From BM I would check: classic gray, cloud cover, silver satin

From Lori/CampChroma here is SW Drift of Mist:

@J Sk my painter uses SW. anything in that line that matches up to your choices?

Would SW Snowbound be too white?

It was a bit too cool for me, so I went with BM White Dove.

I had a similar problem. Painted most of new house BM Winds Breath and it was too dark (LRV 70) . Ended up going to BM White Dove with LRV 83 (according to Lori. BM site says 85) to get the lighter feel I wanted in the space.

Or SW Toque White 7003 with LRV 76. More taupe than gray?

Or SW origami white ?

To show you a comparison with my colors, here is my new BM White Dove (LRV 83) with the BM Winds Breath (LRV 70) top left. My trim and ceilings are BM Chantilly Lace.

If Drift Of Mist was from a card at a SW store, the next lighter color in the same family would be above it, or even on the same card. We picked an accent wall color based on it being in the same color family.

@LH CO/FL the samples are all individual cards so can’t use that method. using the app, DOM is the lightest color in the group.

On the website, it's already the lightest one. Their page shows other similar colors. (Click on the "Similar Colors" tab.

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW9166-drift-of-mist

So I tested Toque white, origami white and white heron all in SW.

this is over drift of mist

toque on left origami on right.

white heron

Toque was peach. im not sure if the origami was messed up since its nothing like the samplize sheet. the other two were close to samplize.

origami looked really grey.

Two shades of origami

white heron was best option. if i do white heron should i do pure white trim? what color for cabinets? my husband wants a creamier look for white cabinets instead of pure white. but how do i avoid clashing?

the sample from cabinet maker he likes is BM steam. would that go? island a custom walnut stain.

Top bar is bm steam, vertical is pure white trim sample. brown is island sample.

or should i test some more yellow hue colors for walls. colors tend to have a pink tint here i think because of the red clay outside but that will be covered with grass later.

Have the shop mix the quart formula in a gallon. Test.

I think drift of mist is the best of those shown

@T_Wag i think i will keep the drift of mist for the bathrooms since it matches the tile well but will try lighter for everything else.

What about Drift of Mist at 50%?

I have been reading not to cut colors since you never know what you will end up with.

I've found colors can be cut if you pay attention to the base used. Every color offered as a gallon is limited by the manufacturers need to be able to also offer it as a quart. Each color has a formula listing amounts of colorants like Lamp Black or Raw Umber in either 1/64 or 1/48 ounce. You can ask for the formula for a quart and a gallon. Look at it and do the math. You should test the new version and see how it works for you. That'll cost something. You need to test. If it turns out too light, take it back and have another quart formula added. No charge. This a path to get to your goal.

I've mixed my own colors before and choose not to do it any longer. Life is busy enough without complicating my wall paint!

Tested a few more and I think we will go with Heron plume. it is a bit grayer then white heron so cancels the pink a bit.

Colors are easy, only 7 million. I've worked to mix paint to match car finishes. I don't have any problem with wall paint. I don't need to give up.

Try BM Classic Gray. I went thru this a few months back myself. I thought I was going to go with BM Ballet White w/ BM White Dove ceilings and trim. But the Ballet White looked peach and the White Dove dingy. I ended up with BM Natural Cream - it's perfect in my space. Good luck!

dan1888 - math, and for certain fractions, were never my strong point. O_o

I purchased a full strength sample D of M, as well as a 75% version. I think I prefer the 75% over the full strength.

Will SW know from this sample formulation what to use in the gallon size, or is there another way that you figured it that is more exact?

If there is another method for a true 75% version, would it be lighter than 100% To me, this 75% version looks more gray, but not really any lighter.

Left 100%, right 75%

What color did you end up with? I’m looking at 50 percent of Drift of Mist. But it might be too gray. What did you do?

We painted Heron Plume as main color but I definetly see the pink on certain walls, cream on others. We did do Drift of mist full strenth in bathrooms and even though it is darker then heron plume, the purple undertones of DOM are a lot prettier to me. The color on left is heron plume(north facing window there) on right drift of mist. my bathroom has windows on all 3 sides so plenty of light.

I'll jump in on this (even though it's old): we painted our entire house DOM. DH thought it was white until he saw it next to the trim. How it looks depends greatly on how much natural light you get/what type of natural light you get.

Worth noting that Lori Sawaya recommends keeping a chroma difference between trim & walls (can't remember the exact number, but DOM & Pure White are the absolute minimum difference she recommends). This is so your trim actually looks different from your walls. If you cut DOM I think you affect chroma, which might make it look too close to trim (if you use white) - and it might make your walls look dingy/dirty.

I was shocked how light DOM looked on our walls - but pleasantly so. I originally wanted white walls. DH wanted Gossamer Veil, so we settled on DOM.

CJ, the third picture you posted - was that Drift of Mist at 75%?

Drift of Mist uses an Extra-White base. Would using an Ultra-White base instead lighten up the color, or would it be a different color? I painted all the bedrooms in DOM, but our great room is in the Northwest, and I am afraid DOM will be too dark. At the same time, I would like the color to be consistent throughout the house. (I tried to cut the formula to 50% and 75%, and the colors are different, so 75% came out to be dark and gray and 50% lighter but more gray.) Did anyone try using a different color base?

Ime, the people at a SW store are a good resource. They can use the store computer mixing capabilities to give you options. But I get the formula. Instead of trying to figure something yourself, get their take. They can mix a sample to try. Paint a posterboard sample and put it in your space to evaluate. Your eyes can help you determine what it needs and move to the next sample.