How to enter the blue color in the kitchen interior - 5 tips and 60 photos

blue color in the interior of the kitchen

In nature, blue paint has always surrounded a person at sea and in the sky, that is, almost more often than any other color. Therefore, at a subconscious level, most people like blue. Designers appreciate this color for the ability to freshen up too boring interiors and ennoble them. However, if in the heat it will be pleasant to be in the kitchen in blue colors, then in winter evenings it is not very comfortable. Another disadvantage - the blue kitchen will reduce the appetite of households.

  • For those who want to plan the design of the blue kitchen so that it turns out to be cozy and warm, we have prepared 5 tips and 60 inspiring photos.

general characteristics

Making the interior of the blue kitchen, you need to keep in mind the following key features of the color:

  • Human exposure: soothes, emotionally balances, but at the same time promotes concentration and intellectual activity. Physiological effects - lowers blood pressure and, as we have already noted, reduces appetite. Blue interiors give the impression of noble, reliable and strict, but the use of indigo in large doses can make the situation a bit gloomy and too cold, uncomfortable.
  • Who best suits: calm and restrained people leading a measured or business lifestyle.
  • In which kitchens looks best: in those in which the windows face south, bright and spacious rooms.
  • Optical properties: visually alienates, constricts, but at the same time makes heavier pieces of furniture or any surfaces. It has a cold temperature.
  • Opposite (optional) color in the spectrum: yellow.
  • Most suitable styles: Mediterranean, provencesome ethnic Scandinavianas well as Empire and Art Deco.

5 tips on the color design of the kitchen

Reception 1. Use as an accent.

To avoid the feeling of cold and gloom, but to bring the right dose of freshness into the kitchen interior, it is best to use blue only in accents.

  • Curtains, tablecloths, napkins, upholstery of chairs, dishes, apron, wallpaper on the same wall, wall decor or part of the headset can be a wonderful color chord.
  • Having painted or pasted blue wallpapers on only one wall, you visually remove it a little and make the kitchen more spacious.
  • Keep in mind that on a background of blue food seems less appetizing, so while decorating the dining and work area, give preference to blue or turquoise shades, or combine blue with colors that increase appetite, for example, with yellow or orange as shown in the following photo.
  • Yellow and blue color in the design of the working area of ​​the kitchen

Other examples of blue accents in the interior of the kitchen are presented in the following photo slider.

  • Accent wall in blue color in kitchen interior

Reception 2. Use in bulk and diluted with white

If the kitchen is spacious, well lit and the sun often shines outside the window, the blue color may well be the main one and decorate the walls, floor or kitchen set.

  • And yet, even under the most favorable conditions, it is recommended to dilute it in a ratio of 1: 1 or 1: 2 with a more neutral color, ideally with white.

White paint compensates for all the shortcomings of blue, making it more fun and effective. This pair can be taken as a basis, and then another 1-3 additional colors added to it.

  • By the way, white is especially appropriate when you want to write any ethnic motifs in the interior. For example, Gzhel painting (pictured below), Chinese or Delft porcelain, Dutch izratstsev or Spanish tiles.

Other examples of white and blue kitchen design can be seen in the following photo selection.

Reception 3. We warm the atmosphere with abundance of wood

Natural wood - warm, soft to the touch and in appearance, in any shade, form and processing ideally combines with blue. In whatever style you have decorated the interior - classic or modern, the tree will make the blue even more noble. Wooden in the kitchen can be a floor, furniture or at least a tabletop.

  • Dark blue kitchen in sea style
  • Wooden set on a background of blue walls

Reception 4. Add gold, copper or bronze

Due to its warmth, gold, copper, brass and bronze in the interior of the blue kitchen will look much better than chrome, steel and silver.

  • Especially "warm" metals would be appropriate in an art deco style kitchen, classic, loft and in all ethnic interiors.
  • Here is what can be metal in the kitchen: furniture handles, cutlery, lighting fixtures, faucets, household appliances, decor items, curtain accessories (holders, curtain rods, etc.).
  • White and blue kitchen with gold details

Reception 5. We select successful companion colors

So, we have already noted that blue color is especially friendly with white and wooden textures. When planning the design of the future kitchen, pay attention to the following harmonious combinations:

  • In monochrome gamma: the combination of all related shades of blue with each other, that is, from bluish-black to turquoise, will be successful.

Interior dining room in monochrome tones


  • In neutral range: combination with close neighbors in the spectrum - green, purple, lilac, pink, and with neutral colors - brown, beige and gray.

Beige and blue kitchen

  • In a contrasting range: besides white, it also combines with its warm opposites - yellow, orange, red.
  • WITH black Our hero also blends well, but, provided there is a large amount of white in the interior, and small in black.

Black and blue color in the interior of the kitchen

Photo gallery of ideas

Set of blue in the interior

If you decide to purchase a completely blue headset, then here are a couple of tips to help you with a choice:

  • Treat glossy fronts with care. After all, the gloss even though it neutralizes the feeling of heaviness of blue furniture, but at the same time enhances the feeling of cold.
  • Classic headsets are better to choose in a reserved dark, gray-blue shade, but modern kitchens can be any shade.
  • Blue kitchen set in the interior

Wallpaper

If the kitchen is not very well lit, then, as noted earlier, the blue wallpaper is recommended to glue only on one wall. And here is a selection of photos of kitchen interiors with blue wallpaper.

Blue apron

Blue apron headset, on the one hand, is a great idea, because this color is associated with purity and in the design of a fragment of the wall can create the illusion of expanding space. But, as mentioned earlier, the food on this background may not look appetizing. The situation will be able to fix the wooden, yellow, orange and red parts.


Photo examples of blue aprons in the interior of the kitchen.

  • Blue apron in the interior of the kitchen

Blue curtains in the interior of the kitchen

We conclude the article with a selection of photos of blue curtains in the interior of the kitchen and the latest advice:

  • Elegant monochrome blue curtains are more suitable for window decoration of the dining room or living room area in combined kitchen, and for an ordinary kitchen it is better to pick up the curtains in a cage, in a strip, with flowers and patterns, that is, more relaxed in style and design.
  • Blue curtains in the interior of the kitchen
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