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Please help me pick White Paint!

5 years ago

Hi everyone! I’m trying to paint my main floor a nice clean bright white (just walls & ceilings). I’m trying to go with a bright modern white. Hoping I don’t have to update my current trims, but would love any advice on that too.

Painter gave me 4 popular White options:
1-Cool December (somewhat cool)
2-Simply White (very neutral)
3-Dove White (super faint cream undertone)
4-Chantilly Lace (the coolest & brightest)

A question is whether I need to re-paint all of my current trims (doors, base, window grids, etc) to match the new walls & ceilings. Next to the coolest whites (Cool December & Chantilly Lace) the current trims look a bit duller. The current trim looks bright next to White Dove, which is the darkest paint with a cream undertone.

Leaving the trims as is would be very convenient as they’re in excellent shape, but I don’t want to optimize around it. The trims don’t all seem to match each other perfectly (doors vs base boards), but they all have a tiny cream undertone that is not noticeable unless you really look.

I can also look at any other White suggestions. I have all the color wheels for Sherwin, Benjamin, and Kelly Moore.

If I went with #2 (Simply White) do you think I need to update my trims to match it perfectly? Or will it be unnoticeable?

#2 Simply White. If I went with #2 (Simply White) do you think I need to update my trims to match it perfectly?
#1 Cool December
#3 Dove White
#4 Chantilly Lace