Breezy, I emailed my builder to get the formula they used for our cabs (actually, the cabinets were painted at the factory, but the painters matched it for all of our trim, so the formula should be close to identical.) I will post it to this thread as soon as I get it! :) My carrara is very gray/almost bluish as well.

A fair number of folks use BM White Dove, which is a fairly gray white.

We're doing Benjamin Moore Glacier white based on seeing a garden webbers bathroom:
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bath/msg0418383830248.html?11

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bath/msg1215461925934.html

I know that this isn't quite the same situation since our countertops are black Marinus granite and only the island is Alabama White marble, but we do have marble subway tile backsplash that is a bit greyer.

Anyway, our cabinets are BM Mascarpone from the Affinity collection & I think it looks great with the marble. It really warms it up since it might have gone very cool with the BM Nantucket Fog walls.

All of our painted trim is Mascarpone and we just love it.

HTH - Jo Ann

Not a kitchen but we used BM simply white in our bathroom with carrera marble tops. BM white dove is nice too.

HUGE fan of BM White Dove ... getting ready to paint our upper cabs this color !! Good luck ... look forward to seeing what you decide !!

drjoann--happy to see you. Where have you been? Maybe I've just been missing your posts. If you have moved in, can you post an update???? (sorry breezy for the hijack)

Breezy, can you grab an off-white color fan deck from BM, for example, and just go and fan it out on the marble and see which colors seem to pop out as a gray undertone? (I have no idea what to suggest)

A color expert told me to use BM sparkling wine. It's a warm white and nice and light. We love it. I used SW roman columns for my trim in the kitchen.

I used Kelly Moore "Swiss Coffee" on my kitchen cabs (it was the stuff all over the trim on my house when I moved in--one of their most popular whites. I didn't want to obsess over whites either when I had a perfectly nice white left by the POs.). It looked good with everything, even all the Carrara samples I brought home. I ended up with a very gray marble (and blue ceiling) so I don't think it'd fight with your nice slabs.

Not quite done photo:

My Realtor made me repaint the walls. :(

I also vote for BM Mascarpone, it's a great soft white not yellow at all

I have black granite, and really went wracked my brain on what color to choose for my white cabinets. I went with BM White Dove and love it!!!

They mixed into Cabinet Coat paint for me.

I looked at all of your helpful suggestions on the largest paint chips each store had available. Here's what I tried out with painted samples and how they looked with my marble:

*White Dove--sickly yellow-green undertone
*Gardenia--very pretty but had a slight peachy undertone
*Mascarpone--too yellow
*SW Snowbound--very close but had a slight pink undertone
*a few of my own formula concoctions
*color match to the Kraftmaid white cabinet sample door I haven't returned yet

And then I finally tried Simply White. Winner!! It's perfect. Chantilly Lace was a very simple white, but too stark. Simply White is also a simple white and has a touch of yellow, but not enough to turn it yellow like Mascarpone. It's just warm enough not to look sterile, but not so warm it's yellow.

And now I will use Simply White for all the trim in the main part of the house since every room is basically open to each other, and the trim on the cabs will run around the entire ceiling.

Thank you everyone!

Fori, Drjoann, Pps7--loved seeing your rooms again. (Fori, tell me again why you left that great space! ;))

Drjoann, i am in LOVE with your kitchen! Beautiful!

If your kitchen faces the south or the west, the sun will cast a more yellow/warm light, I learned that in this forum.

Just an FYI - your marble will probably have a slightly different appearance when it's laid horizontally, so I don't know if that will affect your color choice or not. Just speaking from experience...

Breezy, I know this thread is extremely old, but I'm wondering what brand, sheen and exact type of paint you bought for your cabinets?? I'm freaking out over white paint and don't want it to yellow. I live in Puyallup, WA. Your kitchen is stunning!

yes I would like to know too!

@breezygirl would you share a picture of yiur carrara and simply white?