Benjamin Moore’s Cloud White:

Summer is the perfect time to envision and plan your upcoming fall interior decorating project. Nothing revitalizes and modernizes a room like a fresh coat of paint on the walls. White is a popular colour for walls because it creates an excellent canvas for all your furnishings. With a choice of whites, opt for shades with a warm undertone for an east-facing room to create the ideal ambiance. Click the following link to find out more about east-facing rooms and why warm whites work best in these rooms. https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/how-to-choose-white-interior-paint-colours/.

What Colour is Cloud White?

“Cloud White” by Benjamin Moore is a warm white shade, as its name suggests, that perfectly captures a sophisticated and airy feeling. It falls in between whites that are excessively warm with more yellow tones and whites that are more crisp and clean. It has a bright and complex warmth that evokes the image of a white cloud on a sunlit day. The softened hue can infuse your interiors with elegance and create a light and airy effect without appearing stark. It is ideal for modern and traditional homes, making it suitable for any space.

We chose Cloud White for our great room because it’s a versatile white that works well with modern and traditional home decor. Additionally, it provides a nice contrast against our dark wood floors and looks good in our east-facing room, with plenty of natural light coming in through the three windows. It has brought our room, which you can see in the photo above, to life in the mornings. This simple update has made a big difference without the need for expensive renovations.

Is Cloud White, White or a Cream Colour?

This colour can be confusing, as it may appear white, cream, or both! Cloud White is a warm white paint colour that works well in rooms with high ceilings. For instance, our family room, with high ceilings, wooden floors, and Cloud White walls, appears warm, light and airy. Plus, its subtle yellow undertones add a sense of coziness to a room, especially in spaces that might otherwise feel cold with a stark white, like our room with high ceilings. The photo of our great room above showcases what cloud white looks like in our room with a high ceiling. It looks like a warm white, not a cream colour. It looks like a white colour because of the lighting, though.

In particular lighting, such as in a south-facing room and when placed next to colours such as blue, its complement, Cloud White, can take on a creamy appearance. Against blue, the creamy yellow undertone becomes obvious. But on our wall, it looks white. It looks white because of the east-facing light streaming into our room in the mornings. Read on to find out what I mean.

Cloud White and East-Facing Windows

If you have east-facing windows and receive no direct sunlight in the afternoon but get sunlight instead in the morning, you may notice that Cloud White balances out the cooler, flatter afternoon light. It is what I noticed Cloud White did in our great room. Cloud white has a warm undertone, so it appears as a warm white throughout the day but never seems creamy.

Sometimes, even warm white can look a little gray in the afternoon due to the lack of direct sunlight from the east-facing windows. Using warmer light bulbs in the afternoon and evening helps to give it a warm white look and removes the bit of gray shade.

Conclusion

It’s amazing how a fresh paint job can breathe new life into a space! But, before choosing the colour, consider how lighting affects colour appearance, especially with white paint. Natural and artificial light can significantly alter the way paint colours are perceived.

Secondly, hidden colour palettes known as undertones in the paint can peek through depending on where your window faces. For example, Cloud white is a warm white with a yellow undertone. So, in a room facing east, Cloud White looks like white, as in the photo above.

At Lynteriors, we can help you select white paint colours for your renovation project. Revitalize your space today by contacting us and discovering how the right white paint colour can transform your surroundings! Contact us at 416 721 6217.