Any suggestions on color to paint kitchen with tans and browns?

We are remodeling and bought marble brownish countertops and similar colored vinyl floor tile. Me and husband both disagree on the best color to paint the entire kitchen which would include the cabinet doors. Our trim will be white. We are going to use silver hardware for the cabinets. I say some shade of green, and he thinks some shade of blue.Any suggestions on color to paint kitchen with tans and browns?
I won't give you a specific color, but I will suggest some parameters of color theory that might help you both come to a decision, or make sense of colors that you 'feel' might look right.


Brown is somewhere in the middle of the color wheel. Made of a mix of colors from opposite colos traveling towards each other. for example green + red = brown.


Try to analyze your current browns to see where on the color wheel they might have originated. You can also compare it to other browns and might find yourself saying 'our countertop seems like it has an undertone of orange, even though it is brown'.


In that case pick something either very close by on the color wheel like an amber, or go diretly across the color wheel to some kind of blue color.


This is how you come up with a complimentary or analagous color scheme. It's definitely a bit more science-y, but it might help you understand better why you feel more right on with one color more than another.





Here is a color wheel and color scheme guide from Behr that should be very helpful. Good luck!!





http://www.behr.com/behrx/inspiration/ar鈥?/a>Any suggestions on color to paint kitchen with tans and browns?
I would suggest a light coffee and cream color on the walls. It goes with just about anything and is very appetizing.





For the cabinets, have you thought about painting the upper cabinets one color and the bottom cabinets a different color? Or if you have any island paint it a different color?


We painted our cabinets white and added wainscoting to the ends. One of the best decisions we ever made! We also have brushed silver knobs and drawer pulls.


With the dark sounding countertop and floors I would suggest a lighter color, at least on the top.


You could paint the upper cabinets white and the bottom cabinets a dark navy blue. With the coffee walls and brownish countertops it would look very classy.


I would upload a picture for you if it were possible.


Good luck!
Had a blue kitchen but it just didnt seem kitcheny. I dont know why but I felt the blues belonged more in a bedroom. I like bright colors in a kitchen so I would go with shades of green. Myself, I am a traditionalist...yellow kitchen with bright farmhouse borders and stainless steel pots on the wall. With your colors, a nice bright green would look great.
There are blue-greens you could look for. Also some greens go gray so really look at the paint chips inside your home in the daylight. Any light fixtures inside the house will turn the color into something other than the true color. Also countertops will reflect color onto the walls as well as the floor covering.
orange. Zing it up a bit
BEIGE!
You should paint the walls in a pastel yellow.


If you use a dark one than the room will seem to dark.


Add some small green plants with cream colored flower pots.


Then you might want to add some decorative glass containers with sunflowers.
Compromise and paint the walls a rich teal/aqua color. Teal will go really well with your countertops and floor tile and the white trim will really pop off of the teal.
I say a warm neutral, like ';twilight gray'; by sherwin williams:


http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_鈥?/a>

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