book and learned a lot from it. I'm not sure I know how to make the best color choices now, but the book certainly helped me avoid some major color mistakes. If you don't want to get the book, you can learn a lot from reading her blog.