What Colour Should I Paint The Kitchen?

[CluckyChick]

Cupboard doors are medium oak, floor is pale terracotta tiles and work surfaces are sandstone colour. It's medium sized.

[dannyk13]

Terracotta to match the floor tiled, but a little darker.

[Old_Geezer]

Black.

[Prudie]

Magnolia - although this is a bit like how long is a piece of string

[naomi24]

White.

[Tilly2]

Which way does the window face?

[Old_Geezer]

Outwards

[Tilly2]

Direction?

[CluckyChick]

Decent size south facing window Tilly. Doesn't make it quite bright enough to let me get away with painting it black though... Lol.

[Tilly2]

So you need a cool colour? A hint of blue perhaps?

[ducksie]

Hahaha at O-G

Cluckychick, I'd go to your local DIY store and get a few colour cards one being terracotta, put colours that you have in mind to the cards and see what works for you, it is a personal choice and we won't have to live with it, you will, I have mint green wall (small kitchen, like a galley really) and the wall leading to the garden is an olive colour, I wouldn't go with magnolia or oatmeal beige, personally those colours to me seem very institutional or like the colours on walls in rented accommodation, paint it a colour to bring out your personality and what nick nacks if any you have in your kitchen.

[-Talbot-]

British racing green.

[Toorak]

If I am trying out testers I paint onto lining paper then hang on the wall with masking tape to see how the colour looks at different times of day

[237SJ]

Cream (something like Crown Soft Linen)

[ducksie]

good idea toorak

[snags]

All good kitchens should have a splash of Nigella dusky pink...

[andres]

Warm,sunny yellow

[Maydup]

The muted heritage ranges are popular, how about violet night for example

https://www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/colours/collections/heritage

[Hymie]

I go with andres.

Many, many years ago my grandmother had her kitchen walls painted bright yellow.

I could tell from the expression on the painter’s face – that he thought the choice of colour somewhat strange.

After the initial shock of the bright colour, it eventually grew on me – with a south facing window, the kitchen appeared bathed in light even on dull days.

[pixie374]

Pale green or cream

[pastafreak]

Depending on the size of the room, I'd go for sage green, duck egg blue or even a teal blue.