How to choose the right white paint color for your exterior

Having trouble finding that perfect warm white or off white paint color for your exterior? Many warm whites that look good inside are simply too bright for your home's exterior. Get that creamy exterior vibe with these paint color recommendations for your exterior.
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Chapter Markers:
0:00 Why it's so hard to find a soft white paint color for your exterior
0:45 Balboa Mist
2:11 Oyster White
2:38 White Duck
3:15 China White
3:55 City Loft
4:30 Shoji White
5:02 Ballet White
5:33 Alabaster vs. China White
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[@Cat_festation]

Love Behr Swiss Coffee for inside. Soft, warm and creamy.

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

I love Swiss coffee for interiors. It can be a bit too much of a bright white color on the exterior, depending on the amount do shade your home receives.

[@catherinenelson4679]

Your videos are the best and so informative. Good timing too. I just painted my exterior sw Tempe Star with pure white trim. Stopped the trim because it looks completely stark. I’m thinking oyster white or city loft

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

Thanks! I have seen deep blue exteriors with both true white trim and with more of a cream trim. Both look good, just a matter of what your preference is.

[@lisakonz5425]

Loving your videos & getting ready to paint our exterior! Balboa Mist is the closest of these video options that may work with our stacked stone but still might be too light for me. Do you have any warm neutrals, just a bit deeper, that you love more in the LRV 50's range? Also, our neighbor's house is white. So far, SW Shitake is the closest I've found but it's a little yellow for me. Love the warm grays or greige. Any help would be great and so appreciated.

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

I really like Analytical Gray and Revere Pewter!

[@glendashine9468]

Our home is surrounded by Tall evergreen trees. If one of the suggested paints have a green undertone, will that make the green in the paint come forward? The back of our home is in bright sun but the front is shady most of the day.

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

You shouldn't have a problem!

[@mscarmellatte6154]

OOOO, what white or off white would go with iron Ore Trim? The Barn is Iron Ore on the property so the house will eventually have the same trim. We have been searching for a Sherwin Williams soft white to complement the Iron Ore barn and eventually trim.

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

For a classic look, I love pairing iron ore with sw shoji white. If you want a more modern farmhouse look you can try china white, white dove or alabaster.

[@mscarmellatte6154]

@@homelikeyoumeanit thank you!

[@user-ry7zo5re8i]

Do you use the same color white you choose for the house exterior on the exterior trim?

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

Yes! The sheen will change though!

[@janetriggle1011]

Dang A day late and a dollar short lol Thanks for the much needed information. So next time I paint I won’t stress out so much lol

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

Oh no! But now you know! The best White exterior colors can be tricky!

[@CelesteLoveHeart]

❤

[@homelikeyoumeanit]

Thanks for watching!