Green kitchens are gaining popularity due to their life-affirming energy and ability to restore peace of mind. To keep the interior fresh and casual, designers suggest following simple and clear rules, thanks to which you can easily transform your kitchen.
The color of lush grass revives childhood memories, and interspersed with other colors organically fit into the overall picture, giving the impression of a harmonious colored meadow or forest clearing. This has a relaxing and restorative effect. People who choose green interior, love peace of mind, tranquility, innovation and are able to maintain mental youth for many years.
What you need to know about the color green?
A kitchen in green looks organic only if the companion colors are correctly selected and are in the right ratio to the main shade.
It is important to consider the ratio in which colors are used. For example, a white-green kitchen can afford equal amounts of white and green. Such an interior looks airy and gentle. To this duet you can add yellow golden accents, enlivening the overall picture.
Splashes of orange will require the introduction of a third, calmer and more neutral color. For example, beige, milky, creamy or gray. Well balanced energetically powerful colors cool shades: blue, turquoise, dark blue.
It is better to use a bright vibrating orange shade in doses, no more than 1/3 of the entire area of all surfaces. It is best to dilute it with gray of varying intensity. Dark anthracite shades are good in spacious lofts, while pearl tones are suitable for small spaces.
Dark shades of green in large quantities can be depressing and depressing. It is not recommended to use them as the main color for small kitchens. At the same time, in combination with golden, white and brown shades light colors they create a harmonious palette.
Black and green kitchen
The black and green combination is suitable for strict minimalist interiors, technological trends and modernity. Black is best used in small doses in small areas. Can be decorated in dark colors household appliances, open shelves, furniture legs, table top and skins.
The cheerful message of green cannot be muffled by black. However, if you add light gray and white shades, the kitchen will look festive and elegant. You can dilute the severity of the interior with the help of textiles. Remember the first greenery breaking through the frozen soil in spring. This is a combination of white snow, gray sky, black earth and colorful primroses.
Yellow-green kitchen
Yellow goes well with mustard and light green shades. Shades of khaki are friendly with him. If you like cooler tones, such as lemon, then choose green shades with a hint of blue.
The softer the yellow, the paler the green should be. This is due to the fact that lush greenery can “kill” light yellow bleached shades, which will appear off-white against its background.
Orange-green idyll in the kitchen
Make friends orange and green color very simple. Add to these energy colors calm milky, creamy, white color. You will receive an interior that proclaims your youth and energy. If you take beige or neutral gray as a companion, the project will acquire the poise of a mature personality.
Pink will add spring mood and a certain amount of frivolity. But the juxtaposition of pink and orange will require you to choose the right shades. Let it not be girlish raspberry, but pinkish-violet shades.
Beige-green color scheme
Calm beige color serves good background for bright shades of green. So that the headset can be easily and inexpensively replaced, make the body in a neutral color. If necessary, all you need to do is repaint or replace the facades. Beige walls go well with most colors, so changing the mood in the kitchen will cost you much less.
Green and brown kitchen
A green kitchen design with brown tones creates a feeling of tranquility, closeness to nature and allows you to restore balance.
Light green dishes will perfectly help you keep fit; they normalize your appetite and create a positive mood. And dark green furniture will fit perfectly into the beige surroundings of the walls. For the floor, you can choose tiles that imitate the color of sandstone. A warm print that imitates the texture of stone will create a good base for placing accents.
Gray-green kitchen
Gray color can be used quite actively in the form of metal surfaces and natural linen, unbleached textiles. The first option is suitable for loft, high-tech and modern. The second one looks harmonious in rustic ethnic styles.
Gray walls in light shades are good for small kitchens. And dark colors are suitable for spacious rooms. An apron for a green kitchen, containing a black and white image with a deep perspective, can visually enlarge the space by “pushing apart” the walls.
Combination of green kitchen with other colors
Monochrome green interiors are quite rare, but they do exist. In this case, it is advisable to use 3 shades of varying intensities as a base, from light green to emerald black.
Golden tones with a brown tint are good in combination with orange splashes.
It is advisable to use dark blue in tandem with tones of medium intensity. Light shades will look faded.
Olive goes well with orange and yellow, and goes well with various shades of brown. Take a closer look at military uniforms. Khakis, “pixels” and other camouflage suits organically combine green, brown and gray colors.
Red should be used in small doses. No more than 10% for the entire interior. The fact is that red and green are in mutually exclusive positions on the color wheel. Take a closer look at women's scarves. Choose shades of red that have purple undertones.
Despite the fact that green in nature goes well with almost all colors and shades, you still need to be careful and check all combinations using. In this case, your kitchen will always look harmonious and cozy.
Color of the Year 2017
Leading experts from the Pantone Institute named one of the popular trends of this year - the color of curly cabbage, hazelnut, and fresh foliage. This is a shade of green Greenery, representing the connection between man and nature.
Green kitchens in the interior in the photo:
Feb 7, 2017 Werri
Features of choice
Before choosing a green color for kitchen furniture, it is best to correlate it with the color of the apron and appliances at the design stage. The advantages of a kitchen interior in green tones include:
- A calming effect, tested by specialists and confirmed by time, as well as creating an atmosphere of comfort.
- A green kitchen set will suit any kitchen style and will highlight it if the rules for combining colors and textures are followed.
- The light green shade of the kitchen set (light green, lime, mint) visually increases the area of the room, which is important for small kitchens in apartments.
The green façade of the kitchen will look like a loser if the companion color is incorrectly selected and a combination of more than three colors is used in the same space. To avoid any troubles with color selection, you need to follow a few rules.
For example, bright colors suitable for highlighting, but not for decoration kitchen countertop or a solid facade. Dark green (coniferous or myrtle shade) nobly reveals itself on a large area of the desktop or the upper cabinets of the headset.
In design small kitchen It is important to combine shades of green with light shades (white or light beige), while in a large space you can combine green with different colors.
For “hot” kitchens where the windows face sunny side, it is best to choose a cool color of the facade (mint, emerald, olive, moss color). For a “cold” room it is worth choosing warm shades(lime, pear, chartreuse). Matte, muted and monochromatic design of the headset is typical classic cuisine, and the abundance of gloss, print and wavy geometry - modern design.
Kitchen style with green furniture
Green is represented by a wide palette of tones that will be appropriate in one style or another.
- A set in a classic style made of expensive wood will emphasize the simplicity and luxury of the kitchen with the help of solid colors and matte surfaces.
- For Scandinavian style natural and pure tones of a warm palette are suitable.
- Country style involves a combination of pale and rich tones with wood and stone.
- The English and Provence style will be recognizable through the decor and olive kitchen furniture with the characteristic finish of the cabinets and dining group.
- A modern kitchen can combine several colors, such as a white top and green bottom with a black splashback.
The photo shows a kitchen design in a rustic style, where they harmoniously combine wooden facades white and green, the work area apron brought something new to the interior.
Choosing a headset shape to suit the size of the kitchen
A kitchen set in green can be different shapes and configurations. The choice of shape depends on the size of the room and its functionality (for example, it could be a food preparation area combined with a dining room).
Linear
A linear kitchen set occupies the space between two walls. It will be appropriate in a rectangular room and small narrow kitchens, where corner modules can hide the space. This layout makes it possible to place a dining table. Linear kitchen can be different lengths and be supplemented with home appliances.
Angular
A corner kitchen set will help save space due to its spacious corner cabinet and a pencil case, as well as placing a sink or stove in the corner. This kitchen can be made in any style, and can also be combined with a bar counter.
U-shaped
The U-shaped kitchen set is placed along three walls and is suitable for medium-sized rectangular and square rooms, as well as a studio apartment. This arrangement of furniture makes it possible to install a sink and refrigerator next to the stove without violating zoning rules.
It is difficult to combine a dining group with a U-shaped kitchen set due to the high clutter of furniture, so it is better to receive guests and dine with a large family in a separate dining room or living room. In a small or narrow kitchen, a U-shaped layout would be appropriate, provided there is play contrasting colors(for example, green furniture, black countertops and white splashback).
Ostrovny
The island kitchen set is exclusively suitable for large spaces and above-average sized kitchens. A kitchen island can serve as additional workspace, with a sink and interior cabinets for storing wine bottles or utensils, or maybe dining table and move on wheels.
The island fits well into both classic and modern styles. The peninsula option (adding an island to one side of the unit) combines a storage system and a bar countertop for quick breakfasts.
The photo shows the interior design of a green kitchen with an island, which serves as an additional work table with a hob.
Materials and quality of kitchen furniture: wood, MDF, plastic
There are frequent temperature changes in the kitchen and high humidity Therefore, the choice of wall decoration, frame quality and furniture facades should be approached with special attention. Chipboard, MDF, or wood with additional coating are suitable as a frame.
- can be made entirely of wood, or with MDF in the interior of the set. The advantages include environmental friendliness, presentable appearance and long service life. The downsides are finicky cleaning and a limited selection of shades of green.
- Kitchen facade made of MDF boards with enamel coating provides easy cleaning from dirt (from dust to greasy splashes), it is also resistant to moisture and does not absorb odors. Available in any shade of green in matte and glossy versions. Disadvantages include loss of color when exposed to sunlight and frequent cleaning of fingerprints.
- has the same properties, sufficient wear resistance, but over time the film will fade, and in the area of the slab and oven may peel off.
- Plastic kitchen fronts resistant to detergents, exposure to moisture and sunlight, have a long service life and are available in all shades of green. The basis is taken from chipboard or MDF panels, which are tightly sealed with plastic, and the ends are finished aluminum profiles or plastic edging. The disadvantages include the remains of fingerprints and the unnatural origin of the material.
The kitchen facade can be glossy, matte or combined with the addition of a pattern on the furniture film.
- Glossy surfaces reflect light well, so they are suitable for visually increasing the space of a small kitchen. The gloss looks impressive in modern kitchens in high-tech, loft, and art deco styles. Glossy kitchen furniture cannot be combined with suspended ceiling and it is undesirable to combine it with a glossy apron or floor tiles. Green glossy facade Looks best with a discreet matte backsplash in a neutral or contrasting color.
- A matte kitchen set is more practical; drips or fingerprints and splashes are not so clearly visible. Such furniture is suitable for creating classic style, minimalism, Scandinavian style and Provence. Matte surfaces hide the space, so in a small kitchen the green façade should be combined only with light colors wallpaper
- IN combined In this design option, gloss can only be on the upper kitchen cabinets, and the lower cabinets will be matte or with a wooden texture.
The photo shows an example of a corner monochromatic glossy headset in a modern style that is not overloaded with details and looks stylish.
Rules for choosing an apron and tabletop
Since green kitchen furniture is attractive in itself, the color of the work apron and countertop should look more restrained and not conflict with the main shade.
By color scheme A win-win option would be a white, beige, light coffee apron, which will create an unobtrusive transition. It can also be several shades lighter or darker than the color of the furniture. A metal apron with high resistance to washing and its shine is suitable for modern and high-tech styles.
Bright green kitchen furniture can be combined with the same bright yellow or purple apron (this option is suitable for a spacious room). The work apron can be made of glossy or matte white tiles with bright green grout. For rustic style tiles with a wood texture in natural tones are suitable. Photo printing is acceptable glass panel, if the facades are plain and matte.
The kitchen countertop can be made to look like stone (marble, granite) or wood in white, beige, gray and black. For a white and green kitchen, it is better to choose a gray or black countertop; a green set goes well with a white countertop. In a small kitchen, it is best to combine the color of the countertop with the color of the apron.
Made from materials that are resistant to moisture, high temperatures and frequent cleaning laminated chipboard, hard wood (oak, pine), glass, ceramics, stone.
Decorating the room and choosing wall colors
Choosing a kitchen finish color with green set should be based on the principle of balancing: the brighter the shade, the paler the shade of the walls.
- Walls. Wallpaper for a lime kitchen set should be white or ivory. As an accent, you can use brown or black in the details. Dining area you can decorate with photo wallpaper to match the tone of the furniture. An olive or pistachio set will look good against a background of pale yellow, pastel pink, white and gray wallpaper. An emerald kitchen will look good against the background of milky, white walls with brown patterns.
- Floor. For kitchen flooring It is most practical to choose porcelain tiles in the color of dark wood with a characteristic texture. Also it can be glossy white tiles with green decorative mosaic. When choosing linoleum, you should pay attention to its strength and resistance to load and the degree of wear resistance.
- The ceiling should be light with a sufficient number of lighting fixtures. It's best not to add green here. Glossy ceiling suitable for a small kitchen with matte furniture. For a more classic option, a flat ceiling with a minimum of design is suitable.
The photo shows an example of an unusual kitchen finishing. Wooden beams replace the smooth ceiling, and the walls are not covered with wallpaper. This option is suitable for decorating a kitchen in a loft style.
Harmonious color combination
The right combination of colors in the set and a combination with a shade of wallpaper and curtains gives the kitchen an interesting look.
- The most common combination is a white and green kitchen set. It is suitable for classic design. To this duet you can add both dark and light accents in any proportions.
The photo shows a white and pistachio kitchen set in the interior of a small kitchen. The combination of these colors makes the room light and airy.
- The yellow-green facade of kitchen furniture itself looks bright and self-sufficient, so it can be played up purple curtains, or balance the interior details with white.
- Green-orange The kitchen set is combined with white wall decoration without additional texture or patterns.
- A gray-green kitchen is suitable for creating a country style and goes well with the wooden finish of the work area.
- Creates a feeling of pristine nature green-brown design of a kitchen set, which, together with wooden cladding, will emphasize the eco-style of the kitchen.
- In moderation, a glossy black and green kitchen set can emphasize the elegance and sense of style of the home owners. Does not tolerate addition of any third color other than white.
When choosing a green kitchen set, you need to choose the appropriate shade and shape that will match the size of the room. The pleasant and unobtrusive color combines with many shades of the warm and cold spectrum, so by replacing the tablecloth and curtains you can give your kitchen furniture the new kind. In addition, green will always be in fashion, so you can safely experiment with bright and pastel colors.
Photo gallery
Below are photo examples of using green furniture in the kitchen interior.
Green kitchens have always been quite popular. This shade is one of the most interesting and advantageous.
With the help of light green, the atmosphere will be fresh, spring, playful and mischievous in kitchen space, reminiscent of warm summer days at absolutely any time of the year.
If you choose dark green, there will be confident energy in the room, people will be charged with strength and prosperity. In this case, you can safely choose marble surfaces white, thanks to which the chic of a classic-style set can be especially emphasized.
You have probably already noticed at least some of the photos of the green kitchen presented in this article.
So I would like to note that a fairly fashionable, popular solution in our time is to decorate the space in lime color combined with polished surfaces of natural wood.
If you like to experiment and like brightness, we recommend that you pay special attention to an interesting and common idea, in which the apron is made of glass in some rich color scheme.
Features of green kitchens
Green is a universal color in kitchen interiors; many people love it, both psychologically and in interior designs. It gives rise to an extremely positive mood, stress instantly disappears, and calmness sets in.
Very positive influence the color of the leaves affects the children. Thanks to the green color scheme, it calms nervous system, and also rest your eyes. After all, green is one of the most natural and most gravitating to nature.
But when it comes to interior design, designers very often use light green color. After all, it goes perfectly with many pastel as well as bright colors. Kitchen design in green is considered one of the most successful.
If it also contains bright shades, your appetite will manifest and you will be charged with positive energy. If you use cool tones in the kitchen, on the contrary, you will be able to relax and calm down more quickly.
Green is truly versatile. It can be in any style. However, to a greater extent it is able to fit into country, Japanese, eco-style, and high-tech.
How to choose a shade?
In fact, for many this stage is quite difficult. In addition, green is offered in an incredibly wide range, from delicate light green to emerald. Kitchen designs Rather, it is customary to decorate with herbaceous, lime, green apple.
Additionally, you can choose the color of emerald or bottle green.
To do the basics kitchen decoration, you can safely use delicate shades. When decorating a green kitchen, the color of the walls in such variations will look simply wonderful. The same applies. We do not recommend using dark colors in small spaces, otherwise the kitchen will look even smaller.
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You can decorate a green kitchen in different ways. When choosing materials for wall decoration, consider the following:
If the room is dark, you need to choose light green tones, the surfaces should be glossy, as well as very good, powerful lighting.
If the kitchen is sunny, you can choose the finish in any shade of green. To create original design, paint the walls in different shades of green, highlighting one as the brightest. Zone the room using overlay panels in contrasting colors.
You can make the kitchen taller and more voluminous using contrasting patterns, as well as horizontal or vertical lines.
Photo wallpapers that depict nature will serve an excellent purpose. With them the atmosphere will be the most unforgettable.
Photo of green kitchen design
Green is the most common color in nature - the color of life, freshness, strength. Formed from a mixture of two opposites - warm yellow and cold blue, it is the personification of harmony and balance. This perfect color for decorating work areas of the house - kitchen and office. Kitchens of green colors tend to invigorate and improve your mood in the morning, and in the evening - calm and set you up for relaxation.
- Green color in interior design is considered one of the most universal. Professionals value it for its ability to animate, soften and add spontaneity to carefully thought out spaces;
- This color has an incredible number of shades: emerald, jade, jade, apple, lime, olive, pistachio, light green, mint, pear, khaki, etc. By combining different variations of green with other colors, you can create different moods and visual effects.
Our goal is to use these properties as efficiently as possible and create the desired atmosphere by selecting the right complementary colors to the desired green shade.
For those who are in the process of searching for ideas for their new, future or existing green kitchen, we have compiled a list of the most successful combinations and collected a large selection of photos of successful “green interiors”.
5 general rules
Creating " green design» kitchen you need to keep in mind a few recommendations:
- Ideally, if you are at the planning stage of a green kitchen design, it is advisable to start with selecting a headset, furniture, backsplash, countertops and appliances and only then start looking for a paint tone or wallpaper;
- With all the versatility of green, you need to take into account some of the subtleties of using its shades. Bright green tones (lime, ripe pear, chartreuse) are not desirable for decorating large surfaces. Such active shades can only be used to decorate accent wall in the kitchen with restrained colors (example in the photo below). And dark green ones (myrtle, coniferous, aspragus, etc.), on the contrary, open up precisely on large surfaces.
- To decorate a kitchen facing south, green tones with a greater proportion of blue should be used, that is: turquoise, mint, gray-green, jade, malachite, emerald, moss. And for kitchens facing north, green shades with a predominant yellow note are suitable, that is, olive, marsh, lime, chartreuse, pear.
- Try to adhere to the rule: muted, dusty, as well as deep, dark shades are appropriate in the interior of strict, traditional, or masculine kitchens.
The predominance of clean, bright shades are more suitable for modern styles, For example, . Although, this is rather not a rule, but just a recommendation. Take a look at the following photo of a classic yet modern dining room. Pistachio and lime combined with a beige background and accents of orange and pink look quite harmonious.
- If large spaces can be decorated in any color scheme, then small kitchens can only be decorated with a predominance of light shades. For example, the kitchen may be white and the walls light green. Or vice versa: the kitchen is green and the walls are white. If it is green wallpaper, then it should have an unobtrusive pattern that will not “eat up” the space (photo below).
Combining colors correctly
The combination with white is universal and win-win
White and green kitchen is the most classic and harmonious combination. You can add any color accents to this duo and not worry too much about the proportions.
A pistachio-colored or cooler mint-colored kitchen combined with white walls and inclusions of pink looks fresh and gentle.
Mint and gray-green kitchens combined with light finish and wood are suitable for a modern kitchen with a hint of country.
The olive-colored kitchen looks organic, English and American classics.
A kitchen in green, almost an acidic shade, is perhaps only combined with a white background.
Here interesting cuisines with green bottom and white top.
The second option of a white-green kitchen is even more common, when the set and furniture are white, and the walls are light green, dark green, gray-green, etc.
Pistachio color in the kitchen interior in combination with white and warm wood shades, as in the photo below, looks warm and cozy.
Olive-colored walls are appropriate in the interior of a kitchen of any style, both modern and traditional.
Bright grassy shade of walls with white kitchen.
Bright lime, apple, and pear shades are very active, so they are appropriate only on a fragment of the wall.
Dark green walls in the kitchen combined with white look less gloomy. In a small kitchen, dark green wallpaper on half the wall as in the photo below will not make the kitchen smaller.
Gray-green and light green walls are a basic color that will fit into any interior, especially good for kitchens designed in a classic style.
Combination with shades of brown (beige, wood, wenge) – classic and soothing
Another classic combination is green and brown or beige, which can be presented as wooden furniture, brick wall, tiles on the floor and apron, etc.
Kitchen beige colour with green checkered wallpaper.
Combination with orange - for a healthy appetite
Orange and green are two self-sufficient, bright colors, which are simply created for kitchens and dining rooms, as they increase appetite and mood. To avoid getting tired of the abundance of bright shades of lime, pear, grass and orange, use them in a 1:3 ratio. The best background for this union is white, and it can be diluted by inclusions of pink, yellow, and blue shades.
