Paint colours to compliement new kitchen - urgent help to get it right
Hi, we've just had a brand new kitchen fitted its handless in 'dove grey' with carrara marble worktops & thinking of 'copper' accessories (kettle etc) - having a real dilemma with the right colour for painting the walls though - think it has to be some form of 'grey' undertone with the kitchen units & the 'grey grain' in the carrara worktops, but any suggestions would be much appreciated, as I have the decorator booked to paint on Monday :). I've attached a few photos. Floor tiles are high-gloss sand (not changing) & brown window frames/conservatory
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Daisy England
6 years ago
Tracey Baker
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Juliet Docherty
6 years agoTracey Baker
6 years agoTracey Baker
6 years agoJuliet Docherty
6 years agoYou will need a few tester pots to get it right. If you paint it a blue grey it may look chilly, especially with cool LEDs. My kitchen floor is similar to yours and North facing. I tried lots of different greys but ended up with Skimming stone as it has a tinge of warmth but a definite violet undertone. I went well with the deep olive I also chose. Pavilion grey and Cornforth white have a cool blue undertone but they may look cold - best to try a few out in both natural and artificial light. This shows skimming stone (and olive green) and my floor tiles look very similar to yours.
to yours.
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