40 Breathtaking Paint Colors For Kitchens
Is your kitchen paint job long overdue, or do you wish to give a completely brand color scheme to the walls to turn around the look? Are you looking for exciting color schemes that give your old-fashioned kitchen an elegant modern feel, or do you want to add a touch of brightness to your tiny cooking area? Whatever the reason for a paint job, a smart color scheme can totally makeover how your kitchen looks and feels. For small kitchens it is a good idea to try light shades like cream or plain white. You can also go for the all-white look for the walls and the ceiling if your kitchen has heavy wooden furniture.
The kind of lighting used in the kitchen can also highlight certain areas, like the kitchen backsplash or the place where you cook. If you have a vintage kitchen, try recessed lights for a clean light remodel. For kitchens with old-fashioned log beams you can balance the heavy look of the ceiling with light paint for the walls. Paint Colors For Kitchens depend on what sort of mood you want to create. Shades of ivory or orange can create a warm and intimate mood, while aqua green or blue with touches of white give a refreshingly cool look to the kitchen. For a modern look in the kitchen experiment with unconventional color combinations like rich purple and cream, or cream for the floor and ceiling, and brick-red for the walls. Black and white are a really dramatic color combination for a kitchen. You can use this color palette for the walls, and tone down the overall look with a textured gray flooring material. Check out these interesting paint scheme ideas for kitchens.
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Subtle Kitchen Color
Muted gray and white make up the main color scheme while the chessboard style kitchen backsplash and a single textured black wall area complete the designer look.
Glittering Kitchen
A cream color scheme and light wood flooring come together in this large old style remodeled kitchen with recessed ceiling lights adding a contemporary touch.
Modern Kitchen Colors
Large areas of muted white on the floor and the ceiling combine with brick-red walls in this large and stylish modern kitchen.
Kitchen In Space
This extra-long kitchen goes for a mostly white paint scheme with the dark granite top and textured floor tiles completing the look.
Vertical Kitchen View
All-white surfaces for the kitchen tabletop, storage spaces, and the ceiling are balanced by the pale wood flooring. Note the red hanging lights adding a spot of color.
My Pearl Kitchen
The fresh cream color for the walls makes a rich contrast with the warm brown wooden furniture in this homely kitchen.
Mauve Glow Kitchen
The mauve shaded lighting arrangements create a magic glow in this stylish remodeled kitchen with its large white floor tiles, light pink storage cabinets, and dark gray walls.
Swim In Blue
The vivid blue wall of this small kitchen area may well remind you of the sea. The look is clean, refreshing, and simple.
Kitchen Color Contrasts
This tiny kitchen goes for an unusual color scheme of rich grape purple and aqua green balanced with white.
Old Style Kitchen
Warm ivory surfaces work well to balance the dark chocolate-colored wooden vertical storage spaces in this traditional kitchen.
Wooden Beam Kitchen
The heavy log beams design of the ceiling is balanced by textured light brown wallpaper and white storage cabinets in this remodeled vintage kitchen.
Wood Style Kitchen
A white and brown color scheme dominates this small kitchen with the cheery painting in aqua shades on the wall adding a bright touch.
Large Kitchen
Pale white textures for the walls open up the look of this kitchen while the glass and wood surfaces give a contemporary feel.
White For My Kitchen
White regular tiles, wall cabinets, and storage spaces create a fresh and bright feel in this small kitchen.
Woody Fruit Kitchen
The rich brown of the walls match the heavy wooden furniture and storage spaces in this wood theme kitchen.
Fresh Kitchen Paint
A warm cream color scheme for the walls and ceiling gives a soft and quiet look to this small kitchen. Note the muted white surfaces and seats lit by the chic recessed lights.
Touch Of Blue
Light blue walls and light wood surfaces pair with the smooth white and black pattern tiled floor in this modern kitchen.
Luxury Kitchen
The light cream ceiling balances the ornate look of this kitchen with its rich mahogany cabinets and shiny dark textured cooking area.
New Kitchen
This beautiful modern kitchen keeps the look simple with an all-white color scheme, alongside brick detailing and patterns on one wall.
Sunny Kitchen
This large kitchen welcomes the summer with neutral shaded walls, horizontal sunlit screens, and pale wood storage spaces. Note the matching designer light fittings.
Bachelor Kitchen
A dark color palette of rich purple and brown wood along with white reflective surfaces completes the sophisticated look in this modern bachelor’s kitchen.
Kitchen Antique Design
The chessboard patterned floor tiles, warm wooden furniture surrounding the kitchen, and ornate light decor have an old style appeal.
Christmas Kitchen Paint
Cream colored walls and light wood surfaces make magic in this sunny kitchen with the shiny red hanging decorations adding a Christmassy feel.
Chessboard Kitchen
Solid areas of black and white paint give a chessboard feel to this kitchen while the floor balances the bold color combination with a pale gray textured shade.
Color My Kitchen White
A fresh coat of white paint brings out the rich warm shade of the wooden floor in this large kitchen.The dark polished surface adds a modern touch.
Kitchen Dark Paint
Dark gray walls fit into the sophisticated decor with the polished granite of the table adding a reflective touch. Note the shiny metal surfaces in the kitchen.
Private Space
Soothing shaded textured tiles in pale brown and blue patterns make up the walls of this small functional kitchen.
Japanese Kitchen Colors
Shades of white, black, and gray play in textured patterns in this stylish kitchen with the chic black roses on the walls adding a strong Japanese flavor.
Canadian Kitchen
Simple white walls highlight the strong wooden log beams on the ceiling of this vintage kitchen.
Dairy Kitchen
The pale wood floor and all-wood seating arrangement is pair with fresh buttermilk colored walls to give a dairy flavor to this kitchen.
Designer Wood Kitchen
Shades of golden and light brown go well with the rich wooden vintage style storage cabinets in this designer wood kitchen.
Orange Kitchen Backsplash
Warm lighting creates magic in this modern kitchen. The orange backsplash makes a powerful contrast with the gray textured wall finish.
Contemporary Kitchen
A very subtle pink shades the near-white walls of this modern kitchen while pale wood cabinets and a light mauve wall complete the quietly sophisticated look.
Kitchen Cool Paint Scheme
Styled in a delicious icy green shade with white storage cabinets this kitchen color palette is just right to soothe you in hot weather.
Vintage Hotel Kitchen
A light beige shade colors the walls of this vintage kitchen while the warm recessed light falls on a large sepia framed photo on one wall.
Old Painted Kitchen
Simple cream-colored cabinets have been paired with walls in the same shade to open up the look in this tiny kitchen.
Color Play Kitchen
The stylish play of purple, cream, and gray wood shades in horizontal color patches gives a designer look to this kitchen.
Warm Color Kitchen
The golden mango shade of the kitchen wall paint brightens the matte wood storage spaces. Note the warm lighting that makes the paint glow.
Pale Wood Kitchen
Rich reddish-brown walls beautifully complement the pale wooden storage cabinets in this elegant kitchen.
Kitchen Neutral Color
This large kitchen space is painted in soothing shades of white and ivory that nearly blend with the white paint on the storage cabinets.
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Thanks for this post. I have to say I wasn’t sure about the orange style as an idea to have a color fora kitchen, but now I have seen it in your photo I think it looks great.
Awesome kitchen designs. No words to say. Great collection.