COOKING IN COLOUR
In essence, a kitchen colour scheme is designed in the same way as for any other room. Aspect, personal preference and fashion all come into play, along with lifestyle, but there are some differences.
Kitchens are busy spaces where heat is generated, so schemes that create a cool, calm atmosphere have their attraction, whilst bright colour schemes can promote a lively, energising effect in a family kitchen.
Where kitchens form part of a multipurpose cooking, dining and living space, colour can help them become a coherent part of the bigger picture. In others, where a wall of windows gives an uninterrupted view of the landscape, the right scheme can connect the indoor and outdoor spaces. Context is important.
Neutrals might seem an undemanding choice and can function as the unchanging heart of more fluid colour schemes, but consider them closely and it becomes obvious that they too have colour.
White can be warm or cool, and wood
