Color Combo: Red & Green in the Kitchen

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Red and green reads like Christmas in print, but in person there is nothing about our kitchen's green walls and red and green accents that looks like Christmas. The combination was not pre-meditated; we picked a green paint quickly, didn't fall in love with it, and then proceeded to fill the room with the red things we already owned and a few more we picked up along the way. The red accents have actually helped us to enjoy the imperfect green choice a bit more...

In these pics, against a green backdrop, you'll find:

Thrift store bowl and estate sale felt runner; IKEA's Kallt red, green and black hand towels

Red Brabantia containers

Ceramic Turkish bowl

L'econome paring knives

Plant pots from A New Leaf (red/pink) and IKEA (two-tone green)

Wood counter tops and both black and white cabinets help neutralize the palette. So for now, we won't be repainting any time soon.

Anyone else have some semi-accidental color combos that you've really warmed up to?

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Comments (2)

Green and Red kitchens remind me of Salsa and the Mexican flag...

My Green and Pink (the pink sofa was supposed to be red - but it didn't turn out that way...) den remind me of Palm Beach.

posted by bepsf on March 17th 2009 at 4:00pm
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I also have a green kitchen that didn't quite turn out the shade that I had anticipated. I should have gone with my gut and used a pale blue instead of pale mint to compliment my red accents.

One very useful thing I learned from my color theory classes in art school is that colors are generally most attractive with a hue that falls beside their complimentary on the color wheel.

When I put up a predominently orange painting, that mint green was transformed into something MUCH more tolerable/attractive than with the red!

posted by Stephanie K on March 18th 2009 at 11:22am
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