The pearl white is solar blazing white and every bit as white as the solid white, perhaps a bit more even. There is a catch, though. The metallic flecks give a subtle depth to it that is hard to see in pictures and hard to describe. It's not really a pearlescent paint as some would think. And more to that catch of those metallic flecks, they absorb and reflect light differently than they regular glossy white paint does. Under lighting that trends to more yellow tones like sodium or tungsten, many fluorescents, etc.. the pearl white can often look a lot more yellow than the glossy white. It also shows dirt a bit more or differently. But when it's clean and in full sunlight the pearl is as bright sparkly white as it gets.