Your trim should be stark white and your walls a more soothing white, so no, not the same color white. White tile looks good with just about anything.

Well if you like the photo shown you will like matching your trim to your walls and NOT mixing in stark white. All white tiles are not created equal so you need to evaluate your materials in reality to see if they work together.

Mayonnaise used in these pics. It's a creamy colour, depending on your lighting can look white or creamy yellow

Yes, I don't think I love Mayonnaise with a stark white trim... I think it looks too dated in this house? It would look nice in a different house. Does that make sense? But also, I think it has a bit too much color to use on the trim. So that's part of why I'm unsure about it.
And. The white tile. Yes. But the current white tile is actually a glaze, and it will need redone. But I'll likely be using other white tiles in other rooms that I don't have yet, and they would probably be different from one another because, well, isn't that how it goes. But I need to paint before I redo those bathroom. Currently my living room is puttied drywall.

And yes, I have a sample of it and I've painted it in several rooms. I like it, it gives off light/glows rather than recedes but it still seems a bit much. I'd really like a lighter version of it.

And Dolores, do you have photos?? I've never even heard of Hardwood Putty until now, which is amazing since I have about 925720274 paint chips

I think it's always dicey to pick/discuss a paint color with strangers. Purchase a quart and paint some on a piece of poster board, tape it to the wall...live with it for a few days. Look at it in the morning, night, gloomy days, sunny days. It is more "modern" to have the walls and mouldings the same color. If you are more traditional then you could do a "whiter white" for the trim.

Gray & Walter,

Haha yes, I understand that. It's hard since everyone sees things a bit differently and we all surely have different lights coming in and inside.
I've already bought about six samples and I've done the poster board for all of them and also gone on and painted some bits here and there to see them better. Haha good thing the house already looks a bit crazy with all of this work haha! But of course I would always do this with a color someone recommends, I'd never buy paint without testing it.
I was just looking for ideas from others. For opinions and thought.

Paint selection is a brutal process. You said: "Currently my living room is puttied drywall." This sounds like skim coat to me... Have the walls been primed? You want to be sure to put samples on *primed* drywall. It's very important in order for the colors to appear true. Good luck!

The living room is dry wall right now. Took down dark wood paneling. But the rooms where the paint has been sampled are over old painted walls (mostly a light color behind them but not all of them). But I also have them painted on poster board.
The dry wall hasn't been primed. Do I need to do that if the paint has a primer built in?

Glad to hear you've been testing on walls that have been primed! I don't know the answer your question about primer+paint. Maybe others will chime in.

I always think it is best to prime first with the proper primer and then do your top coats of paint. I don't like the idea of taking shortcuts with something that needs to look good for several years. Spend a little extra time and a few dollars and do it right.

I do not think that sample paints work - mainly because they are up against the original colour - and so one is always comparing the two. Best ti paint a whole wall, then you will see the difference. It is only paint - if you do not like it - just repaint it.

Ceilings, trim, lower dining wall.

I just painted my whole house in BM Mayonnaise. Love it! In some lighting, it is a very, very pale yellow. But only for a short time while natural light comes in. Most of the time it looks like a creamy, off white. Looks great with my espresso colored furniture.

I am not a fan of stark white trims either - I prefer the skirting boards to match the wall colour. Then the door surrounds the same colour as the door.

I just purchased Mayonnaise for a North exposure, small room for the walls and Simply white for the trim...I love it!!!Mayonnaise is a lovely creamy white and not at all too yellow. That is what I was afraid of, but in my North room, it looks lovely!

Oh dear...I was just reading the other comments regarding trim and wall colors being the same. I have just spent days and days picking out the color for this North room and finally chose Simply White in a Satin finish for the exposed ceiling and trim etc. (I usually use a Pearl finish but this is a darker room) An Mayonnaise for the walls. Now you have me second guessing that perhaps I should have done it all Mayonnaise. I need this room to be bright yet calming. Simply White is supposed to be a warm white and usually goes well with Mayonnaise. I hope I didn't make a mistake...Any thoughts?

I have done 2 houses with Mayonnaise, one with Harwood Putty trim and one with Simply White. Although I do like the modern look of trim and walls the same color white, Mayonnaise is a creamy white that may not go with any paint changes in the future if used for trim. I think you did good with Simply White!

Thank you Ali!

I know this is four years too late, but in case anyone else needs input: I LOVE mayonnaise. Have had one room painted with it for a few years now ( matte walls, semi gloss trim, matte ceiling) and I absolutely love it in all light. I am about to do three more rooms and a hall in the same. Husband wanted contrast with the trim, but after spending way to many hours reading all about whites and their undertones and trying a bunch of Samplize, I'm back to my gut choice of mayo, mayo and more mayo. I am doing one accent wall in my dining room to highlight the lovely tile around a fireplace. That'll be a darker, warm tan or clay color.

You know, it's great to read articles and blogs by designers, but in the end I think you have to do what feels right for you and your home.

@Melinda Coppola What part of the country are you located? I'm thinking about lighting. Would you post a photo of your mayo room(s)? We are repainting a large area and have nearly settled on French Canvas - trying to find a white for the ceilings and beadboard (trim is wood), when I cam across this thread. Colors due to painter by tomorrow or Monday of course.

French Canvas has green/gray/creams but may fight the Mayo (though I don't have a swatch) or may not be enough contrast.

I too went the Samplize route untill the choices I thought would work were too taupe and showed pink. I'm not riding the gray wave either and here in the NW, there is enough gray outside without bringing the dismal view inside!

Thanks for the post!

Cindy

Hi

I’m in New England. In process of painting those rooms with mayo but will try to post pic of my already done room soon. It’s the room I had to move all my stuff into while the other painting happens so it’s a big mess right now.

In coastal NE - Painting a northfacing room with a lot of light- hoping that mayonaisse works- tired of the grays. Also thinking of Collector's Item ...

Just adding my admiration of Mayonnaise. Just painted my living room and hallway in this color and it's a great off white that changes with the light in the room. It's warm and bright - but not too bright. Just love it!

I'm about to paint my house with mayo on walls and cotton balls for the trim! Hope it looks ok!!!! I'm nervous!!!! Lol

Allison, did you finish? Did cotton balls work well as trim with mayo? Did you do matte or eggshell walls? Semigloss trim? Painter comes in two days. I’m afraid mayo might be too yellow as choice for north/northwest walls. Do you have any final pictures?

@adriatic88 Underestimated how long it takes to paint, just finishing up 1 room so far, I like it though. Walls = Eggshell Trim = Semigloss. Here are some pics I just took, doesn't look too yellow to me, just cheery!

@adriactic88 this is the only daytime pic I have right now - left in pic closest trim is cotton balls, walls mayo open door and trim on right is old paint

Thank you Allison! the daylight picture shows the color nicely and I really like the cottonballs trim. I hope it wont be too yellow during day, and look dated, but I tend to like sunny warm look (in Vermont). other colors in house are warmer (colonial cream and a type of yellow) so I need it to transition well. kitchen cupboards are a warm cream and mayonnaise in hall leading to kitchen, almost perfectly matches. Thank you for the photos!

Previous color in my upstairs is BM Parchment and looks way too pink at night (reflects burgundy rug). I’m hoping mayonnaise yellow will counteract any nighttime pink.

I am in the design phase of building. I also like Mayo OC-85 on the walls (egg shell), and Sparkling Wine 949 on the trim & crown molding (semi-gloss). It is a Mediteranean home in SW Florida. I like the cream white look.

I used mayonaisse in two south facing rooms. YELLOW YELLOW.

I painted our one story ranch Mayonnaise throughout. In all rooms save the interior hallway the color reads as a creamy off-white. Only at night in the hallway with incandescent can lights,(we do not like LED’s), the paint looks a tiny bit yellow. We used BM Chantilly Lace for trim and ceiling. We love it! Would use it again and again!

I’ve used Mayonnaise paint as my “white”. Had it for years and I love it! Very creamy. I do pair it with whites and even slightly darker creams in my house. I’ve painted all my walls Elmira White. I like the combo together and most people who come into my house love it as well. My recent bath remodel that my husband and I did ourselves - mayonnaise and Elmira white.

Thank you very much to everyone on this 7 years old thread. I just painted my parents’ stucco home in Westchester County, NY with Benjamin Moore Mayonnaise for the siding and Benjamin Moore Cotton Balls for the trim. This thread greatly helped me in making my decision. As other posters here have noted, it reads white to off-white to cream depending on the light. It doesn’t read yellow to me. The house is East facing.

Just selected this color for my exterior! I will post pics when done

It took me many selections, of creams and white. And I finally came down to this one. I wanted something architectural with hints of yellow cream light ivory. Thought was asking a lot but mayonnaise color did it for me. I will update photos very soon for you guys to see. Keep in mind it will be exterior photos with natural lighting.