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kitchen colour dilemma

5 years ago

I just refinished my kitchen cabinets to BM Coventry gray. The colour has a slight blue undertone. I will be doing light oak floors with white and gray vein quartz with probably a white backsplash. Any suggestions on a wall paint colour? I Do you get lots of sun and natural light in the area of the kitchen. My dilemma is do I go for a white with a blue undertone? Or a lighter gray with a blue undertone? Any suggestions? Please see pictures below. Thank you in advance

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  • 5 years ago

    I'd wait until the floor, countertop, and back splash is in to decide for sure, but I think a neutral white would be best. You won't want more gray. You also need to consider what color you have on the walls in adjacent rooms so it all coordinates.

  • 5 years ago

    Yes totally agree! My hubby is on me about picking a paint colour bc he wants to paint prior to the floors being installed. I told him I would like to wait as well. I’ll will show him this msg to show him I’m not the only one who feels this way haha. Thanks for ur input :)

  • 5 years ago




  • PRO
    5 years ago

    Actually, Coventry Gray has a green undertone. It is all the natural light that is making it look blue to you.

    I think this color will work for the walls:




  • PRO
    5 years ago

    Nice cabinets and hardware. They will look great with the floors and countertops you picked.

    Another optiin to a white back splash that I think would be really cute in your kitchen, but definitely a choice to hold off on until all the rest is in. White whusp as JudyG suggested would compliment this well.

    Do you have other walls that the paint will go on as I would do full tile on the walls shown?

    Brick tiles would be great too. If you do go with white I would go with something with a nice pattern

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  • 5 years ago

    You really won’t see much wall near the cabinets. I would either paint the walls the same as the cabinets. Or the above suggestion white wisp. But you really need to sample.

  • 5 years ago
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    White Wisp is a really nice shout.


    Another low Chroma, near neutral from the Green-Yellow Hue Family. It shares colour DNA with Coventry Gray. It’s much lighter & a tiny touch more colourful.


    Depending on your lighting, it to may look ‘just grey’, or more of its inherent greenness will be apparent, or it similarly may colour shift towards blue.


    (Although its Hue Family location may put enough distance between it and Coventry Grey so that shift may not happen In your space.)


    Should you find it also to shift blue and you didn’t care for it, moving anti-clockwise on the Color Wheel, further back towards the Yellow Hue Family for a somewhat similar colour may help to mitigate that.


    Equally moving clockwise into the Green Hue Family may move you out of the ‘shifts blue zone’ in that room.


    More examples of these and similar at The Land of Color .com

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    I told him I would like to wait as well.


    I agree with you.


    Because the color of the floor will likely define the final color appearance of Coventry Gray cabinets.


    Near neutrals from this hue family - like Coventry Gray and White Wisp - are especially susceptible to context as much as they are to the inherent quality of light.

  • 5 years ago

    I just used Alabaster SW 7008 in my kitchen.

  • 5 years ago

    I have gray cabinets and chose Behr off white paint and primer in one. I painted my whole house with the off white and it came out great.

  • 5 years ago

    I'd go for a white paint w/ blue/gray tones.


    Can you tell me if your cabinets are the old Ikea ones that were popular 10ish years ago? I'm about to refinish & paint mine which look so similar.... just wondering if they MIGHT come out as lovely as yours.

  • 5 years ago

    Thanks to all that replied! Wow this is great feedback. The funny thing is that I actually painted one wall white wisp! That’s actually on the top of my list. Just wanted to look out for other options and opinions. Such a coincidence that we all feel the same way. Its only really a wall and a half and I have shiplap going on the back wall as well. I’ve attached a picture with the floors.
    The cabinets are the originals from when I moved it. I believe it was a kitchen company that installed them. Thanks again everyone!

  • 5 years ago

    All your finishes are beautiful btw!! Love the floors and the blue!! Gorge

  • 5 years ago
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    How about this one


    I just bought a gallon of it for my living area. I have some blue gray tones in there and wanted a lighter wall.

    It's a super light gray, (or whiteish-gray) that would complement your floors beautifully. doesn't have any blue undertones but will compliment the blue tones.



    this is just about what I have. one wall in kendall charcoal, and the other walls I'm doing in Calm.