you could do either. do you have any full height cabinets, like around a fridge or a pantry or double oven stack? then you have to decide, are the full height ones upper or lower color.... and its easier to have the perimeters just one color.

It's just a preference. All-white can look nice, as can white uppers and gray lowers. Of course, you could also pick a counter with a bit of texture/marbling/color to it too. Or put in some backsplash tile with presence, like marble.

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Thank you! I have one wall almost to dealing cabinets that has the ovens and fridge. Can I paint it a third camel/ taupe color? Or gray? I don't feel like painting it white. Only upper cabinets white. I might do pure white caesarstone or some soft white with slight flecks. What other counters can go with dark gray? Thx

Same color.

In reply to ohassan who asked about painting in 3 colors. Limiting the palate gives the eye a sense of rest, calm. The rule for color in a room is to have 80% the main color, 15% the contrast color & 5% some pop, Remember that the metals in the room (faucets, knobs, pulls), the wood & the countertop are colors themselves. If you have too many color, too many objects, the eye does not have a sense of rest. but of chaos, distress. That's the appeal of an all-white palette, with limited amounts of the contrasting color in the trim, light fixtures, pulls. Since all white feels bland to you, I suggest playing with shapes and contrasting textures to add contrast and form rather than adding a third major color.

When I suggest focusing on shapes, I mean, for instance, an island with waterfall sides and a recessed area under the counter for stools. That creates a strong shape, with shadows that move throughout the day. Look at the shapes of the cabinets, the shapes of the glass doors. Plan to repeat forms, shapes.

You can limit your palette more if you add texture in the backsplash, such as smooth coolness of subway tiles or the decided contrast in texture of white stacked stone, contrasted with the texture of wood cabinets, a rougher textured wood floor. You add a sense of dimension and contrast if you use marble countertop. Enjoy! Carpe creating.

Very good advice! Can you send some pics as examples pls? By third color I mean wood texture like butcher block island extension or island cabinets wood like oak color and do gray in lower cabinets and cabinets/ referigertor wall. Uppers in white, counters white and darker floor? Pls advice. This is kind of my palette. I'll upload the picture. Thx

That's a lovely place. Perhaps you should hire a professional designer.

Yes I'm working with a kitchen person whose a interior designer as well. But she wants to stay very conservative. I get it now from your description earlier. I have my palette of white, taupe and gray. Now which will go where? Countertops, cabinets, appliance wall( with cabinets) and island. I'm inclining towards white/ off white cabinets, taupe island with white countertop. Perimeter cabinets with raw concrete or clam shell Ceaserstone and appliance wall?