Editing the whites to differentiate

Now, again I have an issue with that white cloth, I don't want it to draw too much attention to it. So, I want it to contrast what's, what it's sitting on, so the question is, what color should that be? For now I'm just going to leave it, sort of a simple purply tone with a little bit of warmth because I haven't decided yet. I know it needs to be light. Because it's a you know, it's the white cloth. I'm just going to lock in something a little bit of white. A little bit of pink, a little bit of yellow, and decide later what needs to work against that croissant. And again when you work with colors like this where they tend to dry a little bit darker. So, that's not an issue when you're working digitally, or with other wet medium, but water-color just dries, sometimes a little lighter, but also just not as vibrant. So that's, it's not bad. Now I'll get to that croissant, and it's really a rich tone, it's not as bright as the red mug by any stretch of the imagination, but it's warm. It's…