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The 5 Best Cream Paint Colors: Benjamin Moore

Posted on January 21, 2019 by KylieMawdsley

The Top 5 Benjamin Moore Cream Paint Colors

Partner post to The Best Benjamin Moore Neutrals

While gray based neutrals have been the ‘big thing’ in the decorating world in the last few years (besides me, wink wink), I have to say, I have a soft spot for cream (especially when the word ‘ice’ is in front of it). I love the way it gives a neutral backdrop that’s subtle, warm and inviting – without being remotely colorful or overbearing.

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Before, this room was a creamy-yellow that was a bit much for the owner…

LIving room with a stronger cream yellow (2)

After, the room looks warm, welcoming and inviting, WITHOUT looking day-glo!

Best warm cream yellow paint colour, Benjamin Moore Winter White, traditional style living room, fireplace. Kylie M Interiors Edesign, online paint color consulting, DIY decorating ideas blogger (3)

Shown above, BM Winter Wheat, another beautiful cream paint color

And there are hundreds of beautiful cream colors to choose from – that should make it easy, right? Wrong. The more the merrier is not always the case when it comes to picking paint colors and it’s easy to get overwhelmed when trying to find ‘just’ the right cream for your room.

So, how do you go about finding the one that’s just right for you? Well, you don’t. Okay, let me rephrase that…YOU don’t. I do. And I’m damn good at it!

The best neutral warm cream paint colours, Benjamin Moore. Kylie M INteriors Edesign, edecor, online paint color advice and diy blogger

The Best Benjamin Moore Cream Paint Colors

1. Benjamin Moore Navajo White OC 96 

Navajo White is a light cream with a blend of yellow and orange and a neutral base to calm things down. This color is fresh and warm without having any kind of ‘weight’ to it, making it a contender for almost any room!

Benjamin Moore Navajo White, one of the best paint colours for a north facing room by Kylie M Interiors E-design

living room south facing, Navajo White Benjamn Moore greige furniture. Before Kylie M E-design

The LRV of Navajo White is 78, meaning it will reflect quite a bit of light back into a room, making it feel bigger and brighter!

And I apologize for the slightly blurry photos. I rely 99.9% on photos from my E-Design clients, so I do the best I can with what I have.

Benjamin Moore Navajo White 2 sotrey staircase and hallway. Best cream paint colour, dark wood floor and railing. North facing, northern Kylie M E-design client photo

A bit more about Navajo White

  • Great if you’re looking for a light and warm palette that is verging on the ‘off-white’ range
  • Navajo White is a tiny bit more colorful than a traditional ‘cream’, but nowhere near the more muted tan end of things
  • A great complement to stronger feature walls or accent walls within a room
  • Can work in both north and south-facing rooms. Soft enough to look warm, but not so yellow that it’s overpowering

Read more: Using LRV to Pick a Paint Color

2. Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream OC 96

Gentle Cream is a heavy cream with similar undertones to Navajo White, making it warm and inviting with a subtle neutral base. It’s a great color to pair with earth tones, neutrals (like chocolate brown and charcoal) and in dark hallways when you want a warm, but not white look.

The LRV of Gentle Cream is 71, so while it reflects less light than Navajo White, it will still add some great energy to your room.

Black painted wine cabinets, kids art gallery wall. Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream. Kylie M Interiors

Kylie M E-Design

Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream in a gender neutral baby nursery with gold polka dots and white crib. Kylie M Interiors

Read more: Paint Color Review of Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream

A bit more about Gentle Cream

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3. Benjamin Moore Indian White OC 88

Indian White is similar to Navajo White and Gentle Cream but is slightly less yellow (more orange-beige).

Benjamin Moore Indian White, best warm cream neutral paint colour. Kylie M Interiors Edesign, online virtual paint color consulting and advice blog

Benjamin Moore Indian White is a warm cream paint colour with subtle undertones. Kylie M Interiors E-design, decor and online color consulting services. With beige sofa

Kylie M Interiors E-design

More about Indian White 

  • A great whole home paint color
  • Great as a partner to feature walls and accent walls
  • Will act like a warm, but not overly colorful neutral

Let’s take a quick break to talk about paint samples…

Undoubtedly, you’ll be heading out in the near future to grab paint samples – stop right there! I want you to check out SAMPLIZE. Samplize offers peel and stick paint samples that are more AFFORDABLE, EASIER and more ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY than traditional paint pots. Here are just a FEW reasons why I recommend Samplize to my clients…

  • Samples arrive ON YOUR DOORSTEP in 1-3 business days, depending on location
  • At $6.99, they’re more affordable than the samples pots/rollers/foam boards that are needing for traditional paint sampling
  • If you keep the samples on their white paper, you can move them around the room

Visit the SAMPLIZE website HERE

4. Benjamin Moore Timid White OC 39

This is one of my fave creams when I want just a soft whisper of warmth. Timid White has that yellow-creamy base that ALL creams have and a wink of gray to tap it down, while still leaving a good amount of warmth on the table (or on the wall would be more the point).

Timid White Benjamin MOore with wood. Kylie M Interiors E-design and Online Colour Consulting SErvices (4)

More about Timid White

  • It has an LRV of 84 so it’s pretty darned light! On a wall with tons of natural lighting, it will lighten up THAT much more but will come back as the sun shifts
  • While there could be a very (very) small amount of green in it, it’s so vague I’ve never actually seen it show up to the party

5. Benjamin Moore Ballet White OC 9

Ballet White is a fabulous neutral. It’s the least creamy of the bunch as it’s yellow-cream base is GREATLY grounded by a lovely beige-gray blend. So, if you find that some of the above colors are a touch too warm for you – this might hit the spot! Its neutral base calms things down and is almost greige in comparison to the above colors, giving it a warm, but more neutral look.

Benjamin Moore Ballet White, stucco and brick fireplace with oak or fir wood flooring. Gray Cashmere kitchen. Kylie M INteriors Edesign, online paint color advice blog and consulting

Benjamin Moore Ballet White with living room with brown leather sectional. Kylie M Interiors Online Decorating, E-design and Colour Consulting

Read more: Paint Color Review of Benjamin Moore Ballet White

Ballet White is particularly great for…

  • Overall color in a home
  • Suits homes with southern or northern exposures
  • Not as good for low-light/shadowed rooms as it can get a bit flat

Not sure which color is best for you? 

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Comments

  1. Hi! Love your site and the advice you give.
    I was wondering if you could help me make a decision for the exterior of my home.
    My roof color is a light and medium shade of griege and I painted the body BM Sailcloth which picks up the lighter shade on the roof. I am happy with this, plus the windows are white. Now here comes the hard part for me. There are 50 million shades of “Navy” for my shutters. I was thinking BM Hale Navy because of the grey tone to it. BUT is it going to be so dark
    that it looks black. I was also thinking of just going a darker shade of greige for the shutters, but what color for the door????
    God this is hard. HELP please. ( PS. The house is a cape cod style.)

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      Hi Anamae! Thank you for asking! There’s actually more to consider such as roof, stone, brick, exposures, landscaping – sadly it’s hard for me to throw something out there without knowing, I’d be 100% guessing! I do have E-design services for this exact thing though and can help you pull some beautiful palettes together. I’ll be able to look at photos of your home and a questionnaire to come up with some ideas for you 😉 https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/

      ~Kylie

  2. Thank you for being so generous with your talent. I read your blog regularly and enjoy the banter as well as the information.
    Teresa

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  3. HI Kylie,
    We are building a ski-chalet inspired house by Red Mountain resort n Rossland. We will have Douglas fir cabinets, windows, and trim. I’m wondering if you can suggest a cream colour that goes well with Douglas fir. We will have natural maple floors and lots of windows! Our fireplace stone is a mix of greys, blues, and browns. I’d like white or cream quartz countertops as well. (we have a open floorplan with a. large rake window wall)

    Any thoughts?

    Thank you in advance!

  4. Does the BM-Muslin show pink undertones with colors other than yellow? Our trim and ceilings are BM-Sail Cloth with Walnut stained floors.

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  5. HELP!!!! Have walls in Benjamin Moore “Everlasting “ and off-white/cream cabinets. Can you suggest an accent color for a small wall??? Thank you so much!

  6. Hello, I am having the exterior of my house painted hale naby… However I am drowning in white/off white/light cream paint samples for the trim! 😭 Do you have any suggestions? I’ve read to be careful about painting outside trim stark white because it ends up looking to “harsh”. I also usually lean toward “warmer” colors, yet I do want it to really pop. I have not liked the cooler whites as much as the neutral and warmer whites up next to the navy. I want it to really pop but for the blue to come off a rich warm navy. Thank you in advance – Rebecca

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      Hi Rebecca, what about something like SW Pure White or BM White Dove, so you have a SOFT look, but not a stark/crisp look. I mean, they WILL more or less act like white, but not as sharp as some others. Just keep in mind that the blu in Hale Navy can slightly enhance the warmth (yellow) of a warm white.

  7. OMG! Your head must be spinning – even in your sleep! We’ve just finished a whole house redo as result of a major storm. It was brutal making so many decisions. Love reading your posts but no wonder you reference “wine” often.
    Not just one house but THOUSANDS of thoughts & decisions you make for us hapless
    others. Bless you for your talent & personality.

  8. Kylie, I adore your website and blog! I wonder if you could do a colour breakdown of Shenandoah Taupe? I love the colour and am thinking of using it for a basement bathroom which would have no natural lighting and playing bone/cream fixtures against it. And in the future is on my wish list for the breezeway which would have tons of natural light east/south/west exposure. Either way, I understand it will behave differently, but would like to hear how you have used the colour!

  9. Hi Kylie!!! I’ve read your posts for ever. So I am trying to coordinate some colors. So maybe you can give me some input. This for a small studio salon I have. I want to to update. Right now I have revere pewter. Which I love but doesn’t give me a huge pop as well as my window faces east slash south east so I get sun in morning but then as day goes on I get light but not sunshine light if that makes sense. I’m looking at doing Kendall charcoal as accent wall( before that van deusen blue) and was leaning to mascarpone walls for the rest. I’m kind of a boring neutral beige girl and like to add pops of color but not be commited. So then I was thinking mascarpone would still be too white. So then I saw white vanilla and then saw your post of gentle cream. I think I want my walls to have a hint of depth but not much and some warmth so I don’t look like I have a neutral to cool room. Plus I have differ wood tones for retail shelves and such so I want the colors to compliment the wood. Thanks I’m advance. Hopefully this makes sense.

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      Hi Nikki, I might be careful with the creams re: skin tones. I would lean MORE into something like BM Balboa Mist with Kendall which could be STUNNING and should be pretty with woods too1

  10. My trim and doors are somewhere close to BM Navajo White. (They are Kelly Moore Soft White that isn’t made anymore). We are thinking of painting the walls BM Navajo White so all is the same, because we are not painting trim/doors, and we have that 2000s St. Cecilia granite. Does Navajo white work for all surfaces (trim, doors, walls; matchy-matchy)? We have contrast in wood floors, butcher block island, and decor.

  11. Hi Kylie,
    My home lives in the mid eighties. Complete with orange wood trim and popcorn ceilings. My family room is an area of mass confusion. It has a vaulted beamed ceiling with the same orange wood, a floor to ceiling corner fireplace made of Florida rubble stone and warm beige carpet. Last but not least a narrow window with northern exposure and a slider that’s west facing but has an enclosed patio outside it.
    In the past I’ve embraced my little cave and painted Audubon Russet ( made the fireplace stand out nicely).
    Now, I’d like something light and airy that I might even incorporate through the rest of the house.
    I’m intrigued by Edgecomb Gray. In the distant future I’d love to replace the trim but for now I’m stuck with orange wood ( can you tell it’s not my favorite?). Thanks for any ideas.

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      Hey Linda, it’s SO hard to say without seeing your home and exact fireplace, carpet, furniture, etc…I would SAY that the modern beiges are probably a bit better than the cream world??!

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