If you want sw alabaster to be a clean crisp white and all whites, the chroma needs to be at least .20 difference from your wall color. Google chroma for each color and subtract the wall chroma from the trim chroma. Mindful gray and repose gray chromas are less than .20. These two colors chromas are too close and will make alabaster look dingy. SW pure white would be a better choice for these colors. Think of chroma as a gray scale that moves from light to dark. More gray added more chroma. There isn’t enough chroma between the colors to make it look exciting when it is less than .20. This rule of a difference of .20 chroma, applies when the colors are in the same hue family. Alabaster is in the yellow hue family and mindful gray and repose gray are also in the yellow hue family. Take a look at BM edgecomb Gray ( my favorite wall color), SW anew gray, and SW Wordly gray. These colors are all from the same yellow hue family as alabaster, and will work beautifully because their chromas are more than a .20 difference. Also, for a cohesive seamless look, the white cabinet should match the trim and ceiling. Let’s take a look at SW sea salt. Sea Salt is very pretty. It belongs to a different hue family. Green-yellow hue family, so the .20 chroma rule doesn’t need to apply. Only use the .20 rule, when you are finding colors in the same hue family especially the yellow hue family. On a further note, gray paint will tend to have more undertones that will be noticeable like green, purple, blue, green as the chroma becomes less. Hope this helps :)

I did SW Alabaster white next to white cabinets in my bathroom. I like it.

Lisa, I saw your comments about this on another thread. Am I correct in understanding that your views on this issue changed?

I love eggshell finish paint. The most amazing thing is that you can change the gloss by changing the application method. Spray a room with eggshell and it has very little luster. Then take a brush and paint the trim, and it has a more satiny appearance. It’s the same color, so you don’t have all the inconvenience of masking. It really makes a nice finish on the trim, all from the same can. Colorwise,, I would stick with colors from strip #255. Alabaster is 255-C2. I like Egret White 255-C4, and especially like Egret White’s coordinating color SW9059 Silken Peacock.