The selection of a color scheme for your kitchen is an important decision to get right. Kitchens serves as the heart of the house and are often the most frequently used rooms that are as functional as social.
And while a palette of soft neutral timelessness offers, it is also worth exploring adventurous colors in the kitchen. Unexpected ideas for the kitchen color can be sure what is needed to give this useful space design interest.
In the following we have put together three kitchen colors that are often overlooked, but interior designers recommend a stylish space.
1. Blue green
(Photo credit: Natalia Miyar, photography Simon Brown)
It is expected that decoration with teal is large in 2025. An intermediate color that contains under tones of blue and green. Teal gives a statement and can vary from medium tones that feel playfully to darker variations that give opulence at home.
When it comes to kitchens, designers can channel this strong color, be it as a wall color or over kitchen cabinets and give interest and character to the heart of the house. In the following, the interior designer Natalia Miyar will be equipped at this departure from lighter neutral:
'Kitchens have traditionally leaned into neutral colors such as white, gray and beige, but adding color can really bring personality and warmth to the room – especially if it also serves as a dining area. Color can put the mood, arouse visual interest and feel the space more inviting. '
Designer Tineke Triggs is also a fan of teal in kitchens, especially in skillful tones, and adds: “A less saturated teal feels historical and yet fresh and brings depth without being overwhelming. It is great for cupboards, paired with polished limestone or caterpillar panels. '
2. Yellow
(Photo credit: Devol kitchens)
Yellow kitchens are often associated with dated interior design trends, but it is a happy shadow that can work incredibly well in this social space. From butter-yellow, which offer a torn and neutral look too much more lively orange yellow, as can be seen in this farmer's house kitchen, Yellow is in many forms as an unexpected color that designers have an advocate for 2025:
“Yellow Ocker is a beautiful color in a country kitchen that is often overlooked as a thing of the past, but if it is done correctly, it can be so warm and inviting,” says interior designer Sarah Latham from Latham Interiors.
“We recently painted kitchen cabinets a butter -yellow color that they don't see often these days,” added designer Ann Wolf from Houston -based Wolf Holden Design, who chose Benjamin Moores Golden Tan. “It feels like a relapse to the 1950s, but it's fresh and happy.”
Golden tan from Benjamin Moore
Golden Tan is a sandy yellow color that does not feel too brave and still offers a lot of warmth. It would create a beautiful kitchen cupboard color if it is combined with soft neutral walls.
3. Olive green
(Photo credit: Devol kitchens)
While dark green colors feel align with the latest color trends, designers say that olive green tones in kitchen colors can often be overlooked.
“A kitchen color that is often overlooked, but I absolutely love a deep olive green,” says interior designer Jessika Gatewood by Gatewood Designs. “It has an grounding, nature -circulating feeling and still feels rich and sophisticated. In contrast to the more frequent wise grasses, Deep Olive has a bit of warmth, which combines wonderfully with natural forests, brass hardware and creamy worktops. '
When choosing this brave color for kitchen cabinets, Jessika recommends to balance it with a light neutral color on the walls and add: “Combine it with warm white walls (like Benjamin Moore Swiss coffee) so that it feels fresh and airy while Feel fresh and airy, 'natural textures – wooden beams, woven lights or handmade tiles – can add to add depth and heat.'
If you want to refresh your kitchen color scheme this year, these overlooked colors are worth exploring. Regardless of whether you want to create a happy room with a yellow color scheme or lean into something more moody with a dark green back, each of these colors will give the heart of the house excitement.