Top Cabinet Color Trends For 2023

Simply applying a new coat of paint can completely transform the appearance of your kitchen. Choosing the right paint color for your kitchen remodel can make or break your renovation goals for the new year. Color has a significant impact on how a room is perceived, felt, and designed. It's also worth noting that kitchens, with their many grooved cabinets, appliances, and fixtures, can be trickier to paint than other rooms in the house. Even though you want your kitchen to feel modern, you should pick a hue that won't look out of place in a few years.

We polled color specialists to find out what kitchen paint colors they anticipate will be popular in 2023, and the results showed that colors inspired by nature would be the clear winners. Colors like deep emerald, buttery beige, and blushing pink will dominate. What’s important is that these kitchen cabinet hues are classic and won't look dated anytime soon because of how neutral they are. Here are some suggestions for kitchen paint colors from professionals. When you've finished with the kitchen, see what the editors at CountryLiving.com are digging from the Better Homes & Gardens Collection at Walmart to spruce up the rest of your house or garden.

Blush Beige

While nature is undoubtedly the primary source of creativity this season, that doesn't mean neutral tones predominate. Sherwin-Williams' head of color marketing, Sue Wadden, says that homeowners want their houses to feel cozy and inviting. Redend Point, Sherwin-Williams' Color of the Year for 2023, is a great choice for a kitchen. The kitchen, the heart of the house, can be transformed into a warm and cozy yet energizing hangout area by painting the walls a soft pinkish beige. She recommends using it in harmony with other neutrals and natural materials.

Reassuring Neutrals

Behr's Color of the Year, Blank Canvas, is a neutral shade that is sure to be a hit in kitchen makeovers, according to the company's paint specialists. For 2023, Erika Woelfel, v.p. of color and creative services at Behr Paint Company, predicts that "neutrals like white, cream, gray, and greige" will be popular. She continues, "Blank Canvas is the ideal warm, welcoming white with the power to transform, presenting countless possibilities for design." For a warm and welcoming atmosphere, she suggests combining it with Even Better Beige or Tranquil Gray.

Dark Green

Strong hues will continue to be popular this year. "Our darkest green" is selling the best, and "dark colors are still proving immensely popular," he adds. O'Donnell says to use Studio Green by Farrow & Ball in the mid-sheen of Modern Eggshell for cabinetry that make a statement. The deep color conjures images of a mysterious woodland at night, drawing one closer to nature. Dark green "will work a treat in a modern urban kitchen and also bring character to a more rural farmhouse style kitchen," says O'Donnell. Even though it has a trendy vibe now, it will endure because of its high quality.

Warm Taupe

Benjamin Moore's associate manager and color marketing and development specialist, Arianna Cesa, says that the company is seeing a trend toward warmer colors in addition to more vibrant options. Choose neutral or grayed-out midtones if you're not quite ready to make a bold color statement in your house. She argues that soft neutrals, like Benjamin Moore's Annapolis Gray, add a hint of color while still maintaining the room's organic warmth. She continues, "Colors like these have a welcoming, calming quality that brings ease to a home's palette." Use hardwood accessories (like these Better Homes and Gardens Glass Food Storage Jars with Acacia Wood Lids, $17 for a set of four, Walmart) to complement a color scheme heavy on comforting neutrals.

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Muddy Ivory

According to Sue Kim, director of color marketing at Valspar, "we expect homeowners to pursue embracing comforting colors that are tied to nature and the outdoors in 2023." The Valspar paint color Ivory Brown fits her needs perfectly because it is earthy, unbiased, and comforting. Bringing an earthy vibe to any space, the muddy ivory color "represents the desire to restore the earth in the hopes of a better future," as Kim puts it.

Natures Neutrals

The social and political shifts of the past year have had an impact on the most popular kitchen paint hues of 2023. We were all looking for growth and revitalization after a time of uncertainty, and that's why "green" caught on last year, according to Wadden. In 2023, homeowners are predicted to continue using green paint, particularly in the kitchen. She states that you can use any shade or mood of green and it will still look good. A "saturated green like Succulent by Sherwin-Williams provides balance and can work for anyone" whether you use your kitchen for cooking, entertaining, or relaxing.

Dusty Pink

"The surprising color having a moment right now is gentle, soft pink," adds O'Donnell. Not the sugary bubblegum or confectionery pink, but rather a dusty grayish pink like Farrow & Ball's Setting Plaster. The dusty pink color is warmed and softened by the presence of a subtle yellow pigment. O'Donnell recommends pairing it with a soft off-white, like School House White by Farrow & Ball, for the walls and ceiling to maintain a soothing atmosphere in the kitchen.

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