Your kitchen is very dated and that needs to be addressed. And greige paint is not going to help that. A cool toned paint is not going to look good with so much warm toned wood. I agree you need to repaint the yellow, but stick with a lighter, more neutral color that works with your kitchen and flooring, OR come up with an overall plan to start fixing your kitchen and then pick the paint color LAST.

why griege?? I'd spend the money on painting the cabinets if you can't replace them. at the very least, paint the island to give some relief from that wood color.

pick the color of the travertine and do the walls in that color.

If I understand your comment, you are already painting your house? So you need to make a decision about the kitchen wall color quickly? The wisest thing would have been to consider painting or restaining your cabinets first. But if you need to make a decision quickly, go with a warm toned beige for your kitchen. If however you are painting the rest of your house in cool tones, consider painting your kitchen at a later date. Painting your kitchen a cool toned gray will only accentuate the yellow in the wood. Save the price of painting your kitchen, make a plan about your cabinet color, then paint the entire kitchen so it all blends. Good luck!

I think SW sea salt would look good in your kitchen.

Your pictures have a photoshop filter that makes it difficult to see the true colors of the elements in the kitchen. Accessible beige is a nice greige that works with warm and cool elements. But because of the color distortion in your photo it is hard to say if it will work in your space.

Also, your kitchen is lovely, not dated. Nice layout, the cabinets and floors look to be good quality and your windows are terrific. The space just needs a few tweaks to freshen it up. More substantial lighting will make a big difference.

Have a look at Behr White Mocha. It is a warm off-white, looks good with that color of wood.

Personally, I don’t think your kitchen needs updating. I love the floors, crown moulding and all of the natural light. For paint I would paint the ceilings white (they look grey in the photo) and I think a shade of blue/aqua would look pretty with your rich wood tones. I would not do a greige.

If you wanted to do any updating, pendant lights would look beautiful over your island.

Here’s a photo at night with no edits. We have a painter scheduled to start work in a couple weeks on the entire house, which is why I’m trying to decide color. I was planning on going with the same neutral color (hoping for a warm gray tone) for the entire house as we may sell within the next year and need to freshen the paint in the whole house. If gray is out - what light neutral color would work?

i mean I appreciate everyone’s opinions and I of course want to redo our kitchen cabinets, backsplash, and granite, but unless someone here is furnishing our upgrades (please!) - were sticking with painting the walls. So if anyone has a great light neatural ( SW or BM) paint color that will go well with our kitchen, as well as the rest of our interior, I would really appreciate the help. Thank you!

What about a sage or bluish-gray color? Your kitchen looks big, so I wouldn't worry about a darker paint color.

KT,,,I posted about 10 color samples up in my first comment. they work w/the warmer wood colors. do not choose a blue/gray.

Thanks Beth. I like the idea of horizon! Looks very light and neutral and like it won’t clash with anything. I’ll get a sample and see how it goes.

KT,,while you're at it,,,pick up a sample of Pale Oak. you may like that one too.

I was confused by this - is your question just what color to paint the walls?

I think the best ever greige is revere pewter by BM. my house is alpaca by SW and I love it. I think the best thing is to get some sample cans and paint on your wall. and I agree, your kitchen is great!

Balanced Beige - Sherwin Williams.

What style/color will your dining table be at the one end of the kitchen? Also, do you have an idea of what artwork you will put on the walls? Perhaps, you can pull a color from that to use.

I like your cabinets a lot! I think the tricky elements here will be the backsplash tile and countertops.

I have Edgecomb Gray in my kitchen, and it feels warm even among all the warm wood tones. I don't think the cabinets preclude greige, just think you'll need to be careful with the undertones with the beige in the tile and granite.

I think I may have had that same yellow! Your floor has orange undertones, so you will want a gray that plays nicely with it.

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You say you might sell next year ? If so, I would just go with a very light neutral color throughout. Just be careful with “greiges “, they are tricky ... they change color depending upon the lighting conditions & everything else in the room.

I would not go greige & I would go with a light beige. Not a yellow or orangy beige, but more of a brown undertone. I have Clay Beige in my house & I love it. I tested 10 different beige colors to get the right one.

I would do a greige on the beige side. I think beige would give you the same feel in the space as the yellow. Or do a white.