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Kitchen Colour Ideas

These kitchen colour ideas showcase different ways to update your space with a fresh new hue and include coloured kitchens from real homes across the UK. From green to cream, these guides will help determine what colour is good for your kitchen. They also offer advice on how to style your chosen shade to achieve the best kitchen colour scheme for your room size, layout, and budget. If classic interiors are more you, there is plenty of inspiration for the hues that stand the test of time, such as white and cream, with smart design tips to bring these looks right up to date.

2021 kitchen colour ideas

Blue, black, and grey are the most popular kitchen colours for 2021 and offer a cool palette to build upon for a variety of interiors. Here we dive into how to style these tones to achieve a trending look in your home.

A sophisticated blue kitchen idea with integrated handle doors, white worktops, and chevron floors in a peninsular layout.

Be bold with blue

Blue is a big trend in interior design, thanks to its soothing qualities that can transform even the busiest spaces into a relaxing retreat. Learn how to add this calming colour to your home by exploring our blue kitchen colour ideas.

Blue kitchen ideas

L-shape black kitchen idea with super-matt slab doors, glass wall cabinets above a white worktop, and a chrome kitchen tap.

Back to black

Bold and on-trend, black is a sure way to make a design look eye-catching. Great for drawing in larger spaces, or adding a style punch to smaller rooms, explore our black kitchen ideas to learn how to add this sultry tone to your layout.

Black kitchen ideas

Slate grey l shaped handleless kitchen with half height and full height wall units and contrasting white kitchen worktop.

Go for grey

Cool and contemporary, grey has become a go-to neutral that is guaranteed to add a stylish look to any home. From soft, light-grey, to dark-grey kitchen ideas, explore how to style this on-trend tone using the shades available in our collection.

Grey kitchen ideas

Popular kitchen colours

White and cream are the most popular colours for kitchens as they are timeless, neutral, and easy to customise. We explore how to add these trusted tones to your home in our ideas below.

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Keep it bright with white

A tone that transcends trends, versatile white can make a smaller room seem more spacious or create a clean, contemporary look. Discover fashionable ideas and decor tips on how to style this fresh kitchen colour idea in your home.

White kitchen ideas

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Customise cream

Light and airy, cream remains a popular choice for homeowners looking to create a warm and cosy space. Read our cream kitchen ideas to learn how this soft neutral works well in interiors inspired by both classic and current trends.

Cream kitchen ideas

Colourful kitchen ideas

For a signature look that also adds plenty of personality, explore these ideas that help add colour to a kitchen, which includes painted designs too.

Designer green shaker kitchen with wood grain effect finish an island layout. Double larder units and two built in ovens.

Get keen on green

Fresh, natural and vibrant, green is a great way to create a space inspired by the outdoors. Explore our selection of green kitchen ideas for inspiration on how to use this botanical hue to your design.

Green kitchen ideas

Personalise with painted

Create a custom design that is unique to your home by getting inspired by our painted kitchen ideas, which offer on-trend style and helpful tips on how to add colour to your kitchen.

Painted kitchen ideas