Bright Kitchen Appliance Colors Liven Up Your Kitchen

Bright kitchen appliance colors give life to any neutral-toned kitchen. Lime green, orange, yellow, magenta, red, turquoise and violet have become popular accent shades. These kitchen appliance color trends reflect the metamorphosis of the kitchen from workspace to living space resulting from open floor plans, creating another area in the home where homeowners can express their personal styles. Some people choose a monochromatic color scheme for their cabinets and appliances, combining a unified design with a bold color statement.

Purchasing small kitchen appliances in bright colors is a quick, easy and relatively inexpensive way to make meal preparation more enjoyable and express your personal style. Create a unified look by choosing a small appliance collection in the same color and add matching items such as dishtowels, basting brushes and spatulas. Manufacturers that sell food processors, crock pots, hand mixers, juicers, blenders and ice cream makers in bold color and design options include Bodum, Cuisinart, Dualit, Hamilton Beach, KitchenAid and Proctor Silex. KitchenAid’s Artisan Series Stand Mixer, for example, comes in 23 colors including persimmon, blue willow, almond cream, empire red, tangerine, ice, pear, majestic yellow and contour silver.

You can make a larger personal statement by investing in bold-colored dishwashers. range ovens and refrigerators. Viking appliances come in 24 colors, including cobalt blue, plum, pumpkin and racing red. BlueStar offers large appliances in colors such as maize yellow, yellow green, light pink and blue lilac that are not available from Viking. Retro-style kitchen appliance manufacturers Big Chill and Northstar by Elmira Stove Works also come in bright colors. This video shows how consumers can customize the features, including color, of their BlueStar range at the BlueStar website:

Professional decorators suggest that you choose one shade and make that the highlight of your kitchen. As color trends come and go quickly, by selecting a color that is commonly found in nature and surrounding it with neutrals, your kitchen will never look dated.