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Purple cuisine, with the right selection of colors and a well-balanced balance, will delight and give a good mood for a long time. You just need to know what colors you can combine the colors of this range with and how to achieve harmony.
What colors to combine purple in the interior of the kitchen
Purple is bright and expressive. To make the interior harmonious, there can be only one “solo” color. If you want to use a bright saturated shade of purple, then all the rest should be neutral (white or gray) or light, blurry. They should only be in the background. Approximately as in the photo below.
Even not the brightest shades of this color are very demanding on combinations. With this color it is easy to overload the interior. To prevent this from happening, everything that is not purple should be gray, white, beige and their shades.
You can also use very light tones of the same range, or those that are combined with them. For example, light pale pink with a slight grayish bloom, as in the photo below. The color of the headset barely noticeably differs from white. There is only a hint of pinkish lilac. This is what emphasizes the lilac walls and harmonizes the interior.
If you want to follow this example – make bright walls and light furniture with a black countertop – then take the color of the facades based on the color of the walls. If they are of a cold shade, then make the facade based on the same color, only very lightened.
What colors to add besides the base ones
In general, in addition to white and gray, purple and lilac go well with green (grass) and wood color. Actually, you can see it in each of the photos. The floor, if it is not light, is made of a “wooden” color. It adds the missing warmth.
And greenery is more often present in the form of flowers. Very rarely a few green additions are added. The slightest bust turns even a harmonious interior into complete confusion.
Black will also apply to additional. It shouldn’t be much. Black color attracts attention, pulling it towards itself. This is what we see in the photos above and below.
Please note: the less black, the “lighter” the interior.
This is true for all dark colors that you add to purple. They greatly darken the picture and shift the focus. If you want to give preference to lilac or purple, do not add anything dark. Darkening is one of the most common mistakes in working with this color.
how much purple
As already mentioned, purple is a bright and eye-catching color. But it cannot be made dominant. In the sense that it should not be much.
You can make a purple set or purple walls. What can you add to them? Chairs of the same color or textiles on the windows in the same range – no more. Others – neutral colors – should take up more space than you would take under lilac or purple. Even if it’s light purple.
An example is in the photo above. This is a non-standard solution: a colored ceiling is made – light purple, which is set off by darker furniture upholstery and some details in the interior. Everything else is white and only the floor has a warm yellowish tint. And the base of the table has a light pistachio shade. It is he who makes the atmosphere more comfortable, softening the pure shade of white in the facades.
How to use purple in small kitchens
If you are planning an interior for a small kitchen, it is better to use blurry pastel shades. For bright and saturated, space is needed, otherwise they will “crush” an already small volume.
If you make only the doors of the headset in a small kitchen lilac, they will occupy a large share. There won’t be much room for other colors. If all the furniture is dark and bright, the room will seem even smaller.
This is one of the reasons why some of the furniture is white, even in large spaces. Part of the facades of kitchen furniture – upper or lower – is colored, and part is white, gray or beige.
Another point: purple and lilac look good only with enough light. It can be natural or artificial, but there should be a lot of it. Even light shades or a small amount of detail in this range require bright lighting. See for yourself – in each photo, the light is focused precisely on the purple part. Wherever it is: on furniture, walls or ceiling.
What styles suit purple
As soon as it comes to the lilac kitchen, a picture in the Provencal style appears in the imagination. But here it is not so popular, and there is not so much furniture in this style. It will be expensive to make it to order – there are a lot of details, the complexity of the work is higher, and the price is higher.
Purple and lilac are great for modern style. And both in the matte version and in the gloss. And the simpler the facade, the more attention is paid to the color.
Glossy facades break the perception of space due to glare and reflection. Small spaces look bigger. But furniture needs more care. Especially if it is a bright saturated color. All traces will be visible.
Matte kitchen facades are not demanding in terms of maintenance. In lilac, lilac, plum look amazing. Clear, simple lines do not require special skill from furniture makers – even to order, such facades will not be too expensive.
If you like brighter and more unusual solutions, combine purple furniture with warm shades on the walls.
In the photo above, the ceiling has the same color as the walls. But you need a lot of light. In addition to ceiling lighting, lighting of the working area will also be required, each one.
In the photo above, the interior is on the verge of modern and luxury. Rather, it is a mix of these styles. The dark purple ceiling and facade compensates for the sea of light and the white color of all other objects. An exception is a marble table, which has veins of the same color. It was marble that served as the basis for choosing the color.
The next photo shows an equally interesting option, but in a different style. This is also closer to the “luxury”, but with Provencal notes.
There is also a certain country style. Saturated color is diluted with steel gray. In general, this combination always wins. With any color from the lilac-violet range. This is the rare case when rose-red was also added to lilac.