Help with Kitchen colour please!
I only want to paint the kitchen/dining areas but as the whole ground floor is open plan I want to ensure the colour tones with the loving area too.
I am looking at gold/mustard tones and have several ideas including Little Greene “Yellow Pink”, F&B “Sunbury Yellow” and Dulux “Sundrenched Saffron 2”, plus others from other ranges. Before I go ahead I wondered if any of the colour experts would like to give me advice please?
Firstly is this yellowy idea a good one, and if so are there any tones you would suggest?
I’ve included a few photos of the charts I have, the room from both ends, and the living area so you can see where it leads into. The two walls to be painted are the one with the kitchen window and the long one through and into the dining area.
Any help you can give is much appreciated !!!
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PROAluSplash
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Help with kitchen colours please
Comments (5)We've got a mid grey floor and I have a toddler (they're about equal with dogs for mess!) It works very well and we're about to move and do another kitchen, it sounds as if I'll be having similar colours to you and I will definately be going with the grey flooring again! To create a bit of interest I am going to invest in some really smart tiles for the splash back, I'm thinking pearlescent, light reflecting in similar colour to the cupboard doors but with lighter shades too and possibly a geometric pattern. I will then add interest to the ktichen with smart lighting and artwork and a really cool blind for the window. Just thought I'd share this info and hope it helps. If you really want to do colours, I'd chose a blue....See MoreDesperately need help with kitchen paint colours please
Comments (17)Liz, given the amount of natural light in that interior I would say Downpipe, but it wouldn't look like that in a darker interior. Little Greene Grey Teal 226 or Scree 227 look similar. I don't believe you can accurately colour match digitally, paints behave differently in different lighting conditions....See MoreHelp please. Kitchen wall colour
Comments (13)I would use Farrow and Ball slipper Satin looking at your room and the cupboard colours and the floor colour all round. Will give you warmth, will be more modern than what you have as has a grey in it (but a very warm grey, not strong at all, a creamy greeny light grey depending on time of day), and won’t be harsh like the 3 colours you chose, they are very very strong and you may regret it. I hate to be a spoilsport but everyone I know who wanted to be different and used a very dark wall or colour on a normal semi style house ended up regretting and repainting. Slipper satin will look just right in my opinion being both safe but dark enough. Unless you had windows on 2 sides I wouldn’t go dark anywhere. Also, keep the window areas whiter, not bright white (that has blue in it), just regular white. Just my humble opinion based on looking at hundreds of show homes (and still not being happy with any) lol......See MoreHelp with open plan kitchen wall colour please as I’m struggling!
Comments (25)I would have poo poo’d this idea before as I’d wonder what the point was, but make your self a mood board using the colours roughly in the same ratios. Are you planning on having some artwork as this may be the lynchpin that helps it hang all together. Pulling colours through from that will help the scheme. Tonal can be soft and soothing but needs layering up with texture to create a cohesive scheme. Alternatively pops of bright colour can look amazing and your kitchen is lovely and bright with good bones. What is the rest of your house like, and what is your style?...See MoreNicola Combe
5 years ago- PRO
AluSplash
5 years agoI think that the lounge area has many different colours and textures and so having a slightly cooler shade may work. I am scared that the yellow hues may not work with your cabinet colours and the brown tiles on the floor.
Personally, I think the white walls in the kitchen work really well.. it opens up the space and with your additions of the wine wall art and green biscuit tin, you are already adding pops of colour!
The only other suggestion I had, was if you were to replace your black splashback, and you could either add a pop of colour there, or across that whole wall.
A bit like the image below.AluSplash in Totally Teal.
Nicola Combe
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AluSplash
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rinked
5 years agoSaffron 4 on walls:
Or saffron 5/6 on the ceiling:
Because why not paint a ceiling? (I did, a really pale pink, with white walls, love it!) Reason: Your countertop now looks white, but with yellow against it, it looks gray.
Nicola Combe
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Sonia
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Juliet Docherty
5 years agoNicola Combe
5 years agoJuliet Docherty
5 years agoI feel like it should be something quite strong. I have a very edgy olive in my kitchen (Little Green Light bronze green) which brings out really interesting violet tones in wood. For a paler more typical olive there is the original farrow and Ball colour Olive 13 which is now archived so it can be bought but alas no test pots. This is Little Greene light bronze green. Sorry for the old unfinished photo.
Nicola Combe
5 years agoSonia
5 years agoJuliet Docherty
5 years agoSonia
5 years agorinked
5 years agoNicola Combe
5 years agoThank you. It’s a fantastic colour, albeit archived. Little Greene were excellent and supplied a tester pot for me so I could make sure it was “The One”. I absolutely love it!
Juliet Docherty
5 years agoNicola Combe
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