Gray Green Kitchen Cabinets
Whether to go with your passion, or to plan for longevity in your color choices is the question. Kitchen cabinetry gets a lot of service, and is one of the “permanent” features of your home. I put it in quotes because of course you can resurface or replace them entirely in the future, but at a lot of expense and inconvenience. We want to strike a balance between the desire for a unique, expressive kitchen and the desire to not become tired of it too soon.
Some version of white, bright or cream, is common for kitchens, and you may be very happy with it. The counters, and backsplash if you have one, affect the total look, and they are “permanent” too. Here are some whites for cabinets: a stone white, a slightly cream white, and a peach white.
Sea Pearl OC-19 Benjamin Moore, stone white
Simply White OC-117 BM, cream white
Pompeii OC-82, BM, slight peach white
Going with a bit more color in the neutral range, here are three colors with more umph.
Montgomery White OC-148, BM, like bisque pottery
Muslin AF-80, BM, a flat gray-beige
Greenmount Silk HC-3, BM, a slightly green-tinged cream
All of these colors still reflect a lot of light.
My last group of suggestions is blues and greens. Both of these colors in their endless choices go with the kitchen. Colors in the cool part of the color wheel, they are inherently fresh and a good backdrop for food preparation. One of the most inspiring kitchens I’ve seen recently is mint green; it was vintage, fresh and modern, all at once. My kitchen cabinets are a subtle blue-gray, similar to Blue Heather 1620 below. Here are some blues and greens that will make a beautiful color for your kitchen cabinets.
Blue Heather 1620, BM, gorgeous blue-gray periwinkle
Grand Rapids 835, BM, clean light blue
Wythe Blue HC-143, beautiful robin's egg blue-green
Burgess Green, CW-485, BM, part of the Colonial Williamsburg collection, plant-like green
Hint of Mint 505, BM, fresh clean mint
Maid of the Mist CC-728, calm gray-green
All of these colors are still light and will blend with other colors in the room for the counter and backsplash. Good luck with your kitchen project and let me know if I can help you. Contact me through my website contact page. www.beforeyoupaint.net
Note: Benjamin Moore paint is at the higher end for American paint companies, but their superior color designers and collections bring me back to it again and again. You can use their colors and have them matched in lower priced paint. Also, I can choose color from any paint company you prefer to work with.