I need help picking out a wall color for my kitchen.?

Question

I am remodeling my kitchen and I have the granite picked out. It is Saphire Blue. It has a mix of colors in it...blue, black and a sandstone (orangy-brown). I also have cabinets that are a light maple color with a coffee glaze. I picked out tile for the floor and a tile backsplash that will really bring out the sandstone color in the granite. I was thinking of painting my walls a bluish gray to bring out the blues in the granite but am wondering if that is too dark of a color for a kitchen. Any advice on wall colors would be greatly appreciated. Please help!!

Answer 1

Since the counters are going to be bluish, I would recommend a neutral color for the walls. Try a beige or tan

Answer 2

play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:

http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I think a lighter gray like "shaded" (# 7194) from their SandScapes faux finish collection might look good. And the sand texture would add another interesting element to the kitchen.

You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:

http://www.roomvues.com/

You can get color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.

Answer 3

yowza  has given you the best advice.   I personally would NEVER choose bluish wall colors in a kitchen...because warmer colors help food LOOK better!  They also help appetite! The orangery brown would be, in my opinion, the color to match or favor!  The blue is an accent color.