Homeowners decorate their kitchens infrequently, which means kitchen shades can end up staying on trend for many years. However, some of the colours that have dominated kitchens for the past decade are finally starting to be replaced with a palette of earthier, cosier hues.
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Navy Blue
No longer is it in vogue to have your kitchen look like the interior of a naval vessel. A few years ago this deep blue was de rigueur, especially in wealthy urban homes. While the colour remains to be a clean and sophisticated choice, we are definitely seeing a move away from cooler colours such as navy and towards a warmer, more homely feel.
Deep Green
If you’re planning a kitchen refurb soon, it may be time to get rid of the dark green and repaint it with an earthy but lighter and more subtle green. If you’re having a professional kitchen refurb, it’s worth getting the experts to finish the job, as it requires specialist knowledge and paints.
Golden Yellow
Golden and buttery yellows are also a fairly timeless kitchen colour choice, evoking the cottage-core of a country kitchen, but this too seems to be going out of trend. While this kind of yellow is quite warm, it’s still a bit too bright for the developing trend, which is shifting more towards more muted earthy colours.
With kitchens now embracing the trend for earthy colours that we’ve seen developing for the past couple of years, dark blues and greens as well as bright yellows are all going out of fashion.
Summary
This article reports kitchen colour trends are shifting away from navy blue, deep green and golden yellow, popular over the past decade, towards warmer, earthier and more muted hues. It notes navy now feels too cool and formal, deep green is being replaced with lighter, subtler shades, and golden yellow is considered too bright for the emerging trend, with homeowners favouring cosier colour palettes instead.
Questions this article raises
- Which specific earthy colours are replacing navy, green and yellow in kitchens?
- How often do kitchen colour trends typically change compared with other rooms?
- Does repainting kitchen cabinets in a trending colour affect resale value?
