It’s a long held rule in decorating that white is a great choice when you’re trying to create the illusion of space.
But that raises a rather important question – which white? There have been plenty of jokes told where one person says white, and the other immediately starts listing out all sorts of names for white – pearl, alabaster, snow, cotton, lace… you get the idea.
Here’s the catch though – not all whites are the same. Crazy, right? In fact shades of white fall roughly into two groups – those with warm undertones, and those with cool undertones. And that’s when it becomes clear that not all whites are the same.
Whites with a warm (yellow) undertone actually do what all warm colours do – they make a space feel warmer and cosier. So they don’t achieve the object of expanding the space.
Cool whites, usually with a crisp grey or blue undertone, are the ones you need if you’re trying to create the feeling of space.
Daisy, powder, bone, ivory, linen… 122 shades? Wow.
