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Orange is a rather complex color, which is not so often seen in the interior of the kitchen. But if the decision to decorate the room in such colors has already been made, it is important to take into account the many nuances that will help create a harmonious and stylish space.
Orange gray kitchen
On the one hand, combining orange and gray is not the most popular design decision. Nevertheless, it cannot be called unsuccessful, because gray sets off bright shades, making the interior less active and colorful. This combination is well suited for a modern style kitchen.
It is better to make gray the main color, and add orange as accents. So, the calmness of a neutral shade will “cool the ardor” of orange. You can complement such an interior by adding metal details to it: furniture handles, lamps and decorative elements.
Orange and white kitchen
It would seem that white color looks good in any interior. But together with intense carrot shades, it can look childish or even clownish.
Therefore, for a kitchen in orange and white, it is better to choose more dusty shades, for example, soft peach and milky. Light colors make any kitchen look bigger: it fits perfectly even in small spaces.
If you want to use a rich shade of red in the interior, it is important to carefully consider every detail in order to avoid variegation and awkwardness. A win-win option is brightness in the details. It is recommended that all large-sized items be kept in white, and orange should only be applied with a few accent strokes.
Orange and black kitchen
An orange and black kitchen is an extravagant and thermonuclear pair. With the right execution, it can look stylish and very modern. It is ideal to use this combination of colors when decorating an interior in the hi-tech direction.
So that the orange and black kitchen does not look too gloomy, it is recommended to balance the shades with additional tones, for example, white, graphite, coffee. They will play the role of the so-called intermediate colors. This is especially true for compact rooms in which it is undesirable to darken the ceiling and walls. It is also important to choose colors carefully. Coral, terracotta and ocher go well with black.
Orange-green kitchen
Orange and green is a combination that can be found in nature. It is sun and grass, ripe oranges and foliage, flowers and stems. In the interior, it is often used to decorate children’s rooms, but it can also be used for kitchen design.
There are several variations on the use of orange and green in the kitchen. You can combine their muted tones in equal proportions and decorate the whole room in this way. Or dot “put” bright shades on a neutral base, for example, white or beige. Another idea is to choose one color as the dominant color, and the second just to emphasize the details.
Orange matte kitchen
A matte surface always looks more restrained and stricter than a glossy one. Therefore, it is more suitable for calm and less expressive interiors. The kitchen set in a matt finish is versatile in terms of style, it equally harmoniously fits into classic and ultra-modern trends. In addition, it is much more practical in everyday life, because dust, water drops and fingerprints are not visible on it.
Orange glossy kitchen
Orange is a very playful and cheerful color, and if you add a mirror shine to it, you can get an overly active and risky combo.
Glossy furniture facades of this shade will be appropriate only when there are no bright acid tones and strong contrasts in the kitchen. It is also important not to get carried away with decorating, so as not to burden the interior of the kitchen.
Popular questions and answers
“Orange is a bright and joyful color that evokes positive emotions. When choosing a kitchen of this color, it is important to think over the colors correctly and place accents. After all, with an excess of color, you can feel irritation.
With orange harmoniously combined: white, green, pistachio, yellow, gray, blue, purple, sky blue, turquoise, milky, silver. It also goes well with the color and texture of natural wood.”
Elena Rubilova, designer:
“A successful combination of colors is a relative concept. It depends not only on the colors themselves, but also on the preferences of the owners of the kitchen, on how much the room is lit, on the south or north side the kitchen is located. If a person is closer, for example, to the African style, then the ideal combination will be with black. If you like flowers, fields, meadows, then pistachio will be a good addition, and for a lover of cleanliness – white.
It has been scientifically proven that color changes a person’s perception of indoor temperature by 1,5-2 degrees, so an orange kitchen is good if located on the north side of the house and deprived of sunlight, otherwise it will be too hot in such a kitchen.
Oksana Khalikova, furniture designer:
“There are a lot of shades of orange. It is necessary, first of all, to understand what you want to get from this color. Should it be the main one or enough inclusions. Orange is a bright color, so it needs a background. Ideally – white, you can black, but it will turn out quite contrasty. It is also important not to overload the room. I would also advise you to take a complex shade of orange, with an admixture of other colors, so that when you see it, it was impossible to immediately tell what kind of color it was. And I will warn you that a person gets tired of bright colors, perhaps in a couple of years the orange kitchen will get bored, and you will want to replace the facades with calmer ones.
“The orange color itself is very warm and active, so it can act as an accent of the kitchen interior on its own. This color has a rather diverse palette of shades: carrot-orange, pumpkin, copper, salmon, honey, tangerine, amber.
When choosing orange as the base color, it is important to strike a balance. With a bright headset, it is better to finish in calmer shades (milky, gray). For a more contrasting solution, blue, brown, blue, turquoise, green are suitable.
Elena Rubilova, designer:
“For accents, you can use: black, white, pistachio, etc. Black and matte white (light) gold are perfect for metal objects.”
“A wooden countertop will harmoniously complement the interior of an orange kitchen. The wood conveys warmth and nobility, and also has a variety of shades, textures and patterns of wood. Orange is considered the warmest color on the color wheel.
Elena Rubilova, designer:
“Wooden countertops will go with any color kitchen. In this case, you need to pay attention to the color of the wood and the combination with the surface texture of the cabinets. The color of the walnut is suitable for the orange kitchen. If the kitchen facades are glossy, then the wooden countertop should also be glossy, for example, coated with epoxy. If the countertop is matte, then the facades should also be matte, ideally painted, not film.”
Oksana Khalikova, furniture designer:
“Wooden countertops can be of different shades. It seems to me that a dark version, or a very light wood, almost white, goes well with the orange facades of the kitchen.
“When choosing a sink for an orange kitchen, you need to consider the overall color scheme, accents, textures. The sink can be either integrated into the countertop and be invisible, or it can act as a compositional and color accent of the kitchen.”
Elena Rubilova, designer:
“Because orange is a warm color, the most ridiculous option would be a stainless steel sink. Depending on the overall color concept of the whole kitchen, black or white will be the most suitable, in extreme cases, sand or brown.
Oksana Khalikova, furniture designer:
“The sink can be merged with the countertop as much as possible so as not to draw attention to it. The easiest way to do this is in the performance of artificial stone.