Help with kitchen paint color

[Anonymous]

I want to repaint our kitchen, but I am having trouble choosing a paint color.

The floors are terra cotta colored porcelain tiles, like shown here: http://www.ebuild.com/articles/546766.hwx

The cabinets are light maple: http://www.continentalhomehardware.com/cabinets/door_styles_shaker_maple/

The countertops are brown/black sort of like this one: http://www.stone-network.us/prodcuts/10546/Tropic-Brown-Granite-Countertop.html

Right now the walls are peach and I hate them. The wall color is too close to the cabinet color and doesn't really look good with terra cotta floors. I'm just not sure what would look good. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

I would go with a warm grey (more brown/green, less blue) like the tile backspash in this photo which seems similar to your colors. Otherwise, a pale yellow or grellow (greenish yellow) like the actual walls:

[Anonymous]

You might like one of these colors, or at least they're a place to start and you could go a little lighter or darker, depending on your preference:

Benjamin Moore--Aganthus Green


Sherwin Williams--Romaine, Ryegrass, Cucumber, Shagreen, or Jardin

[Anonymous]

I would go darker and richer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would go darker and richer.

PP here. Like BM's Baby Turtle? It's hard to suggest without knowing the OP's kitchen lighting, windows, etc, but I could definitely like a darker, richer color with the kitchen cabinets.

[Anonymous]

A cool color, like something in the family of Benjamin Moore's color of the year 2012: Wythe Blue
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/color-trends-2012

Their website has some good examples to give you ideas too. They never look the same in your house than they do in the photo, but it's a good starting point.

[Anonymous]

Blue/ Blue Gray - contrast with floors

This is almost my kitchen, but my counters are more mahogany colored.

[Anonymous]

My kitchen is the same set up and I'm thinking of going with BM Agave.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I never would have thought of doing green or blue. I don't like the color in the picture that was posted. We are rather tame in color selections. If DH had his way, the entire house would be painted white.

How do I put a picture in my post? I have pictures of the kitchen than I can share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I never would have thought of doing green or blue. I don't like the color in the picture that was posted. We are rather tame in color selections. If DH had his way, the entire house would be painted white.

How do I put a picture in my post? I have pictures of the kitchen than I can share.

PP who posted the picture. Sorry, I didn't know your preferences since you didn't include them. Based on your and your husband's reactions, I would suggest a very pale color, essentially tinted white (much like the yellow walls in the picture that I posted, but you can do the same with blue or beige or grey).

To post a picture, the picture has to be on-line and you post a link to the photo. The forum will attach the photo through the link, but it cannot upload (there is no storage space for photos on DCUM). So, if you have photos, you need to upload to a site like flickr or tinypics and then you can include the link with the [ img] and [ /img] tags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
PP who posted the picture. Sorry, I didn't know your preferences since you didn't include them. Based on your and your husband's reactions, I would suggest a very pale color, essentially tinted white (much like the yellow walls in the picture that I posted, but you can do the same with blue or beige or grey).

To post a picture, the picture has to be on-line and you post a link to the photo. The forum will attach the photo through the link, but it cannot upload (there is no storage space for photos on DCUM). So, if you have photos, you need to upload to a site like flickr or tinypics and then you can include the link with the [ img] and [ /img] tags.

I didn't include preferences because I really am open to new ideas. I'm not sure what it is exactly I didn't like about the picture that you posted. I think part of my problem is that if I were designing the kitchen from scratch, I wouldn't have chosen this cabinet color or these floor tiles. But we can't afford to redo the entire kitchen right now, and everything is in good shape.

Here are the pics that I have:




I'm guessing they were trying to tie into the coral tones in the granite, but it looks more peach in person.

[Anonymous]

OP, I posted the green suggestions and also like the Wythe Blue and Agave suggestions of the other posters. If you're thinking you and your husband would prefer less color, I'd take close-up pictures of your cabinets to a reputable paint store. Maybe they could suggest a similar shade of color in paint? Sort of an all-beige/off white effect? Then you could pull color from your accessories, nearby upholstered furniture, paintings, etc.

[Anonymous]

A pale yellow would look nice.

[Anonymous]

Slate blue.

[Anonymous]

Besides pale yellow, how about more of a rich golden yellow color? Or a cream? You could get some tiles for a backsplash that tie in with the floor and paint color.