My apologies, the app wouldn’t let me post all these in the original message.

Pure white looks a bit dirty gray color next to the longer strips of wood, which I am guessing, is your trim. You are right, its hard to get a nice look with different color whites. Maybe a white with a touch of color to it, would work better, than another white paint.

Cat_ky, that’s what I’m afraid of. The white strip, which I should have clarified, is one of the window shutter slats. Hopefully this photo clarifies.

Our shutters are very close to SW High Reflective white.

The shutter, trim, and wall white, just do not go together. If your heart is set on white, get a white that is very close to the shutters, and paint walls and trim, all the same color. Matte or eggshell paint for the walls and satin or semi gloss for the trim. You wont be happy, if you mix all those whites.

Have you tried PPG's Delicate White?

Chroma difference between DW and CL is approximately 0.11. A little short of the 0.20 rule of thumb but it can work as long as you like how it looks. The numbers indicate it's worth a shot.

Sherwin and Ben both make pretty versions of DW.

Or can always track down a PPG professional paint store - not Home Depot.

My guess is Delicate White will feel like it fits in between the shutter white and Chantilly. So different whites but it probably won't feel "off" because it will be a mini spectrum of whites that coordinate, not jarring jumps in appearance. In a word. Flow. (or blend would work too so maybe two words).

P.S. LRV is a measurement that tells you how much light a color reflects. So it doesn't apply here. It's actually very limited in application.

Because LRV doesn't even give you a hint about what a color looks like.

If it did, then Value wouldn't be one of the 3 dimensions of color.

LRV is not one of the 3 dimensions of color, not its job. It doesn't define or describe color appearance. It just tells you how much light is reflected. A one trick pony. 🐴

Thank you ker9 and catky.

Ker9 - My painter is hesitant to use SW High Reflective White due to the poor coverage, otherwise that would be my first choice. I wonder if it would cover in two coats over the greenish look Chantilly Lace is pulling. Hmm.

cat-ky, I agree 100%. In the end, I’m feeling that I need to revisit a bit darker wall color, so there is more contrast between the trim and wall color. I love whiter walls, but feel it’s just not in the cards for our home.

Thank you Lori for all the info!

I had a DW color chip from PPG, and there is a store pretty close to us. I can’t find the chip now, and I dismissed it one time but I can’t remember why. I’ll drop by and grab another one, and see how it looks.

As far as the walls, I tried the Regal and Aura formula of Classic Gray again yesterday. I prefer the Regal formula, as the Aura appears darker in our home, and not as “airy” looking to me.

Wouldn’t that be great if Delicate White worked with the shutters, along with Classic Gray walls?

Would you also recommend delicate white for the ceilings, regardless if we stick with CL or go with DW for the trim? I know you’re a fan of DW. <3

There is crown moulding in most rooms.

The Chantilly Lace trim isn’t horrible when looking at it next to the actual shutters, it’s just not ideal to my eye.

It’s more apparent at night, when the recessed lighting is on. They’re 3500K. I think if we changed to 3000K, the trim would then be too yellow. We don’t have a lot of natural light in the home.

I’m also hoping a change from semi to satin might help lessen how much the trim is reflecting back. Pics are with the lights both on and off.