Orange kitchen in the interior: 50 photos and 5 tips

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General characteristics
Tips on using orange in mass and in accents

As is known, orange is undesirable for decorating bedrooms and living rooms, but in the interior of a kitchen or dining room it will look very organic. And yet this color can not be called neutral, so even in the kitchen you need to use it wisely. Create successful combinations, withstand the correct proportions of colors and choose the wallpaper, curtains, furniture in the right shades, our tips and a selection of beautiful photo ideas will help you.

General characteristics

Orange color is formed from the mixture of yellow and red, and therefore its properties are in many ways similar to the "parents".

Psychological impact: it also attracts attention like scarlet, but is less aggressive and does not cause anxiety. And our hero inherited from yellow color his energy, vigor and ability to improve his mood. Unfortunately, such features as obsession and the ability to annoy when used in large masses are also peculiar to it.
Optical properties: It has the ability to visually zoom in and increase the volume of furniture and walls, but at the same time, without making them heavy in appearance. Another important feature is its warmth.

Tips on using orange in mass and in accents

Orange, despite its brightness, can be used as the main 1: 1 ratio with a different color, but only in some cases:

If the kitchen is large and lacks the feeling of coziness and intimacy;
If it faces north and is poorly lit;
If you and your family lead an active lifestyle, temperaments and mobile.

Tip: if you want a lot of orange, then the best option would be a gray, beige or white-orange kitchen.

Below in the photo slider are examples of orange kitchen design.

Still, the abundance of this vibrant color looks quite extreme, it is much safer to use it only as an additional one (in the ratio 1: 3, 1: 4, 1: 5). So you will bring into the interior the necessary impulse of energy, a feeling of warmth, and the atmosphere will not bother you for long.

Orange can be: wallpaper on the accent wall, curtains, apron, tabletop, part of the headset, chairs, dishes and / or decor. Examples of such accents can be seen in the following photo selection:

Orange Smeg Refrigerator

Orange table top and accessories in the interior

Tips on how to increase a small kitchen using orange

Abundance of orange small kitchen will only reduce, but you can beat the optical properties of our hero (the ability to visually zoom in and out of the wall) in your favor in the following ways:

Selecting one accent wall with orange, and the rest, having decorated with beige, gray or white, you will make the ceiling a little higher.

Having painted half of all walls or a fragment of one wall (for example, an apron) in orange color, you will visually make the kitchen wider and more spacious.

Tips on how to choose shades based on the style of the kitchen

The most suitable styles for orange: country music, all ethnic (Mediterranean, Spanish, Oriental, Mexican, African), modern (Scandinavian, minimalism) and, of course, the 60's style.

The more modern the style of your kitchen interior, the more saturated and pure shades you can use: orange, carrot, pumpkin, cinnabar color.
Conversely, the more traditional the setting, the stricter the shades of orange should be. Shades with an admixture of brown are suitable: ocher, mustard, honey, amber, terracotta, brick, rusty, chestnut, etc. It is worth adding that the classic Empire, Baroque, Rococo do not like orange.

Here's how orange looks in the interior of the kitchen with a hint of the era of the 60s.

And so in the interior Mediterranean style kitchens (scroll the photo to the right).

An example of an orange-white dining room in a classic style.

Companion Tips

Harmonious color combinations are half the success of any interior design. When planning what wallpaper, curtains, apron and other elements you want to purchase, you need to be clear about the desired color design of the kitchen. To find out what colors will be combined with orange, you can use the color circle Ittena. The basic principles of working with him can be found in the following video tutorial.

And here are our tips:

In the monochrome scale, darker shades of orange are combined with its lighter tones, as well as with similar colors - red, yellow, brown, beige. Monochrome warm gamut will be very cozy and warm, but perhaps appropriate in the interior of the "northern" cuisine.

In the contrasting range, combinations with the opposite colors in the spectrum — blue, turquoise, and blue — are appropriate. Combine orange with cold colors especially needed if the windows of the kitchen are facing south. Contrast alliances with black, white and gray will also be successful.

And now photo examples of different kitchens:

White and orange kitchen - this is the most win-win and universal combination, which can be supplemented with almost any color.

Black and orange kitchen - relevant to the interior of the kitchen in a modern style, especially for art deco kitchens.

Orange Green Kitchen It will be very nice to the eye, but so that it does not resemble a cafe, it should also be diluted with a large proportion of white as shown in the photo below or so that the shade of green is unobtrusive.

Finally, the photo gray-orange cuisine. Gray, as well as white, balances the vigor of orange paints, and he himself becomes more alive and interesting.

Tips on how to do it or not, but with caution

When drawing up the color scheme of the kitchen, keep in mind that combining orange with a hint of red that is close to violet would not be a good idea.
The most annoying and even slightly psychedelic combination is orange + pink. It may be appropriate only in the kitchen in the style of pop art, but pink still needs to be used at a minimum.