Definition: Cream is Neither Beige Nor White

An interior with a cream color as its base. This color is a warm white with a hint of yellow and a very small amount of red, very high in brightness but never glaring, like butter at room temperature. It is not beige; beige is grayer and more subdued. Nor is it pure white; pure white appears bluish under warm light. Over eighty percent of the entire space is this color: walls, ceiling, cabinetry, textiles. All other colors grow out of it. Avoid: using grayish beige and oatmeal colors, using cool-toned pure white and ivory white, having walls and cabinetry use different whites, introducing highly saturated colors that disrupt the base color.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以奶油色為底的室內。這個顏色是暖白加進一點黃與極少的紅,明度很高但絕不刺眼,像放在室溫下的奶油;它不是米色,米色偏灰而且更沉;也不是純白,純白在暖光下會發青。整個空間有八成以上是這個顏色:牆、天花、櫃體、織品。所有其他的顏色都從它裡面長出來。避免:使用偏灰的米色與燕麥色、使用冷調的純白與象牙白、讓牆與櫃體使用不同的白、加入高彩度的顏色破壞底色。