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small fry · Chanel

another paint question

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I don't know about painting it yellow. With the color of your cabinets, you may want more contrast. I'd take the green route.

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I like a yellow kitchen, very sunny. I'd go with a soft yellow though. No need to go lemon custardy. (Too many people I know lately have gone to dark a yellow for my liking.)

-gd

small fry · Chanel

Thanks ladies.GD I agree with soft yellow ,Cortney1982 I do like the idea of green decisions,decisions

Should I paint both kitchen and dinning room green or break up the rooms with different colors?

Suasoria · Chanel

I may be too late to chime in (newbie, sorry) but: green tends to be a bad color for rooms where you eat or prepare food. The reflection cast by green makes everything a wee bit unappetizing - and not being a gourmet chef, personally, I need all the help I can get.

Orange supposedly stimulates the appetite, but you certainly can't go wrong with a soft, warm yellow. It's good for resale too since it's rather universally appealing.

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

yellow is a great color for a kitchen. Yellow actually is a color that encourages us to eat, so that is why you find alot of tuscan colors in kitchens ...

tina242 · Kate Spade

Suasoria wrote:

I may be too late to chime in (newbie, sorry) but: green tends to be a bad color for rooms where you eat or prepare food. The reflection cast by green makes everything a wee bit unappetizing - and not being a gourmet chef, personally, I need all the help I can get.

Orange supposedly stimulates the appetite, but you certainly can't go wrong with a soft, warm yellow. It's good for resale too since it's rather universally appealing.

I totally agree. And I'm partial to yellow b/c it is my favorite color! My kitchen is yellow but not the walls, the accents (towels, plates, etc.) and it works. Yellow does increase appetite!