Playing it safe, a bright shade of white paint is a good wall color choice for hallways, stairways, basements, bathrooms, and other spaces that don’t get as much natural light, and white almost ...

White paint can be darker, lighter, cooler or warmer than you think, ... The duller matte wall texture, selected for easy touch-ups, offset the shinier semi-gloss moldings.

If you do elect not to paint your wall white first, do a test patch on a piece of wood or cardboard to make sure it will come out the way you want. Tools and materials.

Use Paint Creatively. If you prefer paint to wallpaper, you don’t have to default to Decorator’s White, the ubiquitous shade from Benjamin Moore.