Color Schemes in the Kitchen—Cool Colors

Colorful—and often quite vibrant—kitchen cabinets are becoming increasingly popular, and 
more and more people are opting for cabinets in neon green, bright yellow, or even red. 
The color we choose is important not only from the perspective of how easy it is to keep clean, 
but also because different colors can evoke different feelings in us.

Colors can be classified into two main groups based on the effects they evoke: cool and warm colors.

Of course, even in a sunny room facing south, we need to 
compensate for the slightly cold effect created by cool colors with warm colors. This coldness can easily be countered with champagne and cherry tones, 
larger white surfaces, or muted cool or warm shades. Let’s look at a few examples to see 
how the most popular cool colors, when combined with certain shades, can create the most pleasant effect in our kitchen.

The various shades of purple can be classified as both dark and light colors, yet it has now been placed among the cool colors, 
because the slightly “bolder” lilac—currently considered the most fashionable in interior design—falls into this category. 
Nevertheless, it can have a very calming effect on the nervous system, and its appearance evokes an elegant, aristocratic feel. 
Of course, it’s not advisable to use such a darker shade of purple on excessively large surfaces, 
as it can easily become oppressive in that case. If your kitchen cabinets were in this color, 
the walls should be white or champagne-colored, or you could use 
much lighter shades of purple on smaller accessories. This color clearly radiates confidence

Cool Kitchen: Since blue is the color of the sea, it is usually used on larger surfaces only in bathrooms,
yet it can also create a very aesthetic, calming, and cooling effect in the kitchen. 
By using blue in the right proportions, we can effectively increase the sense of space, 
but if we overdo it, the kitchen can easily feel cluttered. 
A brighter, turquoise blue can look great with white—just think of the houses in small Greek fishing villages with white walls 
and blue shutters. If we go a little overboard with the use of blue in our kitchen, 
we can tone down its effect with paler shades of brown, a touch of gray, 
yellow, or softer, natural pastel shades. If cool colors aren’t already the dominant theme in the kitchen, 
or if our kitchen gets enough natural light to handle it, 
then we can create a very harmonious look with brighter green accents.

Although green is usually classified as a cool color, it still possesses a certain warmth, 
which is likely due to its naturalness. This natural feel can be further enhanced 
if, alongside bright green kitchen cabinets, we don’t skimp on color and add a few vibrant 
accessories to the kitchen as well. Sunflower-yellow curtains, an orange wall, a bishop’s purple tablecloth. 
Green can even hold its own against these colors. Of course, you might also want to tone down the 
strong emotional impact created by the green—in which case white, off-white, champagne, or even gray can work wonderfully. 
By using lighter shades of green, such as the apple green that’s so fashionable these days, we can make the space feel much larger, 
whereas darker shades of green can easily “cramp” the space.