We’re here today to celebrate a complex and beautiful color that we feel is often underrated and under appreciated when looked at in comparison to its overtly bright counterparts. When it comes to interior design, this multi-tonal color’s ability to completely transform a space (no matter the shade) is the reason why we feel that this chic color is the most effective choice to go with when transforming your home.
In this blog, we’re going to show you exactly why grey is our color of the moment with our top reasons for incorporating grey into your space, and how best to do so with our custom kitchen cabinets and luxury kitchen collections.
First up, it’s important to highlight how grey is different from the array of other neutral colour choices out there. While creams, beiges and khakis have all had their days – they’ve slowly phased out over the years to make way for a new contemporary neutral of choice: grey.
The reason for this ever-growing color popularity is the vast versatility that the use of this color brings, and its ability to transform a wider variety of spaces. Everything from traditional country-style homes, to super modern, industrial design, and even quirky eclectic spaces will all benefit from adding a splash of grey.
On the color scale, grey also sits in the middle of the two extremes of black and white, making it a more flexible and forgiving option for adding an air of sophistication and edge to your home. Choosing to paint a room a stark white can be unsettlingly striking, whereas going for a really pale grey (which can actually read as white) will have a far softer and more relaxing effect.
According to Forbes Magazine, “the human eye can distinguish about 500 shades of grey”. With so many shades of grey out there for you to choose from, it’s important to carefully consider which tone you’ve chosen when deciding on any other colors to incorporate into your space.
In the absence of actual color, it is crucial to note that not all greys are the same – you get cool tones and warm tones, and it’s not recommended to cross these tonal boundaries when complimenting or contrasting your grey’s with other colors.
For example, avoid combining a cool grey wall with warm creamy white finishings, and rather go for a crisp and clean cool white. You can find this in our Sensation Kitchen Collection, which tastefully combines cool white custom kitchen cabinets with cool natural stone grey tones to create a sense of calm elegance.
Another crucial consideration to make when choosing which tone of grey to go with is how much natural lighting a room already has – before you choose your hue, ask yourself if the room is north or south facing. A room or space that gets an abundance of natural sunlight streaming in all day will beautifully accommodate a deeper, dark grey tone without feeling cold – even when paired with an equally as deep color, like the rusty magenta custom kitchen cabinets that you’ll find in our chic Divine Kitchen Collection.
If your space doesn’t get a lot of natural light, then you can either opt for softer, lighter pale grey – or if you’re set on a cooler tone, you can add warmth by introducing other textures like natural wood (cue: our Relax Kitchen Collection) or raw exposed brick, like those seen in our Surf Kitchen Collection.
Play With Grey
Whether you go with grey walls, floors, or choose to bring it into the mix through custom cabinets or furniture, this fabulously contemporary neutral gives you room to play with punchy colors and fun accent pieces. Whether that’s a funky rug or an interesting lighting fixture – the field is yours, go play!
Grey also does what beige and eggshell could never do – in the absence of yellow undertones, the coolness of grey really allows you to do anything you want when it comes to decorating, making it our noblessa designers’ color of choice. With color options this endless, and beautiful kitchens like ours to customize, scheduling a consultation to view our luxury kitchen and home showroom today is the best decision you can make (thank us later).
