Recommendation for a warm cream neutral

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Behr Almond White, simply beautiful!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

+1 though I dont think you have to do dark if thats not your vibe. I would recommend a slightly darker neutral, like FB Schoolhouse White or Slipper satin. Something that has a bit of tone that just looks shadowed, if that makes sense - it takes advantage of the lack of natural light.

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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!

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.

+1 I also learned a ton from her blog. Highly recommend.

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

+1 I love this color in our family room. The painters loved it too, and they've seen it all!

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Anonymous wrote:BM Mascarpone

I like that one too, and also Creamy. There is also one called Cappiccino Froth that has a slight pink/yellow undertone that can work in the right room.