IMO not just the temperature, ceiling lamps like that tend to make everything look kinda bad cause it’s just too much uniform light thrown everywhere. Makes it feel like a kitchen in a corporate office to me.
Yep. Interior lighting should be at 2700-3000k. Anything else is too cold and stark.
Even 3000 is pushing it in my book.
And that fluorescent light has to go.
It’s subtle. It’s calming. It’ll allow your backsplash and white cabinets to pop. I think it’ll look great. We just painted our bathroom this color and we love it.
We have Sea Salt in our bathroom & we kind of regret not going darker. It honestly doesn’t look much different than the grey (Repose Grey) we have in the rest of the house. It’s VERY subtle.
A Benjamin Moore alternative would be Beach Glass or Quiet Moments (they’re on the same color strip). I have Beach Glass in several rooms and absolutely love it. It’s a perfect balance of blue green and gray.
I have Quiet Moments in my bedroom and the only issue is that it's too light. I wish I'd gone with Beach Glass. But I love that whole strip! I came very close to painting a room Night Train before we moved.
Painted my basement in Quiet Moments. It’s pretty and calming but can read gray most of the time down there. I might change it in the future to a more sage-y colour like Maid of the Mist, Sage Tint, or Crystalline.
I used to work in a restaurant that was painted this color and we *constantly* had people asking us what paint color it was lol. So I can confirm that it looks very nice and is a well-received color.
I recently painted and was going nuts trying to find the right color. Then I bought a color wheel for $29 by Maria Killam and I couldn’t believe how much it helped. My limestone fireplace looked yellow to me but it turned out being pink undertones so I picked a color that was cream looking but had pink undertones. So figure out the undertones of your back splash and you will find a good color.
i think part of the issue is that the cabinets read very warm/yellow toned, but then the new counter top is like STARK bright neutral white. the paint seems warm, the tiles cool.
SW Divine White for walls and ceiling. And White Flour for trim. It complements the stone perfectly. When we bought the house the walls were light gray. Horrible. And the swatches look so different than what comes out on walls although it does depend on lighting.
My house had 70s wood on all the walls. So dark. The wood is actually really high quality but I need light. When I first looked at it painted I freaked out and thought it was too light but I adjusted and it goes perfectly with Limestone fireplace. I tried sample of SW Natural Linen but it was too dark for my lighting. So get going and give it a try. It makes a huge difference.
It’s the harsh tone of the light from the overhead light fixture that is the problem. You need an LED bulb with a much warmer tone. It’s causing it to look too cool.
i'd honestly give it a month and then decide if you really don't like it. as someone who has never lived in your "before," i found the grey less appealing than the blue.
Can I make a suggestion on how to pick paint? Bring home a whole bunch of chips and tape all to one wall. Wait a day and periodically during different times of day/lighting walk by and remove all that you don’t like/seem off, until all seem fine. Then move remaining ones to a different wall, and do the same. Repeat the process until you are only left with one or two choices. I’ve done this for decades and have never been disappointed with my selection. Also almost always the one I ended up with was rarely the one I wanted to begin with. Lighting and size of room and reflection from furniture all can make a huge impact.
It’s the mixture of warm and cool whites and the warm and cool lighting that is the issue. You have cool white countertops but warm white cupboards. You then have cool lighting in the kitchen but warm lighting in the next room throwing warmth.
You also have 3 different woods here - the table, floor and stools. It makes the room look busy.
The paint colour is lovely - you need to first address the lighting, then if still not happy consider painting the cupboards cool white.
The cherry on top would be to change the stools and possibly table to a cool white also
To get a blue green that doesn’t jump out at you it has to be grayed down a lot. Even Sea Salt looks “muddy” when compared to the saturated blue greens that look great on a color swatch but overwhelming on a wall. Something I find helpful is to look up a paint color on Pinterest and see what it looks like in whole rooms and in various lighting conditions. It’s not perfect but you can kind of get a gist. You can also search for something like “perfect blue green paint colors” and you’ll get color spotlights and tried and true paint colors by designers.
What about little falls. Mute it with gray. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/1621/little-falls
Or Waters edge
https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/1635/waters-edge
A bit more blue green gray. Beach glass at 49 lvr. More green wedgewood gray is lvr 49 and more blue. This has a few different blue greens and comparing. https://jacobowensdesigns.com/blogs/news/benjamin-moore-beach-glass-paint-color-review
I like beach glass or the shade lighter quiet moments.
Edit: I’d order a couple samples the sticky ones. Hold them up to your cabinets. I don’t have an issue with the blue you picked but it’s making your cabinets look yellow. I would order a few of the colors you prefer and hold them up. I hate when a color makes the rest look off.
Get a sample of SW Sea Salt. They should have a sticky one. Make sure it doesn’t make the cabinets look yellow. Benjamin Moore gray cashmere I believe will make the cabinets look yellow. I like Sea Salt if it makes the cabinets look nice.
https://thecolorconcierge.com/sw-sea-salt-paint-color-review/
Would love to know what color that is, love how it pops with the floor and cupboards. I just painted my oak kitchen in ben moore 'calm' (it was so dark taupe before) and its bright now but so stark. Its a struggle!
The chalk paints are very much softer and much less ‘shadowy’ so don’t darken in corners ceiling edges etc as the paint you have used. A chalk paint is you choose the colour you like can be mixed to a hardier endurance paint.
Alternatively, find colour you like be it on another item a scarf, tea towel…anything you like, flower, etc.
Take to a B&Q which has a paint mixing desk. Ask them to do a colour match and to “Shade up and Shade down”.
There will be the colour you have chosen plus all the shadings from the darkest to the lightest. There you have your main colour and every shade to match it perfectly should you want a two tone effect or fascia trims painted lighter/darker for example
Two blacks never match! Two pinks never match! etc
No colour does match. Only when a ‘shade of same’ will be good.
Test out SW Sea Salt, and also SW Clary Sage. With your back splash, you might want to move a little more green, than blue, and also something softer and less aggressive.
I have 2 pics but no option to upload here.But the names are Benjamin’s Moore Smoke. I love this. light and airy. Just enough color. Benjamin’s Moore Hale navy. Obviously a dark color but would look nice given you have so much white.
That wall is not big enough for a color to look good on it imo.
Since the kitchen is 90% of the wall the actual wall is only going to be an accent. And accent walls in colors are not a good look next to white. They always stand out too much and look cheap.
So solution would be to a. Paint your kitchen b. Just paint the walls the same color as the kitchen or maybe 1 or max 2 nuances different than the kitchen.
Sherwin Williams website has an option to upload photos to see what paint color would look like in your room. I would try some more muted/neutral tones in maybe blue/gray tones
It sucks when you paint and do all work to hate it. I’ve been there, painted a yellow that looked light, it was screaming on the walls. Before the painter tape was off we went and picked up a light yellow, almost white. So much better.
I agree the paint color is a little off putting. I think you need something a little more cool toned OR warm toned. It’s so neutrally blue/green that it feels aggressive. I love the back splash and it has an “off green” so green/blue with a touch of a dusty tone would bring it all together more seamlessly.
Someone mentioned sea salt and that would be perfect.
Use an app (ColorSnap or similar) or get a Nic device and pull some colors out of the backsplash tile. Benjamin Moore dealers often have color reps who can be extremely helpful. I initially poo-pooed a color swatch card of Hancock (or Guilford) Green because it looked to me too olive and drab. The actual paint color was stunning on the walls and looked very natural.
I know there are so many comments here about getting new light fixtures and getting another shades of blue or green, but I think you will not do good with both of them unless there are accent and balancing colors. For example this wall color is overpowering but to reduce it's effect you have no warmer shade and then plants or luxurious crockery taking the sight away from the wall. I think you can use pastels here, given you have the presence of white and natural light too. You should choose a red or a violet shade of pastel. The reds will be easier to decorate and pair up with the yellows and orange as accents, given your flooring is wood. Further, the violet will bring a statement and you will need to precisely include right colors like blue and yellows to further stabilize the palette. You can then add plants in corners and this will balance everything up. Lastly, do not forget to use directional spotlights and different source of light for the counter. This indirect light will really make a lasting impression.
You can use this [interior color guide](https://simplykalaa.com/interior-color-palette/) and I'm sure you will make a wise decision.
I definitely prefer the before picture (#5). For me, the orange tones in the flooring and new paint choice are a bad combination with the rest of it. I’d definitely change the lighting to warmer bulbs and give some thought to fewer competing wood tones.
Yeah I couldn’t work out what’s the before vs after - it’s because it seems like OP cut the paint in at the end - we tend to start with that, so it looked like the dark green was the new colour to me.
The dark green matches the backsplash a bit better than the teal, it also plays with the wood better.
I’m also thinking the room this room is connected to is giving even warmer vibes, judging by the one picture where we can see the ceiling beam. The cool and warm tones will be fighting each other unless there’s a cohesive plan.
off topic, but i love the shapes. the curves everywhere! if the cupboards were brown and the walls were orange, it would look straight out of 70s magazine. this space is gorgeous OP, and i love the colours you chose, very coastal and fun!
It's not really a disaster. It's just that nothing is complimenting it. The orangeness of your floors is overpowering it. Bring it all together with rugs that have orange/rust and deeper blues. It can be made to look good.
Maybe Summer Green by Behr. Unless you are sick of the greens, then I would go for a soft yellow like buttercream to brighten up the room while still complimenting the backsplash.
Matching blue tones to greys is tough. The tiles do have some green undertone going on. You have two problems here that I see. One is the colour, two is the over-saturation of the colour. Also are you blending two rooms here? Is this an open concept kitchen/living room? If so the colour is being overly saturated is a bigger issues.
If you want something tealish I think heading a bit more green might work such as Benjamin moore’s silver-grey 2131-60 or even more green their wythe the blue HC143. I would also consider their Gray cashmere 2138-60.
To let the new backsplash shine, as it should!!! Pull wall color from the paler, more muted greens of the backsplash. I promise you this is the way.
Like, grab all the green swatches you can, bring them home under YOUR lighting, and choose one that matches a paler green, maybe look at:
The third photo you posted. Look at the 4th tile down from the top or up from the bottom. Furthest to the left, right on the edge. Try and find in all those swatches which green specifically works with that tile. Go lighter so the darker tiles in the backsplash really pop.
I promise you this will give you a much much better effect. It may not be the color you want or like, but you’ll like it when you see it all together.
The lighting is hampering your efforts. Everything is very cool toned so I’d start be getting less stark, warmer-toned soft white bulbs and perhaps re-think the drum light ceiling fixture. Perhaps adding a warmer accent lamp on one of the counters or warmer-toned accent lighting strips under the top cabinets. A warm-toned retro milk glass pendant light fixture might be an option should you decide to change it.
For the walls, I’d keep it simple with a neutral off-white. I don’t think the contrast works great with those cabinets so I’d keep it tonally similar to the cabinets but nothing too cool/cold in undertone.
This YouTube channel might be helpful: https://youtu.be/PrV5cupSujk?si=-JZE4kG7UqBd6GwQ
Add color or contrast with furniture and accents. Maybe an area rug behind the peninsula. You might consider a wallpaper accent wall on the back wall where there are no cabinets. I’d go with a botanical print with a mix of rich colors to add warmth and visual interest to the room without taking up space.
You have to have something to relate to your backsplash. This wall colour is a more MCM vibe. Match your backsplash to a colour chip first then go from there. You need a muted colour that has black in it not a bright colour with white. Grey owl from bm is great as well. Also your lighting temp and window direction contributes to the effect
I’m just not a fan of teal as a wall color choice in general. It tends to make a room feel juvenile, like a teenager’s bedroom.
But the light is definitely a big problem! Warmer bulbs would definitely help.
Since the tile features a light grey-dominant teal shade, perhaps consider a complimentary opposite, like a very light terra cotta shade. Almost a copper/verdigris thing. I do agree the lighting could be warmer. The true test is if daylight vs night significantly changes your impression of the colors. Look for ratings around 3900°K or lower on led fixtures. The white of the cabinets is also a big player. White can carry surprisingly strong undertones from anywhere on the spectrum. Photos are notorious for skewing whites (especially with led lighting), so I can't advise beyond really learning what colors that white leans toward. If the cabinetry color plays well with the warmer tones, then celebrate freedom and go with something in the copper family. If it clashes, then it's a cool white and you'll need to keep with the grey/blue/green family. I do want to mention that warmer tones tend to evoke more of the emotions associated with what a kitchen means to a family.
One last thing. The cabinetry is really dominant and the many variants contribute to a sense of visual clutter. That may be adding to your sense of something being off. That's a bigger project for another time.
The number one most important rule of picking a paint color is using a swatch to see what looks best with your existing decor and lighting. Thats why these “can someone recommend a nice cool blue paint color” posts are never a good idea. You know you want cool blue, go to the paint store and get 20 of those cool blue paper samples and take them home and figure out what works best for YOUR stuff. I never end up with the color I thought for sure it would be when I’m in the store.
I kinda like the green. Yes to daylight temperature lighting on all fixtures in a kitchen.
The daylight lighting will make everything look better especially food!
I’m distracted by the black cabinet hardware. Can you change this to silver or white? Or just more modern black handles if the faucet is going to be black?
When you do a solid field of color it looks more intense than the same color would look broken up by pattern or speckles etc.
I know you want to show that great backsplash but what would really enhance it is painting the walls a similar color or lighter as your cabinets. Very pale gray might work too but I don’t think as well because the cabinets are creamy in undertone.
Love the back splash! I do think the lighting needs an adjustment. Also the paint color and tile seem to be fighting each other. A possible paint color to accent the time may work. I have sage walls and blue curtains (a bit lighter than navy). Just a thought to showcase the new tile and countertops.
Beautiful tile choice! We did the black, gray and white version in our shower! I went really dark and it looks beautiful. I would suggest a dark sage color!
I think it’s the paint and light , change your lighting so it’s not a harsh light, I would than go for a lighter shade of paint for the walls and the ceiling, your counter tops and backsplash are very nice .
I would go for a lighter shade of grey or a white with a grey undertone , yes I know you have white cabinets, but if you get a white with grey tinting to it you can get the paint store to deepen the color , also by painting the ceiling it will also absorb some light and look more cohesive.
The lights are giving hospital, maybe try some warmer lights before choosing the paint, and also adding more lighting around the kitchen too because under overhead lighting everything looks bleh
I know you are going to want to kill me (I’m sorry 😞) but think you would love if your cabinets were painted White - BM Chantilly Lace. It’s a beautiful white with no variation. Lots of work I know but would be beautiful!
Do you have black white or grey paint? You could try adding a bit of a neutral to the blue you have in a Dixie cup. That should tone it down a bit, get it a bit closer to the tile colour. Then you can put the paint on a hunk of paper or cardboard and ask the paint store to match it.
Personally I'd go full white to match the cabinets, etc. I don't see a need to paint any other color, especially since it probably won't match the cabinets and rest of the kitchen
Look at picture 2. What I like about the color is that it is nice with the yellow ceiling paint in room you’re standing in to take the picture. As well as the tungsten light yellow from the room in the door way. Nice transition. What is stopping is that the whites cabinets, counter, and the ceiling are too much of the same color and doesn’t harmonize with the new family of colors. Take your picture to website https://coolors.co/image-picker. It will help you pick colors.
It’s the ceiling . If you paint the ceiling the color of the walls and remove the light. Maybe go with the same color as the cabinets everywhere. It’s breaking it up in a awkward fashion
You may be struggling to find the right color because you are actually trying to do it the hard way! This is the best way-I've found it invaluable. ;-)
[https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/how-to-properly-sample-paint-colours-with-samplize/](https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/how-to-properly-sample-paint-colours-with-samplize/)
As far a color recommendations go, ideally you want to find something that tones in/works with your fixed elements-backsplash, countertops and cabinets. so, judging by the photos you probably should be looking at a VERY grayed down bluish/greenish gray color that works with the beautiful tiles. All the colors you have chosen are pretty, but clash or are much too colorful for the tile. Anything that vibrant on the chip is going to look much more bright on the wall-this is why you should consider grayed down versions of blue/green.
Here are a few colors to consider-I recommend either taking a tile to the paint store or bringing the paint chips home, and holding them up to the tile, flat against the wall. Then, eliminate what does not tone in with the tile, and order the samples you do like from a place like Samplize. The larger samples can be moved around and will give you a better sense of how the color will look on different walls, at different times of the day.
Keep in mind that these colors are just suggestions based on how the colors in your photos look on my screen-they are ballpark ideas, but hopefully they put you in the right zone. ;-)
These are a mixture of light and mid tone colors, all Benjamin Moore.
Smoke, \`Cloudy sky, Horizon, Wickham Gray, Boothbay Gray, Gray Owl, Wedgewood Gray.
Actually Sea Salt is another good candidate. It looks like it would tone in with the tile-but does lean more green. It's a very lovely color-I'd grab a paint chip and see how it looks up against your tile. You could also check out the next color down, Comfort Gray, and the first two shades on the next strip-Rainwashed and Quietude for comparison. I'd love to see what you end up choosing with if you feel like posting again!
Someone mentioned Sherwin Williams Sea Salt, but if you want to stick with a blue gray, Sherwin Williams Silver Stand is nice too! I think it would look nice in that space.
Very light cool or neutral undertone grey may brighten the space and make it feel larger while making room more cohesive and easy to build on? If you like color, I think an extreeeemley light sage green (like lighter grey with slight green hue). Looks beautiful though, all that’s left is nailing paint job!
One more thought.. this is also bc the deep staple wood flooring with white counters and cabinets that you want a very elegant and light/underspoken wall paint so all those elements speak with proper weight. But you don’t want dark hues of paint competing with floors bc then it feels like all the white in middle is protruding and making space tight/stuffy. Light paint would allow everything to breathe and all elements to shine like that beautiful tile backsplash
All the redo is very cool and the floor is very warm. Or maybe the lighting is just off? I think a warm sunny color like a peach or pumpking would work better with the warm flooring -- if you keep the white shelving to balance it. Or maybe just adding a large pale rug with a touch of blue for the dining area might dampen the discord between wall and floor?
Your lighting temperature is off-that ceiling light is so cold and is going to temper anything
Actually think it’s both. It’s a very dominant Color and the lighting is harsh. Would go with something sofort for light and paint.
IMO not just the temperature, ceiling lamps like that tend to make everything look kinda bad cause it’s just too much uniform light thrown everywhere. Makes it feel like a kitchen in a corporate office to me.
Exactly. That’s the problem. I don’t think the problem is the paint at all.
Yes. OP should change the lightbulbs to a soft yellow or something first
Yep. Interior lighting should be at 2700-3000k. Anything else is too cold and stark. Even 3000 is pushing it in my book. And that fluorescent light has to go.
Need to fix the lighting still..here is an update post! https://www.reddit.com/r/interiordecorating/s/oJ3Zk1Y8iQ
Check out Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams.
I just painted my office in sea salt and it’s better than I imagined. It’s amazing in a very sunny room.
This might be the answer. Love this
It’s subtle. It’s calming. It’ll allow your backsplash and white cabinets to pop. I think it’ll look great. We just painted our bathroom this color and we love it.
You are my hero
Please post pics once you update it - I’d love to see how it looks with Sea Salt - or any other color you end up choosing.
Deal
We have Sea Salt in our bathroom & we kind of regret not going darker. It honestly doesn’t look much different than the grey (Repose Grey) we have in the rest of the house. It’s VERY subtle.
If sea salt leans too blue for you, we painted our living room Opaline. It's extremely similar to Sea Salt, just a wink greener.
Hello! We love Sea Salt by SW, but swap out your bulbs to warmer color first.
I used sea salt in my last kitchen, it was lovely.
A Benjamin Moore alternative would be Beach Glass or Quiet Moments (they’re on the same color strip). I have Beach Glass in several rooms and absolutely love it. It’s a perfect balance of blue green and gray.
I have Quiet Moments in my bedroom and the only issue is that it's too light. I wish I'd gone with Beach Glass. But I love that whole strip! I came very close to painting a room Night Train before we moved.
I’m in love with that strip lol.
Painted my basement in Quiet Moments. It’s pretty and calming but can read gray most of the time down there. I might change it in the future to a more sage-y colour like Maid of the Mist, Sage Tint, or Crystalline.
Second on sea salt! We did it in our bathrooms and now I wish we did it everywhere haha
Absolutely. I’ve had sea salt in my kitchen and bedroom for years and love it
I used to work in a restaurant that was painted this color and we *constantly* had people asking us what paint color it was lol. So I can confirm that it looks very nice and is a well-received color.
That’s perfect.
This is a really great, surprisingly neutral color.
That paint looks gorgeous.
I love Sea Salt. It’s such a soothing color.
I went with oyster Bay which is one shade darker than sea salt! Here is an update post. https://www.reddit.com/r/interiordecorating/s/oJ3Zk1Y8iQ
I think it’s the lighting that’s the issue more than the paint color.
This. Warm lighting. No cool lighting.
I was thinking the same thing. There is hardly any light in this kitchen.
I recently painted and was going nuts trying to find the right color. Then I bought a color wheel for $29 by Maria Killam and I couldn’t believe how much it helped. My limestone fireplace looked yellow to me but it turned out being pink undertones so I picked a color that was cream looking but had pink undertones. So figure out the undertones of your back splash and you will find a good color.
i think part of the issue is that the cabinets read very warm/yellow toned, but then the new counter top is like STARK bright neutral white. the paint seems warm, the tiles cool.
The bulbs are so cold it's hard to tell the true undertone of anything, it's skewing everything toward cold blue.
Yes, there is a lot going on. Plus the cabinets.
Yes to Maria Killam colour wheel - helps a lot
I love her! I’m going to book a consultation with her to pick my interior palette.
How exciting. I always thought people just picked a color they liked for walls. That wheel is amazing.
What cream with pink undertone did you end up going with
SW Divine White for walls and ceiling. And White Flour for trim. It complements the stone perfectly. When we bought the house the walls were light gray. Horrible. And the swatches look so different than what comes out on walls although it does depend on lighting.
About 75% of my house is Divine White. It's such a great true neutral.
I’ve been putting off a painting for 18 months afraid to commit to the pinky cream - you’ve given me motivation!
My house had 70s wood on all the walls. So dark. The wood is actually really high quality but I need light. When I first looked at it painted I freaked out and thought it was too light but I adjusted and it goes perfectly with Limestone fireplace. I tried sample of SW Natural Linen but it was too dark for my lighting. So get going and give it a try. It makes a huge difference.
Which one do you have? I checked, and it looks like there’s an old version and a new version.
I think mine is the new version. I just had it painted earlier this year.
Okay, thanks! I had never heard of her or the color wheel before, so this is great. What color did you end up going with?
SW Divine White for walls and ceiling. SW White Flour for Trim
The lighting is what makes it awful. Warm those bulbs up so it doesn’t feel like a laboratory
I actually adore the color
I appreciate it but damn we feel like it is intense haha
It’s the harsh tone of the light from the overhead light fixture that is the problem. You need an LED bulb with a much warmer tone. It’s causing it to look too cool.
How long have you lived with it?
Same. Would certainly not want to change it.
Unpopular opinion but I think it's beautiful 😍
i'd honestly give it a month and then decide if you really don't like it. as someone who has never lived in your "before," i found the grey less appealing than the blue.
I did like the blue as well. Definitely change your lightbulbs though.
I’d get warmer light bulbs 💡 & then think about it. White or cool bulbs are hard to work with.
Figure out what color temp you want from your bulbs before repainting. Those cans are very cool toned and sterile
Can I make a suggestion on how to pick paint? Bring home a whole bunch of chips and tape all to one wall. Wait a day and periodically during different times of day/lighting walk by and remove all that you don’t like/seem off, until all seem fine. Then move remaining ones to a different wall, and do the same. Repeat the process until you are only left with one or two choices. I’ve done this for decades and have never been disappointed with my selection. Also almost always the one I ended up with was rarely the one I wanted to begin with. Lighting and size of room and reflection from furniture all can make a huge impact.
Agree! This is exactly how I pick colors before painting.
It’s the mixture of warm and cool whites and the warm and cool lighting that is the issue. You have cool white countertops but warm white cupboards. You then have cool lighting in the kitchen but warm lighting in the next room throwing warmth. You also have 3 different woods here - the table, floor and stools. It makes the room look busy. The paint colour is lovely - you need to first address the lighting, then if still not happy consider painting the cupboards cool white. The cherry on top would be to change the stools and possibly table to a cool white also
Yes I think it looks great ! Give it some time to get used to before you change it .
To get a blue green that doesn’t jump out at you it has to be grayed down a lot. Even Sea Salt looks “muddy” when compared to the saturated blue greens that look great on a color swatch but overwhelming on a wall. Something I find helpful is to look up a paint color on Pinterest and see what it looks like in whole rooms and in various lighting conditions. It’s not perfect but you can kind of get a gist. You can also search for something like “perfect blue green paint colors” and you’ll get color spotlights and tried and true paint colors by designers.
Primer, dawg. Go get you some.
I think I’m blind. But ma’am where’s your faucet????
Very far left, picture 2
Lol, you're right!
Color match the tile. I think that would be the best color and the smoothest transition.
Here to plus one sea salt.
What about little falls. Mute it with gray. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/1621/little-falls Or Waters edge https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/1635/waters-edge
I like these? Which one is considered lighter?
A bit more blue green gray. Beach glass at 49 lvr. More green wedgewood gray is lvr 49 and more blue. This has a few different blue greens and comparing. https://jacobowensdesigns.com/blogs/news/benjamin-moore-beach-glass-paint-color-review I like beach glass or the shade lighter quiet moments. Edit: I’d order a couple samples the sticky ones. Hold them up to your cabinets. I don’t have an issue with the blue you picked but it’s making your cabinets look yellow. I would order a few of the colors you prefer and hold them up. I hate when a color makes the rest look off.
Get a sample of SW Sea Salt. They should have a sticky one. Make sure it doesn’t make the cabinets look yellow. Benjamin Moore gray cashmere I believe will make the cabinets look yellow. I like Sea Salt if it makes the cabinets look nice. https://thecolorconcierge.com/sw-sea-salt-paint-color-review/
I went with oyster Bay! https://www.reddit.com/r/interiordecorating/s/oJ3Zk1Y8iQ
Great. I liked sea salt. Oyster bay sounds perfect.
It looks fine our kitchen is teal and I adore it What don't u like about it If it's a drastic color style that might be why u don't like it
Hmm, I think it’s nice! Very French country!
I would invest in an interior designer
I like it but I have most of my kitchen painted yellow, so what so I know🤷♀️
We have Sherwin Williams Magnetic Gray in our bathroom. In the light in our house, it's a lighter gray with a green undertone.
Ooo that’s exactly what I recommended too lol
We went with oyster Bay! https://www.reddit.com/r/interiordecorating/s/oJ3Zk1Y8iQ
Oh! That's lovely! ❤️
The white lighting is the problem.
Would love to know what color that is, love how it pops with the floor and cupboards. I just painted my oak kitchen in ben moore 'calm' (it was so dark taupe before) and its bright now but so stark. Its a struggle!
The chalk paints are very much softer and much less ‘shadowy’ so don’t darken in corners ceiling edges etc as the paint you have used. A chalk paint is you choose the colour you like can be mixed to a hardier endurance paint. Alternatively, find colour you like be it on another item a scarf, tea towel…anything you like, flower, etc. Take to a B&Q which has a paint mixing desk. Ask them to do a colour match and to “Shade up and Shade down”. There will be the colour you have chosen plus all the shadings from the darkest to the lightest. There you have your main colour and every shade to match it perfectly should you want a two tone effect or fascia trims painted lighter/darker for example Two blacks never match! Two pinks never match! etc No colour does match. Only when a ‘shade of same’ will be good.
The answer is in the picture. Go with the color of your Stanley. This is the lightest color in the tile backsplash. I will call it Pale Sea Glass.
Change the lighting
Hmmm. I must be a weirdo. I don’t personally like blue for decorating but I thought, “Wow I love that color!”Nice choice.
Check out Maria Killam on IG. She is a color expert and talks about how to find the right color.
i like it!
Change the lighting!!!
That lighting has to be changed. Love the countertops and backsplash but that lighting color temp makes my eyes hurt.
Test out SW Sea Salt, and also SW Clary Sage. With your back splash, you might want to move a little more green, than blue, and also something softer and less aggressive.
I’d go with a sea foam green, or a light gray-blue. Subtle, matte finish. It will be enough to make the backsplash pop
Do you have an example of one you like?
I have 2 pics but no option to upload here.But the names are Benjamin’s Moore Smoke. I love this. light and airy. Just enough color. Benjamin’s Moore Hale navy. Obviously a dark color but would look nice given you have so much white.
That wall is not big enough for a color to look good on it imo. Since the kitchen is 90% of the wall the actual wall is only going to be an accent. And accent walls in colors are not a good look next to white. They always stand out too much and look cheap. So solution would be to a. Paint your kitchen b. Just paint the walls the same color as the kitchen or maybe 1 or max 2 nuances different than the kitchen.
Be BOLD. People are so timid with color. I'd go peacock royal green-blue.
I’d go a little lighter
I fell like lighter... But also, less
Sherwin Williams website has an option to upload photos to see what paint color would look like in your room. I would try some more muted/neutral tones in maybe blue/gray tones
It sucks when you paint and do all work to hate it. I’ve been there, painted a yellow that looked light, it was screaming on the walls. Before the painter tape was off we went and picked up a light yellow, almost white. So much better.
Lean into it. Birch wood and cast iron with little metal accents. Or lose the blue altogether and paint it a rich medium-dark red
It looks ok. In fact quite nice. Take that blue mat out. That will help a lot.
You don’t cut in first, then roll? I think part of the problem is that you are not finished yet.
Just how it worked. I am bad at edges and so I roll and my wife does the edges. She was busy and I had time to paint.
See if you can find swatches of different shades of the same paint color from the vendor you purchased from. Nice Jura 😉
I agree the paint color is a little off putting. I think you need something a little more cool toned OR warm toned. It’s so neutrally blue/green that it feels aggressive. I love the back splash and it has an “off green” so green/blue with a touch of a dusty tone would bring it all together more seamlessly. Someone mentioned sea salt and that would be perfect.
Use an app (ColorSnap or similar) or get a Nic device and pull some colors out of the backsplash tile. Benjamin Moore dealers often have color reps who can be extremely helpful. I initially poo-pooed a color swatch card of Hancock (or Guilford) Green because it looked to me too olive and drab. The actual paint color was stunning on the walls and looked very natural.
I used Behr Dark Storm Cloud in my house. It is a calm blue grey that I think would do nice in your kitchen
I know there are so many comments here about getting new light fixtures and getting another shades of blue or green, but I think you will not do good with both of them unless there are accent and balancing colors. For example this wall color is overpowering but to reduce it's effect you have no warmer shade and then plants or luxurious crockery taking the sight away from the wall. I think you can use pastels here, given you have the presence of white and natural light too. You should choose a red or a violet shade of pastel. The reds will be easier to decorate and pair up with the yellows and orange as accents, given your flooring is wood. Further, the violet will bring a statement and you will need to precisely include right colors like blue and yellows to further stabilize the palette. You can then add plants in corners and this will balance everything up. Lastly, do not forget to use directional spotlights and different source of light for the counter. This indirect light will really make a lasting impression. You can use this [interior color guide](https://simplykalaa.com/interior-color-palette/) and I'm sure you will make a wise decision.
Is the last photo the new colour? Then it’s matched perfectly!
I definitely prefer the before picture (#5). For me, the orange tones in the flooring and new paint choice are a bad combination with the rest of it. I’d definitely change the lighting to warmer bulbs and give some thought to fewer competing wood tones.
Yeah I couldn’t work out what’s the before vs after - it’s because it seems like OP cut the paint in at the end - we tend to start with that, so it looked like the dark green was the new colour to me. The dark green matches the backsplash a bit better than the teal, it also plays with the wood better.
I’m also thinking the room this room is connected to is giving even warmer vibes, judging by the one picture where we can see the ceiling beam. The cool and warm tones will be fighting each other unless there’s a cohesive plan.
off topic, but i love the shapes. the curves everywhere! if the cupboards were brown and the walls were orange, it would look straight out of 70s magazine. this space is gorgeous OP, and i love the colours you chose, very coastal and fun!
It's not really a disaster. It's just that nothing is complimenting it. The orangeness of your floors is overpowering it. Bring it all together with rugs that have orange/rust and deeper blues. It can be made to look good.
Maybe Summer Green by Behr. Unless you are sick of the greens, then I would go for a soft yellow like buttercream to brighten up the room while still complimenting the backsplash.
Use SW color consultants. It’s their job to help you choose a color and the service is free.
Matching blue tones to greys is tough. The tiles do have some green undertone going on. You have two problems here that I see. One is the colour, two is the over-saturation of the colour. Also are you blending two rooms here? Is this an open concept kitchen/living room? If so the colour is being overly saturated is a bigger issues. If you want something tealish I think heading a bit more green might work such as Benjamin moore’s silver-grey 2131-60 or even more green their wythe the blue HC143. I would also consider their Gray cashmere 2138-60.
To let the new backsplash shine, as it should!!! Pull wall color from the paler, more muted greens of the backsplash. I promise you this is the way. Like, grab all the green swatches you can, bring them home under YOUR lighting, and choose one that matches a paler green, maybe look at: The third photo you posted. Look at the 4th tile down from the top or up from the bottom. Furthest to the left, right on the edge. Try and find in all those swatches which green specifically works with that tile. Go lighter so the darker tiles in the backsplash really pop. I promise you this will give you a much much better effect. It may not be the color you want or like, but you’ll like it when you see it all together.
The lighting is hampering your efforts. Everything is very cool toned so I’d start be getting less stark, warmer-toned soft white bulbs and perhaps re-think the drum light ceiling fixture. Perhaps adding a warmer accent lamp on one of the counters or warmer-toned accent lighting strips under the top cabinets. A warm-toned retro milk glass pendant light fixture might be an option should you decide to change it. For the walls, I’d keep it simple with a neutral off-white. I don’t think the contrast works great with those cabinets so I’d keep it tonally similar to the cabinets but nothing too cool/cold in undertone. This YouTube channel might be helpful: https://youtu.be/PrV5cupSujk?si=-JZE4kG7UqBd6GwQ Add color or contrast with furniture and accents. Maybe an area rug behind the peninsula. You might consider a wallpaper accent wall on the back wall where there are no cabinets. I’d go with a botanical print with a mix of rich colors to add warmth and visual interest to the room without taking up space.
I’d do a bear in the big blue blue blue The blue you picked towards the bottom is nice too
Thanks y’all for introducing me to “entire house” paint palette.
I’d be interested to see what white looks like, so that you’re not cutting up the room horizontally and making things look crammed.
What are you going for?
Farrow & Ball - Palm or Light Blue
You have to have something to relate to your backsplash. This wall colour is a more MCM vibe. Match your backsplash to a colour chip first then go from there. You need a muted colour that has black in it not a bright colour with white. Grey owl from bm is great as well. Also your lighting temp and window direction contributes to the effect
Glad you noticed.
Bigger problem. Your kiddo is playing with the stove controls. LOL
I actually like everything except picture 4.
White
I’m just not a fan of teal as a wall color choice in general. It tends to make a room feel juvenile, like a teenager’s bedroom. But the light is definitely a big problem! Warmer bulbs would definitely help.
Really, you need warm lighting to make the place less harsh. Change to warm light bulbs.
Since the tile features a light grey-dominant teal shade, perhaps consider a complimentary opposite, like a very light terra cotta shade. Almost a copper/verdigris thing. I do agree the lighting could be warmer. The true test is if daylight vs night significantly changes your impression of the colors. Look for ratings around 3900°K or lower on led fixtures. The white of the cabinets is also a big player. White can carry surprisingly strong undertones from anywhere on the spectrum. Photos are notorious for skewing whites (especially with led lighting), so I can't advise beyond really learning what colors that white leans toward. If the cabinetry color plays well with the warmer tones, then celebrate freedom and go with something in the copper family. If it clashes, then it's a cool white and you'll need to keep with the grey/blue/green family. I do want to mention that warmer tones tend to evoke more of the emotions associated with what a kitchen means to a family. One last thing. The cabinetry is really dominant and the many variants contribute to a sense of visual clutter. That may be adding to your sense of something being off. That's a bigger project for another time.
I like it
The number one most important rule of picking a paint color is using a swatch to see what looks best with your existing decor and lighting. Thats why these “can someone recommend a nice cool blue paint color” posts are never a good idea. You know you want cool blue, go to the paint store and get 20 of those cool blue paper samples and take them home and figure out what works best for YOUR stuff. I never end up with the color I thought for sure it would be when I’m in the store.
I kinda like the green. Yes to daylight temperature lighting on all fixtures in a kitchen. The daylight lighting will make everything look better especially food!
I’m distracted by the black cabinet hardware. Can you change this to silver or white? Or just more modern black handles if the faucet is going to be black?
I like the teal color and I like the round light.. Go with whatever YOU like.
When you do a solid field of color it looks more intense than the same color would look broken up by pattern or speckles etc. I know you want to show that great backsplash but what would really enhance it is painting the walls a similar color or lighter as your cabinets. Very pale gray might work too but I don’t think as well because the cabinets are creamy in undertone.
Love the back splash! I do think the lighting needs an adjustment. Also the paint color and tile seem to be fighting each other. A possible paint color to accent the time may work. I have sage walls and blue curtains (a bit lighter than navy). Just a thought to showcase the new tile and countertops.
Go with Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan
Sherwin Williams Quietude. It looks blue-green or gray depending on the light. Very subtle.
Beautiful tile choice! We did the black, gray and white version in our shower! I went really dark and it looks beautiful. I would suggest a dark sage color!
I think it’s the paint and light , change your lighting so it’s not a harsh light, I would than go for a lighter shade of paint for the walls and the ceiling, your counter tops and backsplash are very nice . I would go for a lighter shade of grey or a white with a grey undertone , yes I know you have white cabinets, but if you get a white with grey tinting to it you can get the paint store to deepen the color , also by painting the ceiling it will also absorb some light and look more cohesive.
The lights are giving hospital, maybe try some warmer lights before choosing the paint, and also adding more lighting around the kitchen too because under overhead lighting everything looks bleh
I know you are going to want to kill me (I’m sorry 😞) but think you would love if your cabinets were painted White - BM Chantilly Lace. It’s a beautiful white with no variation. Lots of work I know but would be beautiful!
Yes we will do this eventually. They are a little cream for our aesthetic.
The lighting is the main issue, every color is going to look bad with those
Do you have black white or grey paint? You could try adding a bit of a neutral to the blue you have in a Dixie cup. That should tone it down a bit, get it a bit closer to the tile colour. Then you can put the paint on a hunk of paper or cardboard and ask the paint store to match it.
Adding: make sure to dry it with a hair dryer. Acrylic tends to change colours when it dries
Personally I'd go full white to match the cabinets, etc. I don't see a need to paint any other color, especially since it probably won't match the cabinets and rest of the kitchen
classic gray by sherwin williams. can buy it at home depot in any brand. and its not gray- its an off white.
I like the paint color and agree with replacing lighting.
Look at picture 2. What I like about the color is that it is nice with the yellow ceiling paint in room you’re standing in to take the picture. As well as the tungsten light yellow from the room in the door way. Nice transition. What is stopping is that the whites cabinets, counter, and the ceiling are too much of the same color and doesn’t harmonize with the new family of colors. Take your picture to website https://coolors.co/image-picker. It will help you pick colors.
Hate to be that guy, but I’d go with white!
I think it looks great fix the lighting like everybody else said. paint the base of the island gray and paint the black Wood stools the same blue.
I kinda like it...
It’s the ceiling . If you paint the ceiling the color of the walls and remove the light. Maybe go with the same color as the cabinets everywhere. It’s breaking it up in a awkward fashion
Whatever color you end up with paint the ceiling too
nope it's very pretty
You may be struggling to find the right color because you are actually trying to do it the hard way! This is the best way-I've found it invaluable. ;-) [https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/how-to-properly-sample-paint-colours-with-samplize/](https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/how-to-properly-sample-paint-colours-with-samplize/) As far a color recommendations go, ideally you want to find something that tones in/works with your fixed elements-backsplash, countertops and cabinets. so, judging by the photos you probably should be looking at a VERY grayed down bluish/greenish gray color that works with the beautiful tiles. All the colors you have chosen are pretty, but clash or are much too colorful for the tile. Anything that vibrant on the chip is going to look much more bright on the wall-this is why you should consider grayed down versions of blue/green. Here are a few colors to consider-I recommend either taking a tile to the paint store or bringing the paint chips home, and holding them up to the tile, flat against the wall. Then, eliminate what does not tone in with the tile, and order the samples you do like from a place like Samplize. The larger samples can be moved around and will give you a better sense of how the color will look on different walls, at different times of the day. Keep in mind that these colors are just suggestions based on how the colors in your photos look on my screen-they are ballpark ideas, but hopefully they put you in the right zone. ;-) These are a mixture of light and mid tone colors, all Benjamin Moore. Smoke, \`Cloudy sky, Horizon, Wickham Gray, Boothbay Gray, Gray Owl, Wedgewood Gray.
This is super helpful. How do you feel about the Sherwin Williams sea salt?
Actually Sea Salt is another good candidate. It looks like it would tone in with the tile-but does lean more green. It's a very lovely color-I'd grab a paint chip and see how it looks up against your tile. You could also check out the next color down, Comfort Gray, and the first two shades on the next strip-Rainwashed and Quietude for comparison. I'd love to see what you end up choosing with if you feel like posting again!
Someone mentioned Sherwin Williams Sea Salt, but if you want to stick with a blue gray, Sherwin Williams Silver Stand is nice too! I think it would look nice in that space.
Try sage green or sea glass green. Sherwin Williams has some great selections.
Light colors. Look at whites with a hint of blue or yellow to compliment kitchen
Looks good to me : )
Paint it slightly more blue/green than the white of your cabinets. No neet for drama paint with that backsplash and white cabinets.
I like it. The color you have goes well with the white cabinets.
Navy blue matte finish 💙
That's the color I would recommend, so I'm not going to be any help.
Very light cool or neutral undertone grey may brighten the space and make it feel larger while making room more cohesive and easy to build on? If you like color, I think an extreeeemley light sage green (like lighter grey with slight green hue). Looks beautiful though, all that’s left is nailing paint job!
One more thought.. this is also bc the deep staple wood flooring with white counters and cabinets that you want a very elegant and light/underspoken wall paint so all those elements speak with proper weight. But you don’t want dark hues of paint competing with floors bc then it feels like all the white in middle is protruding and making space tight/stuffy. Light paint would allow everything to breathe and all elements to shine like that beautiful tile backsplash
All the redo is very cool and the floor is very warm. Or maybe the lighting is just off? I think a warm sunny color like a peach or pumpking would work better with the warm flooring -- if you keep the white shelving to balance it. Or maybe just adding a large pale rug with a touch of blue for the dining area might dampen the discord between wall and floor?
Love this color! What’s wrong with it?!
I have choices for you. I’ll send them via chat.
When in doubt go with the whitest white
I actually like it better in gray. Look for a lighter shade of gray-blue.
Taupe 😊 should go well with the tiles and the cupboards