22 colors

Paint colors for kitchen cabinets

Cabinets are seen up close, under downlights, and next to a worktop that is already a color. That pushes the choice in two directions: a white or off-white that will not yellow against stone, or a deep color that reads as furniture rather than as a wall.

Cabinet whites

8 colors

Warm enough not to look grey against marble, not so warm they go cream under warm bulbs.

ColorBrandLRV Chroma Undertone
Polar Bear75 Behr 90.0 4.1 yellow cast
White Cloud2159-70 Benjamin Moore 89.9 9.0 yellow undertone
Bisque .02Bisque-02 Colorhouse 85.2 6.2 yellow cast
Boysenberry ShadowDEW391 Dunn-Edwards 89.6 3.1 cool blue-gray
Grey CastleVS-9132 Dutch Boy 88.3 5.6 greige
Wimborne White239 Farrow & Ball 88.5 5.7 yellow cast
Alaskan MistTB-03 Kilz 87.0 3.1 yellow-green cast
Clear Yellow1215-1 PPG 87.0 5.6 yellow cast

Deep greens

8 colors

The most-used island color of the last decade. Sits well next to brass, oak and unlacquered copper.

ColorBrandLRV Chroma Undertone
Cress Green430B-7 Behr 25.0 50.0 yellow-green
JojobaAF-460 Benjamin Moore 24.8 12.7 yellow-green undertone
Glass .05Glass-05 Colorhouse 19.1 18.6 yellow-green
Get Up and GoDE5636 Dunn-Edwards 24.8 62.4 green
Grass GreenD-6753 Dutch Boy 13.8 31.2 green
Calke Green34 Farrow & Ball 21.9 16.5 yellow-green
Emerald ShimmerLG270-01 Kilz 22.0 40.0 yellow-green
Antique Moss1222-7 PPG 25.0 50.5 yellow-green

Charcoal and near-black

6 colors

Hides marks better than mid greys and gives contrast without introducing a second color.

ColorBrandLRV Chroma Undertone
Asphalt GrayN520-6 Behr 11.0 0.6 true neutral
Ambler SlateCW-685 Benjamin Moore 11.8 1.0 true neutral
Metal .05Metal-05 Colorhouse 9.1 1.8 true neutral
Charcoal SmudgeDE6370 Dunn-Edwards 11.7 1.2 true neutral
Seal of GreyVS-9301 Dutch Boy 9.5 0.0 true neutral
Studio Green93 Farrow & Ball 7.1 3.6 green cast

Other guides

same treatment, different question