Your kitchen is at the heart of your home. A place that needs to accommodate cooking, dining and entertaining either individually or all at the same time! Colour can bring together all these elements, creating a warm and welcoming space for family and friends, as well as a vibrant place to cook.

The psychology of colours in kitchen design

Our favourite colours are drawn from our own experiences, from our culture and childhood, but colours themselves can evoke a very emotional response and bring a distinct personality to how your kitchen feels.

PINK – can create a calming and nurturing space.

ORANGE – perfect if you like lively colours or environments, as it’s terrific for encouraging vitality.

YELLOW – a playful tone that can offer feelings of cheerfulness, warmth, hope and fun.

GREEN – ideal for creating a calming ambience associated with the natural world.

RED – associated with excitement, passion, raising energy and positive thoughts.

BLUE – can offer a calm environment and boost productivity compared to red or white rooms.

BLACK – mysterious, sophisticated and alluring, a tone favoured by fashion and interior design.

GREY – an impartial and soft tone offering a stable environment to experiment elsewhere.

WHITE – popular as it reflects light and offers bright and spacious qualities to smaller kitchens.

Other factors to consider when selecting a colour scheme

In theory, any colour scheme can be applied to any space. However, depending on the level of natural light available and the size of the room, darker shades may make your space feel smaller and too much light may make a white colour scheme feel too sparse. Our designers, however, can incorporate lighter and darker touches to any combination to provide definition, so you can have the colour scheme you want.

Accent colours

Kitchens can utilise a wider range of colours than most rooms in your property, with kitchen cabinets, worktops, floor coverings, walls, appliances and kitchen accessories all combining to create your overall kitchen design.

This allows you to be bold with the colour of your kitchen cabinets and balance that with white walls or contrasting floors and worktops, or opt for a neutral shade for your main kitchen and instead choose an accent colour for a kitchen island or splashback.

Colour scheme trends

Many commentators expect nature-inspired hues to be popular in 2026, with an abundance of dark greens, warm neutrals and earth tones.

At Atlantis, our popular paint colours are different shades of blue and greys, but we’ve also had a number of clients keen on green kitchen tones as that seems to be the ‘new blue’. Also interesting is that walnut and dark colours in general are making a big comeback. You can view our latest projects for inspiration.

We’ve also noticed a rise in the popularity of coloured tiles as clients look to incorporate more decorative elements into their kitchens.

Looking for your own colour inspiration?

Our showroom features over 50 kitchens with a wide range of colour schemes, so you can see different combinations and how they work together. There’s plenty of bold kitchen ideas, options for small kitchens and of course, our team on hand to help bring your full scheme together.