Depends on how picky you are about color, what color you've chosen for the cabinets, and what you based the color choice upon.

If you selected a color of white to harmonize with the floor, for example, then I'd just make sure a large swatch of the cabinet color works with the flooring. I'd look at the samples together outside in full, noonish time sun and also in the shade. Swatch vertical, floor horizontal.

Usually, if two colors look good in full noonish time sun and the shade, odds are good (not 100%) that they're going to look good anywhere. Take the samples to the south side of your house for the full sun, take 'em to the north to see them in the shade.

And then keep your fingers crossed. That's about all you can do if you don't want to wait.

@funcolors - Well, I do want to get the color right. I think I actually found the perfect shade by mixing one shade a bit too beige, with another pale yellow just a tad too yellow, and carefully measuring them as close to 50/50 as I could. I'm guessing the paint shop can do a 50/50 mix.

I winnowed down by painting squares about 10"x10" on the back of the lower cabinet doors. Once I narrowed it downI painted a large piece of foamboard, I think 3'x4', with the final color and have been moving it around the room at different times of the day. All the windows in this room are east and south facing.

So far, the color looks good in all types of daylight, sunny and cloudy, and at different times of day. I hadn't thought of taking them outside. Good tip. However, the floor is already installed. We've revealed the original 1949 linoleum and are color-matching to it so no extra pieces to take outside. I'm sure that tip will help others.

The color looks good under the incandescents. So now I just need to play with them with LED as I'm switching to those once the additional wiring is in for more lighting. And, of course, with different warm-to-cool lights.

I've frequently read that a combination of daylight LEDs, which are best for task lighting, and warmer LEDs, which are best for ambient light, should be a good mix. Now to go bulb shopping and hope the colors look fine with the LEDs.

All this discussion does explain why my bathroom in my former home was supposed to be sage green but ended up more alien green, lol. I never thought about it being the lighting.

Could also pick up a hand-held Ott light from Michael's craft store. Snag a coupon and it's even better.

I've had very good luck with my Ott light. If it looks good illuminated by the Ott light, it's worked in situ.

Even if you can test color in the space, it's still a leap of faith to some degree because there's no way to account for the 3-dimensional aspect. #someperspective

Great idea! Good to know that has worked for you. I'll give it a go. Thanks.

Finding colors that look good in daylight is easy. Looking good under affordable energy-efficient lights at night is another story. I would at least test colors under similar LED bulbs, the same color temp and CRI as your installed ones will be, and the same brand if possible.