Kitchen Colour Inspiration
Refresh the busiest room in your house with the most popular kitchen paint colours. Our favourite kitchen colours offer welcoming combinations and enticing kitchen hues you and your family will love.
A Refreshing Green kitchen
From the soft sage of Gray Mirage 2142-50 to the muted jade of Herb Bouquet 460, green paint colours effortlessly bring the outside in to any room. Verdant hues provide a fresh, airy sensibility, whether in a sleek contemporary kitchen or a cosy cottage kitchenette.
For lighter, warmer greens, we love Dune Grass 492, Pale Avocado 2146-40 and Fernwood Green 2145-40, all nice alternatives to neutral. Cool greens that work in the kitchen include High Park 467, Peale Green HC-121, and Flora AF-470, a mid-tone organic green.
Consider layering a slight variation of greens in your kitchen design. Here, warm Fernwood Green 2145-40 feels fresh against a cooler green, Flora AF-470, while the deep blue Witching Hour 2120-30 grounds the space.
Rich brown paint colours like French Press AF-170, Fairview Taupe HC-85, and Gettysburg Gray HC-107 are also favourites in the kitchen for their earthy neutrality and depth.
Calming Blue
Light blues and greens set a relaxing mood: Why not bring that calming energy to one of the busiest places in the home?
Here, the layers of blue paint colours create a refreshing atmosphere and conjure blue skies—even on the rainiest of days. Oxford Gray 2128-40 on the kitchen walls and cheery Blue Hydrangea 2062-60 on the lower kitchen cabinets create a soothing monochromatic colour scheme. A tinge of blue undertone in Patriotic White 2135-70 on the ceiling contributes to the colour synergy. A springy light green on the upper cabinets pulls in the greenery from outside using Guilford Green HC-116.
Other blue paint colours we love for the kitchen include Smoke 2122-40, Caribbean Mist 2061-70, and Woodlawn Blue HC-147 from our Historical Collection.
Brighten Up with Bold Colours
For time-honoured kitchen colour schemes, white, gray, and neutrals provide a classic colour palette. However, with typically less wall space in the kitchen, it’s a great room to play with brighter, stronger colours.
If you opt for bolder hues in your kitchen, be sure to add balance with softer, more neutral colours for design equilibrium. We love the zing of playful energy that Tomato Tango CSP-1145, adds to this small kitchen with predominant white cabinetry. Other bold colours that work well in such a kitchen are Ravishing Red 2008-10 and Patriot Blue 2064-20. Also see our Dramatic Deeps Brochure for more ravishing bold hues.
Other lively hues homeowners love for a smaller kitchen wall colour include Smouldering Red 2007-10, Venezuelan Sea 2054-30 and Blue Danube 2062-30.
Classic white kitchen cabinets pair perfectly with any pop of colour you choose in a kitchen. Some of our favourite white paint colours for the kitchen include White Dove OC-17, Silver Satin OC-26, and seen here, White Heron OC-57.
Cabinets, Cupboards & Islands
Consider a fresh coat of paint for your cabinets and cupboards or highlight a central kitchen island with bold colour. Use colour to creatively delineate different spaces in your kitchen—from a work area, to shelving insets, to furniture.
Here, this muted green, Antique Jade 465 creates a warm contemporary farmhouse kitchen feel.
To add a pop of colour to the kitchen you could choose to paint the kitchen island to give a major wow-factor with colours such as include Aegean Teal 2136-40, Tarrytown Green HC-134, Kendall Charcoal HC-166.
If you still aren’t sure about colours…. or just want more inspiration then browse all our Colour Brochures. The nurturing botanical hues in our Colour Trends 2022 collection also work wonderfully in a kitchen.