![]() Snowbound is a cool white with gray undertones. Then, peel the sheet right off your wall and reapply it somewhere else if you like!įor one last color comparison, let’s look at Pure White and Snowbound. ![]() Simply place them on your walls next to your trim, furnishings or fixed elements, and easily see whether the paint colors work in your space and with your lighting. These no-mess, peel and stick sheets are made from real paint, so they will show you exactly what the paint color will look like. Samplize sells 9×14.75 stick-on paint sheets in almost every paint color. Wondering how to pick the perfect paint color? I am going to compare Pure White to a few other popular white paint colors, but before I do, let’s talk for a minute out how to choose the best white paint color for your home. While I can’t say for certain that they actually Sherwin Williams’ Pure White, the crisp look they demonstrate, without being too cool or too warm, is entirely reminiscent of Pure White paint color. Have you seen the white paint trend that is all over Pinterest right now? Many of these pictures are of a white paint like Pure White. Pure White, by Sherwin Williams, on Door and Trim. On trim, it looks crisp, clean and bright, but not blue, yellow or dingy. Pure White is the best Sherwin Williams white paint color for trim (also called baseboards). Since the LRV scale goes from 1-100, this means that Pure White reflects a ton of light, and is a pretty white white (yes, I know I said ‘white’ twice). Pure White has an LRV, or Light Reflectance Value, of 84. This is why I think it is the perfect white paint color that goes with everything. But, because it has that nod towards yellow, which is a warm color, it actually lands in the warm category of paint colors.īut it is really ever so slightly warm. This is why you will see some websites say it is a cool color and other websites say it is a warm shade.īecause it is so bright, and not a soft white, many will say it is cool. Sherwin Williams Pure White almost perfectly straddles the line between warm and cool. It will likely never look yellow on your walls or trim though (unless you have very yellowy lights in the room). This makes it come off as slightly warm, but not in any perceptible way.īasically, the yellow in the formula for Pure White keeps it from going cool. ![]() Pure White also has just the slightest nod towards a yellow undertone. This gray undertone serves to ground the paint color, and keeps it from being too stark. Pure White is a very white paint color, but it does have a hint of a gray undertone. If you have any questions, please see my disclaimer page. With that being said, all white paint colors (and actually just about all any color paint colors) have undertones. It is, as the name suggests, just purely white (almost). I would guess that Sherwin Williams gave it the name Pure White because it is not any of those things. For example, Pure White is not a bluish white, is not a yellow white, is not too stark, is not too cool, is not a soft white, and is not too warm. It can be hard to define white paint colors in terms of what they are, without also discussing what they are not. Let me explain that statement a little bit. It is a good, fairly clean white that is not too white, but also doesn’t lean in any particular color. Sherwin Williams’ Pure White is a very bright white paint color that is not overly stark.
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