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Need help picking white paint color

13 years ago
How do you choose the appropriate white color to make sure it doesn't look yellow against the white appliance? I'm building a house and plan to buy Whirlpool's White Ice appliances and I want to make sure the white paint I choose for my cabinets matches well. Thanks!
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Comments (14)

  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Try White Dove OC-17, this is a pure white and has no yellow undertones. Hope that helps. Charmean
  • 13 years ago
    Thank you for taking the time to respond. I will have my cabinet maker provide a sample in that color so I can take it to my local appliance store and slab yard to compare. :)
  • 13 years ago
    Hi Charnean, I am stuck! I ordered Ann Sachs 3x8 Elements Earthenware Barry white gloss tiles for my kitchen backsplash. Now trying to pick cabinet color in white. OMG. The tile has a faint link undertone and I have looked at so many whites and cannot pick a good color. Even after the designer and painter color matched a sample(?) at BM store which I guess is hard to do with glossy tile sample. All the whites we look at end up looking grungy in my space. How would you approach this puzzle?
  • 13 years ago
    I meant pink undertone....
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Did you try White Dove or Decorator's White by Benjamin Moore?
  • 13 years ago
    No. Think I got confused with White dove INT RM shown in the gentle whites catalogue and it looks too creamy. I will go to BM today and look at OC 17 Started with AlabasterOC 129 and BM white then went down the path of trying to match tile sample. Thanks!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Try the two I mentioned and then get back to me. Good luck! CN
  • 13 years ago
    Meh! Back to drawing board. The White Dove and Dec White don't work. Bought a Big Chip of Gardenia and a pint to try on wood sample. I am gonna need a "pint" by the time this puzzle is solved !!!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    I often use Silver Lining from Pratt & Lambert to coordinate with bright white and stainless steel kitchen appliances.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    lphil. How are you sampling the white paint?
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    I like the the pics of kitchen remodelling
  • 13 years ago
    It is for cabinets and I have the painter paint a sample door. Then I walk it around the room to see.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    last modified: 13 years ago
    What's around you when you look at the sample. If you are in construction is there pink paper on the floor? Do you have your countertop material and backsplash nearby? Do you have an old paint color on the wall?