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Help needed! What is your favourite white/off white?

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MaggieMcSplash · 07/09/2018 06:51

Hi all
I need to pick a white/off white to paint our house. We just want to move in ASAP so are painting it all white then over the years we will add colour as we figure out the space.

What white would work for this?

What white should I choose?
Nothing too stark.
I don't want anything too grey.
I don't want anything too yellow.

I've bought about 10 tester pots and still can't decide.

Decorator is starting Monday so need to get the paint this weekend.

Thank you Smile

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pumpkinspicetime · 09/09/2018 02:09

Another vote for timeless
Also the trade diamond finish.

legolammb · 09/09/2018 22:11

I've used Timeless in 2 bedrooms and love it - in a dark middle bedroom it is a pure, soft lily-white, but in a west facing bedroom it does look a little cream tinged tbh.

I'm currently looking for hall paint - love Timeless but feel it lacks depth for a large hall area. I got a Porcelain Doll tester recently after a recommendation but it did look very grey (looking for an internal hall with low light). I've ordered testers of White Cotton and White Mist which sound like they might fit the bill for you

Thegirlisnotright · 13/09/2018 20:30

We’ve had timeless through a whole house before, but this time have gone for white cotton everywhere because timeless can still be too creamy for me and white cotton is less yellowy again than timeless. My husband laughs a lot at my analysis of slightly different shades of white 😂

MaggieMcSplash · 14/09/2018 07:31

Thanks so much for your suggestions. Who thought it would be so hard choosing a white.
I'm going to look at white cotton and white mist.
So far for upstairs I've gone for dulux trade white alabaster. I found it on e-paints as it came up as a match to the little greenes slaked lime which is a soft off white.
I thought porcelain doll was grey too but nice.

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Mrsramsayscat · 19/09/2018 11:38

I thinks it's so important to look at both the orientation of the room and also other items in it. I recently tried timeless on the bedroom door in a room with cream wallpaper, and it looked almost brilliant white. It looks much softer in the white downstairs loo.

I think all colours behave the same in this respect. I've often seen a colour I dislike look amazing in a particular home, and vice versa.

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