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Reply to: What I've figured out from this is that gray is a really hard color to pick, which has changed my mind about using gray throughout the house which is what I've been planning. Every color of gray belongs to a hue family. Same with white. Every color of white belongs to a hue family. There's nothing hidden or "under" anything, color is what it is. Once you reconcile with that color fact, you can apply the standard theories of color harmony. Plus, knowing what hue family a paint color belongs to helps you navigate and manage the quality of light you have to work with.

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Reply to: My cabinets and trim are Dover White (#2 and #4 from left) Island is a dark gray stain (#3 from left) walls are Collonade (#1) and I found a Sea Pearl Quartzite that is a beautiful match. Have you seen any Sea Pearl? Similar to Taj Mahal.

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Reply to: The backsplash is finally done. Walker Zanger subway 2x6 brownstone. Grout is putty. Now I have to choose a paint color and then floors will be placed.

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Reply to: I remember you as funcolors about 15 years ago Yep. That's me. as others like, SW Pure White, Snowbound and Extra white are looking gray to me Geeze Louise you have a good eye. They are more chromatic, colorful in comparison to Chantilly and Super White. You're seeing it as grayness, which is fine, makes sense. Chroma value between 0.30and 0.45. So, a color like BM Super White with a Chroma of 0.21 wouldn’t work on my north facing kitchen cabinets? 0.21 is close enough. The range is really 0.30 and 0.45 ISH. Emphasis on ISH. The framework of color data values is exactly that, a framework; the values aren't formulaic or prescription-like so there is wiggle room. Also, would a chroma closer to 0.30 show less gray? The lower the Chroma number, the closer that color is to a clean, true, neutral white-white. Chroma means you're comparing a color to a true achromatic, neutral color of the same value. For colors of white, that's a true, neutral white. Not gray. Chantilly Lace with a chroma value of 0.27 is showing too bright in daylight but perfect at night....sigh Okay, this might get a little complicated but stay with me. Brightness correlates to lightness and LRV. Not chroma or grayness. Everybody uses the word "bright" incorrectly. (keeps me employed, lol!) So if Chantilly is too bright, you need to compare Value and/or LRV. And guess what? Super White has a lower LRV than Chantilly. Super White is not as bright as Chantilly. That means you are spot on, Super White fits in that perfect pocket of chroma and LRV for you. The data validates exactly what you were seeing and it also confirms Super White as a good choice.

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Reply to: If sw extra white as trim and sw pure white on walls can work together. I wouldn't do it. Because they're too close in chroma. A better option is just use one color, different finishes. Like satin or semi gloss on the trim and a matte, like Cashmere matte, on the walls. Extra White has a chroma of 0.32 and Pure White has a chroma of 0.44. It's too close. There needs to be a difference of at least 0.20 for two colors of white to work well together so one doesn't make the other look dirty and dingy. Here's a list of 16 popular whites. Pull chips and experiment with this guideline yourself. Any two whites will work well together if there is a difference in chroma of at least 0.20. That's technically. You still have to like how it looks - does it look pretty. Remember you can't color by the numbers alone.

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