Keeping to rule of three for kitchen colours

INTERIOR design follows some of the rules of clothing fashion, such as never use more than three colours in a room to avoid overloading the senses, makers of Germany’s dropdead fitted kitchens say.

The explanation: too many colours in a room can create a hectic mood, especially rooms with large furniture surfaces such as the kitchen.

Germany’s trade association for the kitchen industry, AMK, advises choosing kitchen furniture in a maximum of three different colours.

Blue, and its many shades and variations, is a trend colour in kitchen design at the moment.

If you are planning a new kitchen, you might want to pick a few cupboards in blue and the others in a light grey tone. A wooden kitchen work surface makes up the third colour. Or you could choose a cherry wood veneer for the upper cupboards and a grey varnish front for the lower level.

Between the two is the third colour in the form of a glass rear panel in leaf green, for example.

An alternative could be a white kitchen with individual yellow shelves.

Then, you can play with the third colour by providing it in the form of vases, cups or herb plants placed on the furniture.

Designers also need to remember that cooking utensils, crockery and foods, which will later be on view, also provide more colours to the kitchen.