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30 Kitchen Cabinets With Contrasting Colour Combinations

Looking for some contrasting colour combinations for your kitchen cabinets? Then check out these amazing kitchen designs

Pooja Khanna Tyagi
Pooja Khanna Tyagi29 August 2019
Houzz India Contributor. An Architect , Interior Designer, Valuer, a Marathon Runner, and love Writing Poetry and Creative Stories on Building Design. Have been practicing since the year 2000 with specialization in the field of Corporate Interiors with projects extensively published in journals of national repute. Recently honoured with the reputed A3 Foundation award for Journalism for the year 2016 an for architectural poetry in the year 2018. Currently practicing and residing in Delhi and Noida. Website: www.khannaenterprise.com, Email: poojakhanna224@gmail.com, M:9891993392
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Incorporate two or more colours in your kitchen cabinets so your kitchen does not look monotonous. Here are some kitchen cabinets that feature both low-contrast and high-contrast colour combinations.

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1. Firm: Design A Space kitchens
The glossy off-white cabinets and the red backsplash tiles reflect a lot of light and give the kitchen a bright look, while the contrasting matte-finish brown cabinets dial it down.
株式会社LDKホーム
2. Firm: 株式会社LDKホーム
The dark charcoal lower cabinets are wonderfully contrasted with the pale wood overhead cabinets to give the kitchen a modern, high-end look.

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Arth Design Build
3. Firm: Arth Design Build
Colour block the kitchen cabinets in multiple pastel colours to add an element of fun.

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4. Firm: Atelier Ankit Prabhudesal
This modern kitchen combines black laminate shutters with silver hardware for the base cabinets and frosted-glass panels in silver frames for the wall cabinets.
Kreative Koncepts
5. Firm: Kreative Koncepts
The use of light brown for the base cabinets and creamy yellow for the wall cabinets gives a layered look to the kitchen. The wooden beams repeat the colour of the base cabinets to bring it all together.
Heartland Design and Remodeling
6. Firm: NVS Kitchen and Bath
This kitchen is dominated with white cabinetry and contrasted with bold yellow cabinets on the kitchen island. The same yellow in the open niche at the far end, and on the wall at right, harmonises the scheme.

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J NORD WOLFE General Contracting Inc.
7. Firm: J NORD WOLFE
Demarcate one continuous section of the base cabinets in burgundy and contrast the other base cabinets in white.
CHOICE INTERIOR DESIGNS
8. Firm: CHOICE INTERIOR DESIGNS
In this predominantly white kitchen, green cabinets are introduced on either side of the hob and chimney. A green strip is introduced at the skirting level as well as the top of the cabinets to weave the space together.
Edmondson Interiors
9. Firm: Edmondson Interiors
This kitchen is smartly zoned into three sections with three very different shades of teal.
Dyna Builders
10. Firm: Dyna Contracting
Check out the contrast in the textures here: the reflective surface of the red laminate and the matte finish of the brown laminate look stylish together.
Studio Sarah Willmer Architecture
11. Firm: Studio Sarah Willmer Architecture
The base cabinets in soft yellow effortlessy complement the wall cabinets in pale blue.
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12. Firm: td(s)
In this kitchen, brown drawers and cabinets are introduced as insets to break the monotony of the turquoise cabinets.
Livingston Interiors
13. Firm: Livingston Interiors
The bright green cabinets of the kitchen island look smart and form an accent feature when surrounded by brown cabinetry.
De Mattei Construction
14. Firm: De Mattei Construction
Black, white and burnt-orange kitchen cabinets, in the right proportions and arrangement, add brightness to the kitchen decor.
Thomas Davies Kitchens
15. Firm: Thomas Davies Kitchens
The white finish on the walls and the kitchen cabinetry forms a crisp backdrop to the cabinets of this navy-blue kitchen island.

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Studio Nishita Kamdar
16. Firm: Studio Nishita Kamdar
The black and light-brown kitchen cabinets combine with the two-toned patterned flooring to impart a bold and striking look.
Eclipse Homes
17. Firm: Eclipse Homes
Black and white cabinets give a minimalist look to this kitchen. They are matched with a white ceiling and off-white marble flooring.
Fraley and Company
18. Firm: Fraley and Company
The refrigerator is strategically positioned in the centre of the yellow kitchen cabinets to offer good contrast to the light-brown cabinets and colourful backsplash tiles.
Auhaus Architecture
19. Firm: Auhaus Architecture
Wood tones on the cabinetry of the kitchen island visually separate it from the black cabinets that characterise the straight-line kitchen.
Danny Broe Architect
20. Firm: Danny Broe Architect
A yellow backsplash, sandwiched between white wall cabinets and grey base cabinets, gives the kitchen section a neat and colourful look.
Orion Design, Inc.
21. Firm: Orion Design, Inc.
White and light-brown cabinets contrast well with each other, and are one of the most popular combinations used for the kitchen design.
Mikhail Riches
22. Firm: Mikhail Riches
The tall overhead cabinets in a shade of bronze contrast effectively with the white base cabinets, but do not look overpowering.
BarlisWedlick Architects
23. Firm: BarlisWedlick Architects
The sleek teal wall cabinets look attractive, surrounded by the cool white of the neighbourhood. The small pop of green livens up the mix.
sk designs
24. Firm: sk designs
The grey base cabinets set off the orange kitchen cabinets to infuse the kitchen with a vibrant look.
Swapnil Bapat Photography
25. The white cabinets make the kitchen look bright and airy, but by itself, white might have looked a bit austere: the purple wall cabinets and the yellow-ochre back wall bring a warm vibrancy into the kitchen.
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26. Firm: Nandita Manwani
Brown wall cabinets and a black strip on the white backsplash tiles break the monotony of an all-white kitchen.
Terracotta Studio
27. Firm: Terracotta Studio
The burgundy cabinets of this kitchen island have golden hardware, while the white cabinets are embellished with silver hardware. The two contrasts come together to form a glamorous whole.
Fadd Studio
28. Firm: Fadd Studio
The combination of black and off-white kitchen cabinets, the printed backsplash tiles and the textured pattern on the walls give a lot of character and colour into the kitchen.
Prachi Damle Photography
29. The glossy surfaces of the contrasting brown and off-white kitchen cabinets reflect a lot of light and give the kitchen a spacious look.
Ксения Иванова
30. Firm: Ксения Елисеева
The brown of the open cabinets continues onto the ceiling and the opposite wall as a single design element that offers stylish contrast to the white base cabinets. The printed backsplash tiles form an interesting backdrop that also brings the contrasting elements together.

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