Color, lack of

It reflects light the best.

The shades used in this case do seem less 'warm' than some might prefer (probably used Decorator's White of some variety) but I'd vastly prefer that to having to come in and repaint a dark oxblood or navy blue room, which can be challenging. I once had a situation where there was this heavy-handed mural that had been painted all over a room by previous owners and it took something like 4 full coats (after primer) to completely cover it. It just kept fighting back and refused to go peacefully.

I think people buying $5mm plus apartments can afford to repaint. Painting walls (ex wood work) assuming walls are in good shape and painted with off-white, is not expensive. The paint color on some walls actually has some beige for this particular apartment.

It's easier for your mind to overlay white with your own vision of color choices. (and it looks fairly off-white to me).

And it helps hide the fact that even on a good day, this is not going to be a bright apartment (look at the pictures: it's a sunny day out, yet every single light is turned on).

Still, nice floor plan, great location. I'd live there.

Aaron, With new camera technology, the photographer takes shots with various levels of exposures and merges then for even lighting using automated software. They can merge a shot with lights on to one with no lights on. That is why the lighting you see in shots has nothing to do with actual light. Keeping the lights on is becoming more of an aesthetic choice for photographers.

@300 -- Well, score one for those who are interested in mis-representing apartments.

It used to be fairly easy to gauge how much natural light an apartment had. Now, not so much. I suppose it gets people in the front door to check things out in person (which any buyer should be doing, multiple times), and helps the unimaginative to get beyond a less than pristine condition, but it makes basic research and comparison a real chore -- lighting, condition, views are too easily manipulated to make online photos much of a screening tool.