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Help me pick a warm white paint for WALLS.

13 years ago
I am moving to a rented condo and my landlord is painting the walls a color of my choice but need to color match at Lowe's or Home Depot. I don't want color. I love the look of warm white walls...that is until I started looking at white paint chips. Overwhelming to say the least. I have a pile of chips from Ben Moore, Valspar and Behr.

So far I have tested Cloud White (I liked it the best but it feels a little bit cool) Simply White (too stark and white but I did like it), Dove White (too grayish), Ivory White (too yellow). I have learned that chips do not look the same as the actual paint and paint spread over a large surface looks different than the chip also so I will test more.

I will see a color I love on Houzz and then the color is not listed. Arrg. I want a fairly crisp white that is still reads warm but not too much gray, yellow or pink undertones. Is that possible? The condo has beautiful afternoon light if that helps and I will be using eggshell finish. The carpeting is apartment beige and my sofa is a charcoal color. Recommendations in the Valspar or Behr line also would be appreciated.

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