The modern kitchen is as much a gathering place for friends and family as for cooking. As such, you want to set the right mood in the kitchen for your gatherings. One of the important ways to do this is through color. Whether you want your kitchen to feel light and airy or small, cozy and intimate, the right choice of color will go a long way to creating the right atmosphere.
Different colors have different effects on different people. Red affects you differently than green will. In the same way, blue can have a different effect on you than your neighbor. When choosing your color scheme for your kitchen, you need to decide which colors to use. It is your kitchen, and you will spend the most time in it, so you need to decide which colors suit your desires for your kitchen. These are just guidelines for choosing colors, the final decision is yours.
Think about whether you want a cozy, intimate kitchen or a more open feeling. The right color choice can help. Darker tones visually shrink a room, making it feel smaller and more intimate. White, light yellow and other bright colors can help to visually open up the space and make a small room feel bigger and more open.
Earth colors are a good choice for kitchen furnishings. Tanned and brown can help found your kitchen and create a feeling of lightness and closeness. Earth tones are generally neutral colors and will match well with several other colors such as accent colors in cabinets, trim and kitchen fittings.
Black should only be used for accents, and not used as the main color in your kitchen. Black tends to absorb heat, which can make the kitchen unbearably hot. Black can be used for an accent, especially if it is offset by white, which will balance the black, and it will reflect, rather than absorb heat.
Orange is usually associated with food and is therefore a good color choice for a kitchen, either as a main color or as an accent. Orange tends to be illegal hunger, making it a good choice for a kitchen color. Blue, on the other hand, tends to suppress hunger. Because of this, you may want to eliminate or at least minimize the blue in your kitchen.
Red should be avoided in the kitchen. Red tends to evoke feelings of warmth, which in an already warm room, like the kitchen, is not good. Red can work well as an accent if used sparingly and if it is offset by cooler colors elsewhere in the room.
You have several parts of the kitchen that you need to coordinate when you paint or redo. You really do not have to do everything the same color, but it is best that all colors complement each other, rather than colliding. A color scheme with two or three colors works well. The largest color area in your kitchen will be walls and ceilings. These will be your primary color that everything else will coordinate with. If you are painting the walls in a dark color, you may want to leave the ceiling white, which helps prevent the room from feeling too small. The cabinets, if you choose color over a wooden finish should contrast with the walls, but at the same time not collide with them. Once you have painted your walls and cabinets, you can choose a different color that matches the first two for trim and accents.
Repainting is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to give your kitchen a new look. Before you begin, take some time to plan your color scheme. A well-thought-out color scheme will help you enjoy your kitchen even more.
