Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White is the color we painted quite a few of the rooms in our home during our renovation – including the entry, living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, guest bedroom and master bedroom. Today, I’m going to share why Ballet White is such a great paint color to use if you want a neutral color for your walls.
Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White
Despite it’s name, Ballet White is not really a white color. It is a very light cream color that has yellow in it, but also brown and gray. It will change colors during the day as the natural light changes.
When it’s a sunny day, more of the yellow tones will show up.
On a cloudy day, it will show more of it’s gray tones.
Why do I think that Ballet White is the perfect neutral paint color?
When I was picking paint colors for our home, I wanted a very light, neutral, paint color that would look good on it’s own. The paint color also needed to allow the bright colors in the room to pop.
That’s why Ballet White is such a great neutral paint color – it looks good with any other colors. Whether it’s day or night, sunny or cloudy, it ALWAYS looks good!
I didn’t want a paint color that had a lot of gray in it. I like gray, but I think gray walls can look very cold. I wanted a paint color with a little more warmth to it, but not too yellow.
Ballet White looks great in a hallway too.
It also looks good with the pinks and white that I used in our guest bedroom. (Also known as our granddaughter’s room.)
This is Ballet White on our hall bathroom walls. There’s no natural light in this bathroom, but the walls still look good with light from the light fixtures.
So, if you want a good neutral paint color for your walls, that will go with everything and always look great, I highly recommend Ballet White!
Do you have a favorite paint color? Tell us what it is!
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Catherine McCray says
December 1, 2017 at 8:22 amWhat color of white did you use for your trim?
Jann says
December 1, 2017 at 2:26 pmOur trim white color is Benjamin Moore’s White. It’s their base color – White.
Lisa says
January 28, 2018 at 5:11 pmThis color reminds me of Coffee in my Creamer by Valspar. I have it in my kitchen and office and I love it. It can read slightly gray at certain times of the day like you mentioned. I might actually give this Benjamin Moore color a try in a couple of my bedrooms.
Jann says
January 29, 2018 at 6:49 amLisa, Coffee in my Creamer sounds like the same color! Good luck with you bedrooms!
julia says
March 3, 2018 at 7:11 amThe colors in the all the rooms look gorgeous!! Do you know of an equivalent in. Sherwin Williams paint? Same question for the BM White color?
Maggie says
March 22, 2018 at 11:46 pmI fell in love with Ballet White but lost my nerve at the last minute and chose Benjamin Moore Feather Down with Satin Impervo Cloud White trim. I absolutely love the combination. I still sometimes secretly wish I had been braver and gone with Ballet White. My trim is all Cloud White and I have no intention of redoing that. Do you think Ballet White would work with Cloud White trim? I’m thinking of repainting one large sunny family room with Ballet White !
Jann says
March 23, 2018 at 6:29 amMaggie, I think it would work. If you can get a little sample of Ballet White, paint a patch of it next to your trim. Or even better, paint a big piece of poster board and place it next to the trim.
Kathleen Kolb says
March 28, 2018 at 6:32 amthat color looks fabulous in your home. Next time around I would like to try it. I do love yellow so I used Summer Harvest in most of my rooms. It is definitely yellow and sunny but it works so well with all of my furniture.
Thanks for sharing!
Dana says
March 28, 2018 at 7:26 amMy new favorite paint color is Pale Oak. I would consider it a taupe color that reads more on the gray side. On another note, I have a coverlet on my bed which I would consider a dark golden color. I wanted a very pale color that would go with the gold (ie no gray) on my walls and every time I end up with yellow. Any suggestions?
Jann says
March 28, 2018 at 7:28 amI don’t have any suggestions other than to go to the paint store and bring some paint chips home to see what would go best in your bedroom.
Shell says
April 27, 2018 at 9:51 amI love this colour too! I painted our main bathroom, hallway, front and back entrance and son’s bedroom with Ballet White. It looks fantastic in all of these spaces (all on the west/north side of our home).
I have Ben Moore’s Stone Hearth in my east/south facing open plan living, dining, and kitchen and am debating whether I should lighten up the walls with Ballet White. Any thoughts on how yellow it might look in east facing rooms with large windows? What light direction are you working with? I’ve painted a large swatch on paper and have been moving it around. Painting decisions can be so tough sometimes can’t they?
Jann says
April 28, 2018 at 2:02 pmShell, as I explain in the post, Ballet White will look a bit yellower when it’s in a sunny room. The pictures I’m showing are of our dining room which has 2 big windows on the east side of the house and a large patio door on the south side of the house.
Dan says
May 7, 2018 at 11:33 pmMy wife and I are going to use Ballet White as the wall color throughout most of our new house with Simply White as the trim color. Do you have a recommendation for a ceiling color that would be darker than Simply White but lighter than Ballet White? Thanks!
Jann says
May 8, 2018 at 7:11 amDan, sorry I don’t.
Alicia says
April 17, 2019 at 3:14 pmWhite dove?
Angela DIBLASI says
June 17, 2018 at 5:55 pmHi I am trying to decide on new color to replace Ben Moore Pittsfield Buff. its for a west facing room with 1 window…would you recomend Edgecomb Gray or ballet White. also having the entertainment center painted/refinished…Simply white??? thankyou !
Jann says
June 17, 2018 at 9:15 pmAngela, I would do a sample of both colors on pieces of foam board. Look at them at different times of day.
marta bonds says
November 4, 2018 at 11:24 pmHi Jann,
Love your house. How would ballet white do in a north-northeast library with oak trim and oak built-ins. Denver sun comes in only before noon. would love your take.
Thank you
Marta
Jann says
November 5, 2018 at 3:36 pmMy only advice would be to try it and see if you like it.
Holly says
December 1, 2018 at 8:36 amI am about to paint my living room Ballet White, so thanks for the pictures, it looks lovely in your home.
The vanity in your bathroom caught my eye, what colour is it? We have an old
church pew we painted years ago and it needs a refresh, and I think that blue
would work.
Many thanks.
Jann says
December 3, 2018 at 3:56 pmHolly, sorry, I don’t remember the name of the paint. It’s been a couple of years, I still love it though!
Carlotta says
January 5, 2019 at 11:02 amMy walls are a creme color, which I really like, but my cabinets are the fake wood manufacturers cabinets, my questions is, do you think the Ballet White would work for painting kitchen cabinets . Really do like the color: Ballet White. Thank you,
Jann says
January 9, 2019 at 7:04 amCarlotta, I would do a test first to see if you like the color. Paint a piece of foam board that you can get in a craft store in the ballet white and then put it up against your cabinets. Look at it in all lighting situations – daylight and at night. Good luck!
Isabel Medeiros says
February 5, 2019 at 11:16 amDid you find any lavender or pink tones in “Ballet white “ ?
Jann says
February 7, 2019 at 7:53 amNo