Should Walls, Trims, & Cabinets Be The Same White Paint Color?
WHITE ON WHITE: SHOULD THEY MATCH?
When it comes to paint and wine, whites are DEFINITELY the hardest to pick.
- Does this Chardonnay go with my sofa?
- Which shade of white best suits a steak dinner?
While I can’t answer these particular questions (and am personally not that fussy; I’ll drink wine with Kraft Dinner), I can answer almost ANY question regarding the best white paint colors for you and your home!
And hands-down, the most COMMON question I get asked on my Kylie M Instagram feed and Kylie M Youtube channel is…
‘Do my walls, trim, & cabinets need to be the SAME WHITE paint color?’
The short and curly is YES, you could/should use the same white paint color; the long and braided is a bit more complicated.
The thing is, not all whites are created equal – they have undertones. This means that one white can potentially make another look dirty, yellow, pink, blue, etc… in COMPARISON to another.
However, you’ll have some flexibility depending on which type of white you plan to use or currently have on an existing finish.
But the question is, do you REEEEAAALLLY want this flexibility? Or do you want to humor the crazy lil Ginger, make your paint-pickin’ life much easier, and use the same white on everything?
Oh, you are a GLUTTON for punishment…I like that about you.
While I’ve answered the question of ‘Should my walls, trims, and cabinets be the same white paint color?’ with a resounding YES, that’s not where this story ends. Some people don’t want to use the same shade of white.
As long as you understand that one of your whites might not look so white (compared to the other it can look like an off-white or cream). The undertones can also be more noticeable.
Notice how the walls look a bit creamier than the ceiling/trim.
If this is cool beans with you, it’s cool with me. In this case, I’ve got a ton of tips and ideas to share with you. To start, let’s make a list of what the rest of this blog post covers:
- You already have WHITE CABINETS and want to paint your trim and/or walls white.
- You already have WHITE TRIM and want to paint your cabinets and/or walls white.
- If you already have WHITE CABINETS & TRIM (and I pray they match each other), and you want to paint your walls white.
- You’re starting from scratch and want to use TWO different whites in your room (I draw the line at two; three is a hard no – it’s so hard I’m getting excited).
Am I missing anything?
Long story short, if you plan to use two different white paint colors on more than one surface, this info applies.
Sherwin Williams Pure White on walls, trims, doors, and ceiling.
But before we start (seriously, I don’t stop talking in real life either; this stuff LIGHTS ME UP LIKE A FIRECRACKER!), I have one more important point to make…
Regardless of what you read below, if you decide to mix and match whites, your best chance will be to use a TRUE WHITE or BRIGHT WHITE (listed shortly) on trim/cabinets and a white with a lower LRV on the walls – don’t do it the other way.
You’ll also find a helpful blog post to check out at the very end (you won’t regret it).
Let’s start with those of you who are starting from scratch with creating your white palette…
CREATING A WHITE PALETTE FROM SCRATCH
As mentioned above, I’m a big fan of using the same white paint color on all surfaces and letting the SHEEN do the work for you – but I have to let that go (although I do have a great blog post about paint finishes and sheen).
One thing to note about paint finishes is that the way a paint color appears can change from one paint finish/sheen to another.
FUN FACT: This isn’t just because the sheen reflects more LIGHT, but because the formulation can change slightly between the different paint lines.
Here are the usual finishes…
- CEILING: flat
- WALLS: matte or eggshell
- TRIMS & DOORS: satin
- CABINETS: satin
Of course, there are regional exceptions, as well as those for rooms with moisture issues (you may need shinier paint). However, for the average room, those are the ideal finishes.
MOVING ALONG!
There’s an art to starting your paint palette from scratch when using two different shades of white. To keep it simple, here’s what I recommend…
- Choose your trim, door, and ceiling color first (they really should all be the same white…please). Make sure this white suits any interior finishes you’ve chosen or plan to choose.
- Then, coordinate your white wall color from there, making sure your trim has a higher LRV and your wall has the lower LRV of the two.
When choosing your best white, I have some fool-proof ones that work more often than not. All the same, do your research to discover what white best suits your interior finishes and exposure.
But remember, just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD…
(Which is my passive-aggressive way of saying I STILL recommend using the same white on ALL surfaces for a true ‘white-on-white’ look. Anyway).
If you aren’t creating a color palette from scratch and are working with an ‘existing’ white paint color, let’s dive a little deeper.
IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ‘TRUE WHITE’ TRIM OR CABINETS
If you have (or want) true white trim or cabinets and want white walls, I suggest using the same white on your walls for ease, of course (okay, I’m done now). However, if you’re not the easy type and want a different shade of white on your walls…
A true white on your trims/cabinets will make it easier to create a coordinating white-on-white color palette that works.
Why?
Because true whites don’t have undertones (or at least nothing obvious to reckon with), it’s easier to embrace bright or soft whites with them without worrying about clashing undertones.
Don’t assume the white you currently have on your cabinets, trims, or walls is actually WHITE.
Go to your local paint store, grab that brand’s WHITEST WHITE, and bring it home to compare to your white – you might be pleasantly (or NOT so pleasantly surprised) at what you see!
The 8 Best Benjamin Moore White Paint Colors
IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE WARM WHITE TRIM OR CABINETS
If you have cabinets or trim that are a WARM WHITE and you can’t/won’t repaint them, and reeeeeaaallly want white walls, guess what you’re choosing…WARM WHITE, BABY (with exceptions)!
Benjamin Moore Cloud White, a soft, warm shade of white (north-facing light)
Why?
Just as with cool whites, if you partner BRIGHT, COOL, OR TRUE white walls with warm white trim or cabinets, the new white will make your warm white look that bit…more…creamy. I’ve found that most people with warm white trim or cabinets don’t want to enhance them and would rather calm ’em down and blend ’em in.
Hands down, the best way to blend them in is to literally…blend them in.
For example, take a look at this lovely kitchen below. You could say this kitchen and dining area is ‘white’ and quite lovely at that…
You’re looking at Benjamin Moore Cloud White, a soft, warm white with an LRV of 85. You might notice and appreciate the casual warmth of Cloud White without being overwhelmed by its yellow undertone. HOWEVER, take a look at this same room with one weeee adjustment…
How does it look NOW? A little creamy, perhaps?
Previously, Cloud White didn’t have a whiter white to be compared to. However, as shown, adding a TRUE or COOL white (the two back doors) changes our perception of Cloud White and its visual temperature!
(My Online Color Consulting client hired me to choose colors for her two back doors. I just filled in the doors via computer in the first example and am eagerly awaiting her REAL after photos!)
Look where the wall meets the crown molding/shiplap – sweet!
There are definitely some warm white combinations that work well together (which we’ll get to shortly), but your best, most pain-free chance of using two different whites is if one of them is a true white or darn close (90+ LRV).
IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE COOL WHITE TRIM OR CABINETS
If you have COOL white trim or cabinets and can’t or won’t repaint them, I highly suggest using the same cool white on your soon-to-be-painted surface, and not because I’m obnoxious about using the same white (although I am).
With cool white trims and cabinets, I don’t recommend any other shade of white…ever.
Benjamin Moore Super White walls, trims, drawers, and ceiling.
Why?
If you use a TRUE white on your walls, it will be lighter than your trim and cabinets, making them look icier and colder, and maybe even a wink gray, blue, or purple in comparison.
Here’s Benjamin Moore’s Decorator’s White (LRV 82.68, making it a soft, cool white) with Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04, a bright white that happens to be BM’s truest)…
- Now, imagine that Decorator’s White is on the trim and cabinets and Chantilly Lace is on the walls. Yeeeeah, no.
- Or, how about Chantilly Lace on the trim and cabinets, and Decorator’s White on the walls? This works a lot better, but you no longer have soft white walls, they look more like an off-white gray with purple undertones.
If this isn’t the look you were going for, you have three choices…
- Paint your walls the same color as your trim/cabinets
- Paint your walls a NON-white color, perhaps a purposeful (not accidental) light gray paint color or a soft shade of blue.
- Repaint your trim (and/or cabinets if they’re white, too) with a more flexible white paint color.
AND LASTLY, THE MOST AMAZEBALLS BLOG POST FOR YOU DUAL-WHITE LOVERS…
Just because I prefer one white on all surfaces for the previously said reasons doesn’t mean you’re on board – I forgive you (wink wink). If you want two shades of white, it’s DOABLE, but only with specific colors and a few guidelines…
The Two Shades of White That Go Together
HOW DO I FIND THE WHITE THAT MATCHES MY EXISTING TRIM OR CABINETS?
Take off a piece of your trim and take it to several paint stores to have them professionally color-match it. NO eyeball matches – go to a store that uses a machine. If they want to tweak things from there, great, but starting with a machine-made match is best. Go with the brand that gets it the closest. Remember, there can be a shift in how a white looks based on the paint finish (trim is usually satin or semi-gloss, and walls are usually matte/eggshell).
WHAT COLOR SHOULD THE TRIM BE IF MY WALLS ARE WHITE?
If your walls are white, the trim should be the SAME white in a different sheen. While it can be trendy to paint your trim a non-white, like greige, taupe, or gray, be careful as it won’t be in style forever. It will have a longer life in OLDER homes, but for a more modern home, it will eventually be dated.
Alternatively, you can paint your trim or cabinets a white paint color with an LRV that’s a good whack higher than that of your walls. However, read my previous advice to make sure you get a good combo.
READ MORE
6 Questions to Ask BEFORE You Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets WHITE
White Dove vs. 10 Popular Shades of White (Cloud White, Simply White, & More)
The Ultimate Guide to White Paint Colors
Sherwin Williams 3 Best Warm White Paint Colors
Should You Paint Your Cabinets White or Keep Them Stained? A QUESTIONNAIRE!
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ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 2021, AWESOMELY UPDATED FOR YOU IN 2025
Kylie your blog is so helpful! We just had white dove cabinets installed in our kitchen (thanks to all your information for helping me pick the color!). The kitchen now opens up into the dining room (not 100% open concept) where we had board and batten style wainscoting installed in the dining room and down the hallway. We currently have chantilly lace ceiling and trim in the dining room/hallway which I LOVE. My question is can we stick with that and have the board and batten wainscoting painted chantilly as well? Walls are currently classic gray so we have to decide if we are keeping that or changing it. Or do we need to have the dining room wainscoting and trim painted white dove? I just worry if we do white dove we are changing the whole feel of the house and where does white dove end then. I have been agonizing over this decision and clearly I have no idea what to do. I appreciate any advice! Thank you!
Hi Jenna! If the rooms that have the Chantilly Lace trim/ceilings also have the board and batten/wainscoting, I 100% SUGGEST sticking with Chantilly on the wainscoting/board and batten too. I wouldn’t mix whites in the same room on trim-style surfaces! Now, this all COULD make White Dove look that much warmer in comparison, but short of painting your trim/ceilings in White Dove, this might just be what it has to be!
Hi Kylie! I’m in the midst of a remodel and I’m working with an open floor plan and the kitchen cabinets are the manufacturers stock white which they’ve indicated is close to Behr’s “frothy surf”. I have asked the painter to color match the cabinets for the trim and the ceilings since the cabinets go to the ceiling. However, for the walls I wanted to do SW “pure white”. Am I following your advice correctly or should I do my trim in SW pure white as well but in a satin finish since walls are matte?
Hi Kylie,
I love your blog and try to read every relevant article I can before making any changes to my house (I’ve spent a few too many dollars picking hideous colors, painting, and then complaining to my husband how horrible it looks!) I decided to start painting my open concept home in Alabaster and love it so far…but now I’ve gotten to the kitchen. I’ve used Behr ultra pure white on the trim/doors and I personally love it, though it may make you vomit. So my question is, can I paint my kitchen cabinets Behr UPW and keep my Alabaster walls …my counters are ubatube-ish (taupe/black) granite from 2005. thank you!
Hi Kay! It’s totally okay to partner UPW with softer whites, this is the BEST way to do it, as long as you’re cool with the walls looking warmer than they might look if you had the trim/walls the same colour. The question is whether UPW is the right white for your countertops/backsplash. My BIG concern here is that it might come off just a bit too harsh/sharp against your countertop (and maybe your backsplash, too). 🙂
Hi Kylie! Your blog sure comes up often when googling paint colors! You go girl! I have LOVED this article and all of the responses. I have BM linen for kitchen cabinets in my kitchen and the same baseboard trim around my house…except the “last horizon” which is our master bath and bedroom. I had intended to do the same and am obsessing over whether this is the right decision! If I switched to white dove in the bathroom/bedroom (which adjoin), is that appropriate since the rooms are separated. from the rest of the house? Also, I’m looking at BM “ cedar key” 982 or ppg “cool concrete” 1023-2 as wall color in the bathroom (or possible accent wall). We already have linen white as a “holding color” on all the walls in both the bedroom and the bath. I suppose the easiest would be to stick with linen white for the cabinets/upcoming trim….but I just want to make sure linen white isn’t too “yellow” for a bathroom?? Thoughts? Thanks so much!!
I am having a huge conflict and have lost so much sleep. We have new doors, kitchen and trims. I picked a cabinet color it is called lace. It’s a white, not bright, no yellow. I tried to color match it, but am not sure if painting doors and trim around the whole house is a good idea to match everything with the kitchen cabinets. I purchased white dove but am scared it will be to cold and muddy looking. it looks dull. I definitely want warmer not cooler white. but not yellow. I also read that white dove can look yellow on doors.
I have tried so many samples and cant decide. please help. they were suppose to paint today but are coming back tomorrow.
thank you in advance
Oh, it’s so hard sometimes, isn’t it? My BEST answer without seeing your space is to continue with the cabinet colour – there’s no reason NOT to. It sounds like it’s flexible for you and could give you what you want. Sometimes we get so caught up in a project that it takes an outside voice to say, ‘hey, I’d do this’ – and that outside voice HAPPENS to come from a place of knowledge, so…. :). And while colour matches are never perfect, I bet they can get close enough to alleviate some concerns, as it sounds like White Dove has you worried :).
Hi! We are building a new lakehouse and we are planning to use BM Decorator’s White — I think the equivalent is Sherwin Williams Pure White? Would it make sense to paint cabinets, walls, trim and ceiling all the same white? We are planning to do a navy blue island (sherwin williams recommendations would be appreciated!!). I am hoping to avoid any royal blue tone, I prefer a deeper navy. Thank you so much, this article is tremendously helpful!!
Hi Emily, yes, I would stick with the same white :). However, Decorators White is quite different as it’s a soft white that has a gray with a violet undertone – not sure if this is what you’re wanting? Pure White is USUALLY a more popular and flexible choice :). If you’re looking for something within BM, I would recommend Chantilly Lace, even though it doesn’t cover well (use primer and expect a good 3 coats).
Hi Kylie, this article is amazing!! I am planning to paint my walls Crushed Ice and then my kitchen cabinets white. I am leaning towards Simply White by BM because the room is east fasting and doesn’t get a ton of natural light outside of mid-day and the granite countertops have some warm browns in it. Do you think I should use the Simply white for the white trim as well, or would you go with a whiter white to help make a more visual contrast with the Crushed Ice color?
Hi Sonya, with the degree of yellow in Simply White, I would lean more into Chantilly Lace 🙂
Hi Kylie,
I was wondering if you remember the name of the wall paint color in the photo you shared right after you wrote this about it:
“In this next photo, because the trim and mantel are a soft white/light cream, the owners were best off choosing a NON-WHITE for their walls; it looks beautiful!”
I have very cream colored trim all over the house and am having a difficult time finding a suitable wall color for my basement walls. This paint color may be it! Thank you so much!
Hi, I believe that’s the photo with BM Edgecomb Gray 25% darker 🙂
Phew this information is helpful
But ALOT! PLEASE HELP!!!!! We recently had a white speckled quartz ( no idea the name of it) installed and a white subway tile backsplash. I’m bothered already about how different the counter white and backsplash white look.
I Want to do white upper cabinets, but am super worried about having 3 colors of whites : counter, backsplash ( looks much whiter than counter), and then unknown color of white for cabinets. The SW consultant advised me to match cabinet white color samples to the counter top and find the closest match. Another designer friend told me to Color match to the adjoining laundry door white and it’s trim . What to do? Thank you!
Hi Robin! If it were me, I would absolutely match to the backsplash. Sometimes once you understand the WHY of it, it’s easier to make a decision (whereas some people just have ‘opionion’s :))
Because the cabinets are on the same vertical sightline as the backsplash, this connection is the MOST important. If this is off, everything will be off. Sure, the laundry room door and trim will also be vertical and closeby, but they’re more changeable than the backsplash and the backsplash runs through the whole kitchen :). In the ideal world, your cabinets and trims/doors would be the same white – based on which white is best for the BACKSPLASH :).
Heard! You just made my life much easier, even if I did fall in love with a complicated white (snowbound). I’ll keep my cabinets, and paint the walls and trim the same color, alter the finish….and with sort of low ceilings, same color or go with highly reflective light?
Is it possible my other quandary can be solved with this same approach—to carry my snowbound into the adjoining family room?
Your posts are amazing, thank you!
Hi Kylie, Love all of your articles. We are moving into a new home in a few weeks and are planning to get the main and upper levels painted.
I really want to paint my walls White Dove (in the whole house) but am conflicted on the trim, ceilings, etc. Should I go with White Dove everywhere or opt for something like Simply White for the trim? If I did White Dove everywhere, I assume I’d use eggshell for walls, semi-gloss for trim – what would I use for the ceiling? Also, one of the ceilings has a sunken panel – kind of like a coffered ceiling. Is it fine to paint the whole ceiling white dove? What would you recommend for white kitchen cabinets? White dove or something else?
I assume we’d also need to paint the doors white dove if we’re painting the trim?
Hi Kylie! I found this article EXTREMELY helpful just now. I’m worried about a paint choice now though, in regards to the ceilings. I don’t have the option to repaint my ceilings. They are a fresh coat of BM Muresco Flat White. I’m sampling wall/trim/doors to be either SW Alabaster or BM Simply White or BM Chantilly Lace in 2 different finishes depending on wall or trim. Are my color choices going to read too yellow with white ceilings? I have a ton of North and South light source in our open concept layout. I’m suddenly not trusting my eye.
Hi Sheri, I’m not familir with this exact paint, but it sounds darn white, so yessss, you do risk any warm white looking that bit more yellow in comparison – but Chantilly Lace would be the safest of the 3!
Hi Kylie. We are smack in the middle of our new home build. While reading your post I think I got the finished down but want to confirm. I’m going with Pure White. So the ceiling needs to be eggshell, walls matte, trim and kitchen cabinets satin, is that correct?
Hey Lisa! I would look at FLAT for the ceiling. The walls can be matte or eggshell, trims and cabinets are usually satin 😉
My wife and I like SW moderate white but are looking to find another lighter/softer white to match it for our trim and cabinets. We are looking at SW creamy but not sure we need to go lighter than that. We are not a fan of SW pure white or SW alabaster. Would creamy and moderate white be an ok combo for walls and then trim/cabinets? We have a house we are trying to lighten up due to the north/south orientation and darker Saltillo tiles and leather/brown wood furniture.
Hiya! Moderate White is VERY tricky and fussy with its white partners (as you’ve found), the best way to coordinate is to take it to the paint store and ask them to make it 50% lighter and 75% lighter, see which one of these you like the best :).
Hello! Excellent article with pictures!
I was trying to tell my husband that shade of white matters! We have a very large kitchen, exposed beams, and a painted white brick fireplace in the kitchen (done before we purchased.) When we replaced our cabinets, we thought white cabinets would be too much for the space and ended up doing a factory color of Harbor (warm light grey on uppers) and Boulder (darker grey on bottoms). We had painted the walls BM Edgecomb grey and it is way too tan/brown. HELP! I don’t mind doing the trim and walls the same color but should I paint the walls a variation of the upper cabinet grey color to match? Or would a warm white make the upper cabinets look too dark?! The space is very large where on the opposite side of the cabinets is the fireplace, which I guess I need to paint this specific white too!? It’s a tough room. Any advice would be helpful!
Hey Gina! This is a complicated question that I can’t really say unless i see photos of your home – there are a lot of layers to this!
Thank you for all of your great advice. We have a early 2000s bathroom with light travertine tile on floor, bathtub, and shower. And yellowish granite countertops. We are thinking of painting our cabinets and walls Dove Wing, while not adjusting the trim which is white. Will the light travertine floor tile and dove wing work well together given its a warm tone or will that be too creamy of a combo? Thanks again!
Hey Paul, I wouldn’t do Dove Wing. You probably need a color with a bit more beige-orange undertone 🙂
Just came across this blog but it is what I needed! I need some help! Redid my kitchen with White Dove cabinets. Now my BM Super White trim is just making them too yellow! If I repaint my walls and trim (crown and baseboards) what do you suggest? How do I handle doorway trim? Do I need to also paint the doors? What if the door leads to a room I’m not redoing and Super White looks fine inside? This is much harder than I anticipated!
Hey Tiffany, I BET these whites are fighting each other! It’s best if you shift EVERYTHING over to White Dove. If you’re okay with your rooms being different whites, I suppose you can keep Super White in an independant space. As for the interior of the doorway trim (the space in between the two rooms), it’s usually painted the color of the MAIN dominant room.
Hello Kylie,
I love your blog and I think I’ve read every one more than 5 times. We’ve been wanting to paint our house white for years but every time I research, I have a panic attack. Well, we finally hired the painters but here is our dilemma. I want a bright white/coastal look. When we moved in *many years ago), we freshly painted with SW Extra White trim and ceiling and beigey walls. We are NOT going to repaint trim as it is still good and matches the rest of bedrooms which we are not painting. Painter will only use SW products and we are torn between SW Pure White and Alabaster, We are also painting the kitchen cabinets. I don’t want anything to look too creamy or beige. So….what wall color and cabinets should we use? I feel like Alabaster is safe for walls maybe??? But is SW cabinets too stark? If all walls and cabinets are alabaster, will it all look to creamy/beige with the EW trim? We also have the black ubatuba granite. Working with very tight budget. In an ideal world, I think I would do everything pure white but we don’t have that option. I already tested both colors around the house and they work with our various exposure so it is a matter of working together. Our kitchen, unfortunately is the room with the LEAST natural light. Our primary goal is too brighten our house.
Hey Lorrie, it’s hard to say for sure without seeing your home, but with Extra White already in play on your trims, it really ONLY makes sense to use it on the cabinets too. If you shift whites, you really risk one looking creamier/whiter/dirty/etc. compared to your trim. Even if this seems a bit bright to you, short of keeping the cabinets wood, this could be your next best bet, you know? Also, I’ve seen Extra White and Alabaster together and they’re beautiful – just expect EXtra White to slightly enhance the creaminess of Alabaster!
Hi Kylie–love the article, thank you! Do you think the reverse works though, such as Simply White on kitchen cabinets and something less bright (Cloud White, etc.) on the walls? Or would there need to be more distinction between the two whites for it to look right?
Wellllll, it depends on the whites. A brighter white will make the softer white walls look creamier in comparison. I would be very careful.
Hi Kylie. I have White Dove on all the trim in my house and Pale Oak on my walls. My kitchen cabinets are currently painted White Dove as well. I have white quartz countertops with grey veining and a white backsplash with grey grout. I’m looking to change the color of my cabinets because they look too creamy with the countertops and backsplash that I have. What color cabinets do you recommend? My kitchen opens up to the living room and family room which also have the same color on the trim and the walls as the kitchen.
Oooo, that can be tough, although I understand why you might want to change your ccabinets (keep in mind that it also means your trim is too warm, but I know that’s a huge pain to change throughout your home). And it’s just SO hard to say without seeing the exact quartz. Generally, you might check out colors with LRVs around 50ish, to get a reasonable contrast. But as for the TYPE and undertones, it’s about finding a color that settles best between Pale Oak’s pink-violet hues and the undertone in your gray veining!
Hi Kylie! I’m having a really hard time choosing white (or white/off-white family) paint for my kitchen reno. My upper cabs are IKEA Sektion Veddinge white and the lower cabs are Askersund (light ash effect). What I didn’t notice until after the cabs were all installed is that the Veddinge white does not look like a true white at all. It looks somewhat creamy (almost a pink undertone — especially noticeable in certain daylight probably enhanced by the red brick wall of the neighboring house).
I’ve put up swatches of Chantilly Lace (seems whiter than the upper cabs). I’ve also tried Simply White (appears quite yellow), Oxford White (a bit greige when right next to the cabs), White Dove (darker greige), and Steam (a bit yellow).
I had envisioned a nice airy bright kitchen…but now I don’t know what to do. Would like to avoid a dark and/or grey kitchen).
Help!
Oh, this is tough, I wish I knew the Ikea colors more! What if you sneak into the off-whites, just to get a bit more ‘layering’ vs trying to match/coordinate at the same depth as your cabinets? I mean, I WOULD check out SW Snowbound, which can be a very…very interesting off-white, but short of that, take a look at colors like SW Heron Plume, White Heron, BM Classic Gray – they’re a good place to start!