It can be rough picking paint colors, but people seem to have the hardest time picking white paint. Today I’m sharing my secret formula for the best white paint color EVER. If you are looking for white paint for your house, or your kitchen cabinets, or your furniture (see how to paint furniture here!) You will not be disappointed!
Which White Is White?
Have you ever picked a white color, only to have it turn pink, gray, or blue?
Check out the swatches below, on the wooden table they all look white, right?
Now check out those exact same colors on a white background.
Definitely not pure white. To me the perfect white is just white. Not yellowish, not bluish, not grayish, just white. Its not too bright or too dingy, its JUST WHITE.
The Formula for the Perfect White Paint
The formula is Sherwin-Williams Extra White Base + 3oz. of white pigment /gallon
(It has to be Sherwin-Williams, other white bases seem to make the color too bright.)
I have used this formula in every room that I’ve done since 2013. It looks good everywhere!
At my local store its called Mandi White (if you’re in St. George you can go into any of the stores and they’ll mix it up for you!) After 5 years of calling it Mandi White I asked Sam (the manager that answers all of my weird questions) if this was a real Sherwin-Williams color and they we’re just humoring me and calling it Mandi White (you know, like when someone calls you by the wrong name for so long that you can’t correct them and will eternally be Mindy when you’re around them?)
This is what he said. There is in fact NOT a color with the same formula.
YAY!! Who wants to start a petition to have Mandi White added to their official list of colors!?!
The closest “real color” is Pure White SW 7005. With Pure White they add a little bit of black to the extra white base to grey it out a teeny bit. With Mandi White the white pigment does sort of the same thing, its just a touch brighter.
If you use this color in your house upload a picture to instagram and hashtag it #mandiwhite
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