what color appliance are you installing?

Julie, your counters look great. I love Simply White but testing both whites is the only way to go.

If you're serious, Prime and sand your cabinets, then decide on white color. until the dark is gone dark will affect all paint samples.

consider sw HRW. It will pop

My favorite with your countertop and floors is the alabaster. Have you tried a bigger sample of alabaster?

If you like numbers, here are the color profiles for both colors. They are almost identical.

agree with susie: if you're not painting trim, paint cabinets same color as trim, otherwise it will cluster flip.

If the counters are lighter than SW pure white i would go with that. or High reflective white, if you want the cabinets to pop more than counters. I would stay in the same vendor unless the LRV doesn't work

Sure would love to see the end result!

Look for a white which matches the whitest white in your counter material.
lvl133 suggested that you sand and prime your dark cabinetry before you make your choice on a white paint for the cabinets. I like that idea.
The room is dark. Turn on all the lights and look at large samples of the paints you are considering next to the counter material. Undertones can make whites clash.
The color and tone of your kitchen lighting bulbs can also affect the way whites look in the room.

Looks great!!!

Julie, your kitchen looks great!

WOW! Thanks Julie! Lookin' good :)

It might be safer to go with a white with a grayish tinge..so there will be no chance of any clash with your other whites

Hi Julie, we’re thinking about using Pure White as well, going from espresso cabinets, how are you guys liking your choice?

The trim in our home that we purchased 18 months ago is a very white - even sterile. As much as I'd like to repaint all the trim, it is just too costly. Tons of trim in this house. We are beginning a total kitchen remodel in 2 weeks. We getting rid of our dated mid-brown-stained wood cabinets and definitely are going with white cabinets, but choosing the right white has driven us crazy. I've had 2 decorators (both rated very high on Houzz) come to the house and give their thoughts on cabinet color. One suggested Alabaster, the other said White Dove. Our cabinet maker just made a sample door for us in the White Dove. (To be fair, it is his match for White Dove, so I can't confirm it is exact at all.) We LOVE the White Dove with our sterile white cabinets. It just warms up the whites but doesn't look like we made a mistake trying to match the whites. They actually work well together, in our opinion. 'Can't wait to see it all pull together!

Painting kitchen cabinets from maple to SW pure white semi gloss. For anyone who used this color, did u top coat? Some places i read says top coat is a must for chipping and paint protection and some places it says NO as it will cause yellowing. Any recommendations so the paint is durable without chipping and yellowing.
@Julie, how are your cabinets holding up after painting?

Julie what tile and counters are these? looks great

We chose viatera minuet quartz countertop from home depot and home depot’s white subway tile in the longer style. The painted cabinets have held up really well. My kids have hit them hard a few times putting dishes away, so they have chipped in those spots and we have touched up. However, the paint has held up well everywhere else. We are very happy with it and so glad we went white. Also, ours have not yellowed at all.

I used a water based top coat on sw extra white painted cabinets. Now it’s 4 years later and they are super yellowed.