The blue color is associated with a cloudless sky, gentle sea, and summer. You can create eternal summer around yourself by using shades in the interior of blue color. Kitchen in blue tones – great option for those who love peace and comfort.
Blue belongs to the cold range of colors. Cool tones are soothing and create a feeling of coolness. If blue is combined with bright warm colors, then a different atmosphere arises - freshness, summer, joy. Using various combinations blue and its variants with other colors can be created completely different design kitchens
The blue color in the interior can calm the nerves, awaken intuition and streamline thinking, calming the train of thoughts. However, an excess of blue, especially dark shades, can provoke depression and apathy. Therefore, you need to work with blue carefully, without going overboard. You should not decorate the entire kitchen in blue colors - it will be somewhat dull and too uniform. Due to its strength, blue is good for details and accents.
Important: Blue suppresses appetite. Therefore, a blue kitchen is good for those who watch their figure and are constantly trying out new diets. Good appetite suppressant and color sea wave. Therefore, a sea green kitchen is also a good choice.
Blue in large quantities is ideal for rooms facing the sunny side and in which it is always hot. In this case, the kitchen design should be based on blue - the excessive brightness of the light will be leveled out and the lighting will not seem too intrusive and harsh. In addition, blue will create a feeling of coolness, which is important in a hot room.
Types of blue
Blue color is good for its diversity. This range includes:- indigo;
- aquamarine;
- gray-blue;
- azure;
- blue;
- cobalt;
- jeans color.
Each shade is completely different in strength from the other. Therefore, an interior in cobalt tones is completely different from an interior in azure. If we also combine different shades blue, you can achieve amazing results by creating original design solutions.
Blue color goes well with any metal. The shine of metal and the coolness of blue allow you to create a respectable kitchen design.
Blue and styles
On an intuitive level, it is felt that the blue color is more suitable for some styles and does not fit in with others. If the kitchen is planned to be done in a country style, then blue here will look like an alien element. Exception - Scandinavian style, where you can use dark and gray shades blue and Provence style. In the latter case, blue is good as an accent - wallpaper with a blue checkered or striped pattern, a tablecloth with small blue flowers, checkered curtains.
But blue fits perfectly into high-tech and minimalism. He has no equal here. Its combination with metal is flawless. At the same time, blue softens the shine of the metal and makes the interior more comfortable.
Blue is especially good in Mediterranean nautical style. It can be said that Mediterranean style interior design relies on the color blue, which can be used in large quantities. Blue or light blue walls in combination with a white kitchen set would be appropriate here. A combination of white or gray walls with a set with blue facades it looks especially stylish. This Mediterranean-style kitchen design will look especially expensive.
Color combinations
In the interior of the kitchen, blue color is best combined with others. Then the design of the room will be more refined and complete.
Blue and white
A classic combination that epitomizes freshness. White color dilutes blue, emphasizes it and shades it. Blue details look especially fresh on a snow-white background - for example, blue furniture facades or an apron in combination with white walls and textiles. Will emphasize exquisite design blue table.
The blue and white combination can be used for a marine-style kitchen. Then it will be possible to add accents - a couple of prints with the sea and ships, striped curtains, bottles in a marine style.
Important: If the combination of blue and white seems too cold, you can use options on the theme of white - milky, pearl, light beige. This design will look gentle and warm.
Blue and wood
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The blue color goes great with wood. Blue walls can be complemented in the interior wooden set various types of wood. The combination of blue and light wood, blue and brown wood. Blue walls harmonize well with a dark set.
Blue and yellow
A very bright, joyful, positive combination. IN advertising business the combination of blue and yellow is often used and is considered one of the most winning. This combination makes the room design extraordinary and memorable.
This is a very sunny combination, so it can be used in the interior of rooms facing the dark side. But in hot kitchens it is better to replace yellow with white.
The combination of blue and yellow in an apron and headset looks very good and catchy. You can add brightness by painting the refrigerator yellow-blue and hanging it blue curtains with a yellow pattern.
The combination of yellow and blue looks fresh and original - a yellow set and blue walls as a background. In this case, you can safely complement the walls with a blue ceiling.
Blue and orange
A very strong and powerful combination. It requires impeccable taste, so you need to add orange carefully, with accents. An orange kitchen corner or chairs with orange soft seats would look good in the interior of a blue kitchen.
Blue and black
On the one hand it looks a little gloomy. But if you choose the right shades of blue, then this kitchen design will be particularly chic and original. It is preferable to use more bright hues blue.
Blue and green
Despite the fact that such a combination was once considered barbaric, now blue and green are readily used together. In the interior it looks fresh and calming. It is not at all necessary to use pure colors - combinations of olive or marsh with blue and dark blue look very beautiful and unusual, and turquoise sets off the bright blue color well.
Every day you dream of a relaxing holiday on sea coast, and look longingly out the window at the uncomfortable, gray sky? Perhaps a soothing blue color in the kitchen interior can brighten up dull morning breakfasts. Pleasant to the eye shade sky blue, icy cobalt or indigo - where is the best way to use these mysterious colors?
Blue furniture with white flowers looks great on dark kitchen
Sineva-neva-neva-neva: how can it be diluted
Working with blue is very easy. You can add green to it, getting bright aquamarine colors, and purple and gray - for more complex shades with intricate names.
Anyone who chooses Decoration Materials blue color, you should know that this color will be the main accent of the kitchen interior. So focus on one element of decoration, furniture, layout.
For example, this tile apron only works in combination with facades kitchen furniture pale indigo color. At the same time, it is the eye-catching apron tiles that set the tone of the furniture, and not vice versa. Wooden countertops and the floor complements, rather than competes with, the stunning designer backsplash.
An indigo-colored kitchen looks stylish and respectable
If you've chosen a classic tile backsplash and are concerned that it will look too mundane and will narrow the kitchen space, consider installing aquamarine tile in stripes, paired with pure white tiles. By the way, in this kitchen there are a great many other color elements, red stools, yellow chairs, but a calming shade of blue reconciles all this flashy multicolor. You will not feel any stress on your eyes or psyche.
Calming aquamarine smoothes out color dissonance
Black and white kitchens look both dramatic and elegant. But sometimes such rooms may seem too cold, and the lines of the interior elements may seem too sharp. by adding a third color, cobalt blue, to in this case- the kitchen looks more alive and bears its imprint individual style. A creative apron also looks charming and lively.
The blue and white background emphasizes the decorative effect of the designer black apron
Speaking of charm, one cannot help but mention this wonderful kitchen. In the kitchen with traditional furniture the atmosphere always seems a little stuffy. The blue color brings freshness to large interior design, classic cuisine. Color here is an amazing tool for adding your own “zest” to a design. kitchen area.
Blue kitchen table- most good decision for this kitchen, decorated in Provence style
If you are thinking of using a bold blue color for decoration kitchen set, you can dilute its deep shade with white surfaces, or when installing an apron, give preference to metal, gray tiles, and mirror mosaics. This beautiful and calm palette of white, blue and gray is ideal for creating a cool atmosphere if the kitchen is often used for cooking, or the apartment is located in the South.
Blue is ideal for kitchens that have an overabundance of sunlight and heat
Not a fan of colorful cabinets and tile backsplashes? This apron, let’s say, is not made of ceramics at all, but of glass painted on one side. It's simple, modern way add brightness to your kitchen. When your hands are accustomed to not only typing text on the keyboard, you can easily create such a miracle yourself in your kitchen. An affordable and simple option, the blue color of the apron here goes well with the texture of the wood.
Blue glass apron successfully emphasizes nobility and warmth natural wood in the interior of this kitchen
The photo below shows the furniture in a beautiful and complex shade. It fits perfectly into any kitchen interior. style direction. Since this blue color contains the lion's share of gray, it tends to be neutral. Therefore, this shade is chosen by people who are not particularly eager to decorate their kitchen space with all the colors of the rainbow.
Calm muted blue became a good basis for this kitchen in pastel colors
Another smart way to introduce blue into your kitchen interior is by wall decoration. This wall can easily be repainted if tastes and preferences suddenly change dramatically. You can choose one of the colors that were used in the design of the apron and arrange completely different ones. color accents.
A blue wall with a niche in the kitchen does more decorative function than practical
Examples of kitchen interiors in blue
Blue color is very popular in interior design. Russian decorators, following the Americans and Europeans, began to actively experiment with such shades of blue as denim, aquamarine, cobalt and indigo. Below are examples of blue kitchen interiors from domestic and foreign designers.
The blue color in the kitchen interior goes well with white, gray, silver and steel
The blue and lilac kitchen-living room looks not just unusual, it looks like magic
The color of the kitchen set can be duplicated in accessories that will emphasize the charm of blue
A bright blue wall will be an excellent hairdryer for a kitchen set in neutral tones
In this interior, a rich shade of blue is used not only for finishing the walls, but also for the floor.
If you are planning to use a bold blue color to decorate your kitchen unit, you can dilute its deep shade with white surfaces
A pleasing shade of sky blue on a white background fills the positive emotions and peace, like a calm sea
Yellow- blue kitchen decorated with taste and knowledge of maritime affairs
In this interior, the mood is set by blue, light green and turquoise
Anyone who chooses blue finishing materials should know that this color will be the main accent of the kitchen interior
Sky blue Provence looks especially charming!
Unusual solutions registration kitchen facades has become important decorative element interior
Blue color is also suitable for modern styles kitchen design
Modern blue kitchen is practical and functional
For registration classic interiors blue is used less often, although it can be a good base color range
In this kitchen, blue is the main highlight, giving it a unique charm.
In the interior it can make the room brighter. This shade also adds a touch of newness and modernity to the room. We invite you to familiarize yourself with such a design option as a blue kitchen (photos of ideas are attached).
The role of color in the interior
It’s no longer a secret that a lot depends on the choice of color of walls and furniture. By choosing the wrong shades, you can make an already small room smaller, make the interior overloaded, and so on. And vice versa. If you think through all the details and choose the right one color scheme, That living room may pleasantly surprise you. In addition, it has long been known that color affects well-being, mood and psyche.
Pros of blue kitchen
- This design is very unusual and beautiful.
- The blue color gives room for imagination in design, because it is associated with the sea, sky, and so on. Therefore, you can easily choose themed accessories.
- A blue kitchen in a large room looks very fashionable and modern.
- There is a claim that the color blue reduces appetite and helps you lose weight.
- On a subconscious level, the color blue is associated with sterility. A fitting definition for a kitchen.
- Blue color has a large number of shades and subtones, which allows you to add variety to the interior without overloading it.
Cons of blue kitchen
- If the kitchen windows face north, then the blue color looks depressing. After all, then there will be a constant feeling of cold and year-round winter.
- Blue is not a color for everyone. Therefore, before you start repairing, think again. After all, the kitchen is one of the most important places in the apartment.
- To think through all the details of the future interior, you need to decide which color will be your main, dominant one. Blue can be a very oppressive color, so it is important to choose the right shade.
What can you make blue?
Today there are many options and design possibilities. kitchen area in blue. If you decide to do major renovation and purchase new furniture, then in stores you can choose the finish of the desired shade.
If you want to use the usual shades or keep the old one, then there is the option of wallpapering in blue. Fortunately, today you can find a suitable shade and texture moisture resistant coating for walls. A more expensive way is to lay tiles. There's more more possibilities not only among shades, but also texture, size and style. You can do the backsplash one color and the rest of the wall another. You can combine not only shades, but also patterns on the tiles. A budget option- painting the walls.
The original design of the kitchen is to finish the floor and/or ceiling in blue. Only then is it better to choose furniture and walls in calm shades.
Blue kitchen - color combination
Naturally, you will not complete all the details in one shade. That's why future interior need to think about it in advance. It’s much easier with white and beige colors. Almost all existing shades are combined with them. The blue kitchen is a little more complicated.
Best possible color combinations:
- black (ideal for floors and cabinet elements);
- white (you can make the floor, walls, furniture, accessories);
- milk ( a win-win, which is suitable for finishing walls and furniture);
- gray (suitable for everything);
- yellow (you can use rich and muted shades);
- turquoise (suitable for walls and furniture, but will look most advantageous when combined with blue on one element);
- green (rich shades of fresh greens are suitable);
- olive (walls in this shade look most advantageous);
- blue (suitable for everything);
- orange (can be used for decorating walls and furniture);
- coral (suitable for finishing everything);
- cream (floor, walls, furniture and accessories);
- shades of pastel;
- shades of natural wood (cherry, oak, etc.).
To understand whether all the colors are compatible with each other, you can also use Also if you have already selected the shades of furniture, accessories, walls and floors, then take pieces with color samples from the store and put them together. Better yet, place the palette in your kitchen. Then you will be able to evaluate not only the compatibility of shades in the interior, but also how it will all look in the conditions of your apartment (natural lighting plays a big role here).
Design options
If you have a small blue kitchen, then it is better not to overload it big amount shades. Limit yourself to painting the walls dark blue and keep the rest neutral.
The floor, made of black and white tiles, which is arranged in a checkerboard pattern. If you make the walls in this shade, then it is better to make cabinets and shelves from wood in natural shades or paint them in White color.
By the way, the color blue can be very insidious. And even in a well-lit kitchen, there may be times when you feel uncomfortable there. To prevent this from happening, try to choose furniture finishes in warm colors. For example: beige, pastel yellow, soft orange and so on. This rule also applies to the choice color palette for accessories and kitchen textiles.
Perhaps the most acceptable solution that allows you to create a modern and cozy interior kitchens - a combination of blue and wood. But this option will look bad in small room. A small kitchen with blue walls and furniture in a natural wood shade will seem even smaller than it actually is. In this case, it is better to choose cabinets in blue shades, and decorate the room itself in beige or pastel colors.
For kitchen big size A combination of both rich and muted tones is suitable. Also, in wide rooms you can combine many different but matching shades.
Choosing tiles, paint and wallpaper for a blue kitchen
If you have chosen blue facades kitchen cabinets, the color of the walls should not only harmonize well with the furniture, but also help create a feeling of comfort and style. The white color of the wallpaper for a blue kitchen looks very nice. Such a room immediately looks clean, spacious, and filled with light.
Another possible variant design of a room with blue furniture is to choose tiles for the backsplash in the same shade as the cabinets. Then the rest of the walls should be done in more neutral colors.
When choosing paint or wallpaper for kitchen walls with blue furniture, proceed from personal preferences. If you need to do this, the shade of the finish should be the same (for example, green, orange, red, etc.). If you want to combine the rich color of blue furniture and the tranquility of the room, then cover the walls with wallpaper in pastel colors.
Selection of accessories
The blue kitchen (photo below) is ideal for people who do not like to overload the space with things. This is due to the fact that this shade is self-sufficient and does not require additions. Therefore, you should not display various cute things, figurines, decorative vases and dishes, hang a lot of paintings, photographs, and so on on the walls.
If you want to decorate the kitchen interior with some trinkets, then limit yourself to two or three units. Don't overcrowd the room. Or decorate the entire room and furniture in neutral colors (for example, beige, gray, brown, etc.), and select all accompanying items and decor in blue tones (dishes, textiles, pots, kettle, appliances, jars, vases, etc.) . This way, your kitchen will still be done in shades of blue.
Cooking room in modern style
As stated above, blue tint helps make the interior modern and stylish. After all, for all rooms except the bathroom, it is unusual for our eyes. Much more common are shades of beige, brown and white.
A modern blue kitchen turns out that way if you make contrasts. For example, the cabinet fronts are painted bright blue, and the walls are decorated with bright yellow wallpaper. The combination of a blue kitchen set and a pink splashback tile is also quite unusual. But this design will suit only a few.
Laconic modern interior obtained by combining white and bright blue colors. For example, make everything snow-white, and several drawer fronts in an electric shade.
Remember that there are many options for interior design so that it is modern, practical and cozy at the same time. Just don't be afraid to take the time to find the design that's right for you.
A kitchen in blue and gray tones looks very colorful. The combination of these shades is very harmonious. Blue and gray are fairly calm tones. They smoothly flow into each other, creating a calm, peaceful mood. In such a kitchen it’s nice to have a cup of coffee in the morning, receive guests, have family gatherings, or just sit and think about your own things.
Many peoples associate the color blue with constancy, eternity, chastity; people in the East believe that the color blue has magical power and scares away evil spirits. And it will add luxury and sophistication to the interior design. There are many shades: from light and elegant blue to intriguing dark and mysterious indigo. Blue visually expands the room, making it more comfortable. But in the kitchen with north side it must be used with caution, otherwise the interior will appear too cold.
Gray is nobility, seriousness, restraint. This is a neutral color that is not used very often on its own. It has many shades: light gray, pearl, slate, purple, road dust and others. It looks good in different textures.
Advantages and disadvantages of a gray-blue kitchen
The interior of the kitchen in blue and gray tones is very unusual. It conveys all the main features of each color and combines two shades into one. By combining blue and gray, you can get different sensations from being in the kitchen. If soft blue predominates in the interior, a feeling of lightness and freshness appears. Rich blue, on the contrary, calms and relaxes. Dominant gray of any shade is used in styles popular among designers: high-tech or futurism.
The advantages include:
- Deep, rich shades. The kitchen looks noble and presentable.
- An unusual combination that rarely occurs.
- Rich scope for design imagination.
Flaws:
- A gray-blue kitchen may not be suitable for a room where the windows face north. You need to add lighter colors (white, blue, beige).
- Traces of dust and fingerprints are visible on gray, so the surface will have to be constantly wiped.
- If you choose too dark colors, then the kitchen looks too gloomy.
Let's add variety to the interior
Depending on which style you choose, the kitchen design in gray-blue colors may be different. You can leave only these two shades in the room or dilute them with some bright details. White, orange, and yellow are combined with blue and gray. But there should not be many other bright colors so that the room is not too colorful.
Light furniture in such a kitchen will look very good. Including leather furniture.
Create comfort with a variety of textile items: tablecloths, napkins, pillows, chair covers, interesting curtains. If you prefer sophistication and elegance, decorate your kitchen decorative vases, beautiful candlesticks with tall candles, elegant dishes.
Add light: Have additional light bulbs or lamps in the kitchen. They can illuminate work surfaces or serve as decorative elements.
Interior style variations
Futurism: this style is perfect for a blue kitchen gray colors. Futurism is the technology of the future. And blue and gray are traditionally considered its main shades.
High tech: this style is very close to futurism. He highlights the benefits high technology. Look at the photo for the blue-gray kitchen - the high-tech style is very often used by designers.
Art Deco: streamlined, smoothed features of furniture, elegant sculptures, maybe even a small fountain - all this is art deco. Noble blue and discreet gray are well suited for this style.
In nature blue paints always surrounded a person at sea and in the sky, that is, almost more often than all other flowers. Therefore, on a subconscious level, most people like blue. Designers value this color for its ability to refresh too boring interiors and improve them. However, if in the heat it will be pleasant to be in the kitchen in blue tones, then on winter evenings it is no longer very cozy. Another disadvantage is that a blue kitchen will reduce the appetite of the household.
- For those who want to plan the design of a blue kitchen so that it turns out cozy and warm, we have prepared 5 tips and 60 inspiring photos.
general characteristics
When decorating the interior of a blue kitchen, you need to keep in mind the following key features colors:
- Impact on humans: calms, emotionally balances, but at the same time promotes concentration and intellectual activity. Physiological effects- lowers blood pressure and, as we have already noted, reduces appetite. Blue interiors give the impression of being noble, reliable and strict, but using indigo in large doses can make the environment a little gloomy and too cold and uncomfortable.
- Who is best suited for: calm and reserved people leading a measured or business lifestyle.
- In which kitchens does it look best? in those with windows facing south, bright and spacious rooms.
- Optical properties: visually distances, narrows, but at the same time makes furniture or any surfaces heavier. Has a cold temperature.
- Opposite (complementary) color in the spectrum: yellow.
- Most matching styles: , some ethnic, as well as Empire and .
5 tips for kitchen color design
Technique 1. Use as an accent
To avoid feeling cold and gloomy, but to add the right dose of freshness to the kitchen interior, it is best to use blue only in accents.
- Curtains, tablecloths, napkins, chair upholstery, dishes, apron, wallpaper on one wall, wall decor or part of a headset can become a wonderful color chord.
- By painting or gluing blue wallpaper on only one wall, you will visually distance it a little and make the kitchen more spacious.
- Keep in mind that food seems less appetizing against a blue background, so when decorating your dining room work area, give preference to blue or turquoise shades, or combine blue with colors that increase appetite, for example, yellow or orange as shown in the following photo.
Other examples of blue accents in the kitchen interior are presented in the following photo slider.
Method 2. Use in mass and dilute with white
If the kitchen is spacious, well lit and the sun often shines outside the window, then blue may well be the main color and decorate the walls, floor or kitchen unit.
- And yet, even with the most favorable conditions, it is recommended to dilute it in a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 with a more neutral color, ideally with white.
White paints compensate for all the shortcomings of blue, making it more fun and effective. You can take this pair as a base and then add 1-3 additional colors to it.
- By the way, white is especially appropriate when you want to incorporate some ethnic motifs into the interior. For example, Gzhel painting (pictured below), Chinese or Delft porcelain, Dutch tiles or Spanish tiles.
Other examples of white and blue kitchen design can be seen in the following selection of photos.
Technique 3. Warm up the atmosphere with an abundance of wood
Natural wood is warm, pleasant to the touch and to look at, and in any shade, type and treatment goes perfectly with blue. Whatever style you decorate the interior in - classic or modern, wood will make the blue even more noble. The floor, furniture, or at least the countertop can be made of wood in the kitchen.
Technique 4. Add gold, copper or bronze
Due to their warmth, gold, copper, brass and bronze in the interior of a blue kitchen will look much more successful than chrome, steel and silver.
- Especially “warm” metals will be appropriate in an Art Deco style kitchen, and in all ethnic interiors.
- Here's what can be metal in the kitchen: cutlery, lamp frames, faucet, parts household appliances, decorative items, accessories for curtains (holders, cornice, etc.).
Technique 5. Selecting good companion colors
So, we have already noted that blue color is especially friendly with white and wooden textures. When planning the design of your future kitchen, pay attention to the following harmonious combinations:
- In monochrome: a combination of all related shades of blue with each other, that is, from blue-black to turquoise, will be successful.
- IN neutral colors: combination with close neighbors in the spectrum - green, purple, lilac, pink, as well as with neutral colors - brown, beige and gray.
- In contrasting colors: In addition to white, it also combines with its warm opposites - yellow, orange, red.
- Our hero also goes well with, but on condition large quantity in the interior - white, and small - black.
