There’s a time for bold color and a time for stark white. Then there are the in-between paint colors—those subtle shades ...

From sharp accents, pops of color and letting the crisp white shine, here are 11 color combinations with white you’ll want to try in your own home.

In terms of light, white is a mixture of all wavelengths of light being perceived simultaneously, and true pitch black is the absence of any light—no color, no visual information.