I have a dusty pink coloured kitchen (benches and cupboards), what is the best colour to paint the walls?

Question

The benchtops and cupboards are a dusty pink colour, and the tiles in the room are pink and beige patterned. I need to paint all the adjoining walls and don't know what would look good with pink. I don't want to be boring and paint them beige or offwhite.

Answer 1

Personally I am a big fan of white paint for walls but if you're feeling daring and want to modernise the look of the kitchen I would suggest a deeper, darker shade of the dusty pink to create contrast OR chocolate brown (one wall of each perhaps) for a cafe style. You can even paint over the tiles with tile paint from the hardware if you don't like the colour or patterns. Then add some accessories (vases, photo frames, clock or tablecloth) in chocolate or dark brown timber to pull the whole look together.

Answer 2

A nice sage green with accent of white such as the base boards, maybe vases. However I was thinking more about the tiles you say have beige in them the white might counteract the beige. Since you have the dusty rose, I was thinking a whole rose garden effect for the room. Stenciling a wall with some vines and rose would look great. Fill some vases with either fresh roses or make a nice arrangement.

Answer 3

Given the pink in your kitchen, I'd definitely use a light beige paint.

Answer 4

I would go with pale sage or celery or dusty green - it will contrast the pink and complement the beige nicely.

Answer 5

Go to sherwin williams' website and use their color visualizer. Look at the color, Contented. It's a grayish color that leans to the green side.
Bear with me on this, but pink is a lighter shade of red. On the color wheel, red and green are opposite one another which makes them contrast and compliment one another. If I had chosen a grayish color with pink undertones, it would be boring and too much of one tone.

Polished nickel or silver accents would look great with those colors.

Answer 6

I love lavender with pale pink...depends on how girly you want to go.