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Choosing Kitchen Colors

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Examine the color of your cabinets. The hues that you choose to use in the kitchen should complement them. For example, darker cabinets usually work best with deeper and bolder hues.
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Match the floor and wall tiles. Find color inspiration for your kitchen from the tiles that decorate the room. If there is a design in the tile, pick one of the colors used to paint the room.
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Use mood to pick the kitchen colors. If you want to make the kitchen feel vibrant, use accent colors that are bold. Greens and reds are ideal kitchen accent colors.
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Consider a wall color that works well with a border. Wallpaper borders work well in a kitchen and the wall color should complement the design that you choose.
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Keep the lighting in mind. Kitchens are usually bright rooms with a lot of natural light. Overly bright colors may look like an eyesore in a well lit kitchen. Cooler tones, like light blues, will work better in this type of room.

Kitchen Colors That Work For You

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A kitchen can be a fun room to decorate. You probably spend a lot of time in the kitchen so why not give it a little of your personality? Adding color to your walls, counter tops, floor and cabinets can make your kitchen an infinitely more enjoyable place to work. You can use a color scheme in your kitchen to really define the look and feel of your space, so go ahead and make it your own.

Modern Vibe There is something a little wonderful about working in a kitchen that you love. You can create energy in your kitchen by bringing in colors like cobalt blue or a bright, sunny yellow. You may choose to saturate your appliances with color, or you may choose to leave them neutral, so that you can easily change your color scheme around them.

Warm and Wonderful If you enjoy nothing more than entertaining in your kitchen, why not set it aglow with warm earth tones. This color palette creates an inviting and comfortable atmosphere throughout your space that is sure to make your guests feel right at home.

Laid Back You can create a wonderful casual feel in your kitchen so that anyone who enters will enjoy the space. Green is a soothing color, and it will work well to create balance in your kitchen. It is also an organic color, so it works well when you combine it with an environment filled with food. Add some yellow accents and your kitchen will simply be delicious.

Industrial Lines If you like a clean and clear space to work in, then you may prefer a more industrial vibe for your kitchen space. Stainless steel and white make a kitchen that exudes cleanliness, and it provides a great backdrop for any accessories or focal point that you want to display.

Romantic Respite If you would much rather cook your romantic dinner at home than go out to a restaurant, then this is the look for you. Use warm wood tones and dark colors to give your kitchen a rich and luxurious feel. As you light your candles to enjoy your romantic dinner the dark tones of the room will highlight the romance of the candle s glow.

As you are designing your perfect kitchen there are a few things that you want to keep in mind.

Continuity Even when you are using color to create a strong mood in your kitchen, you will want to connect it to the rest of your home s decor to keep it feeling cohesive. One of the easiest ways to do this is to pull a color from an adjoining room and include it in your kitchen.

Coordinate While counter tops and flooring are pretty permanent fixtures in your home, you can use wall color to link your room to the rest of the house and to make it feel balanced. For example, if you have a granite counter top, you can choose a color from the granite to use as your wall color, and select another color from the counter top to use for your cabinets. Even though you will have several colors splashed around the room, they will feel cohesive.

Balance Use color to balance the look of your room. You can use your accent color sparingly throughout the room to create balance in your space.
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Jeanelle Deppner is the senior staff writer for http://WallDecorandHomeAccents.com – a unique wall art store specializing in wall mounted wine racks and wall flower vases.

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