Clients often ask us for white walls. The next question is always: which white? We keep eleven on rotation, and they are not interchangeable.
Read the undertone
Hold a white sample against a sheet of printer paper. You will see it lean towards yellow, pink, green or grey. That undertone decides how the room feels at four in the afternoon.
- Yellow-leaning whites suit north-facing rooms
- Grey-leaning whites calm down very sunny rooms
- Pink-leaning whites flatter skin and timber
Paint a sample at least A3 in size, on two walls, and look at it morning and evening before deciding.
