Reassuring and inviting or pretty and elegant, these shades can energise a room and be particularly useful in a space bustling with activity. Pinks are playful and fun – choose a colour with grey or black in its composition to add depth on units but also to be grown up enough to feel calm. Earthier, brownish or rich reds have a period quality and solid Victorian feel.
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OPPOSITE A soft calamine-pink shade on walls is teamed with DEVOL cabinets in a deep reddish-brown and suits lots of other warm tones, as well as dark wood, an Afghan rug and copper pots and pans 1 Deep-red cabinets complement other warm tones, such as on a wooden worktop and traditional stick-back chairs in this West Sussex home 2 A subtle ointment pink has a calm quality, which suits units and a built-in larder cupboard in this Suffolk kitchen by Neptune 3 A pale pink larder-cupboard with a hand-painted striped wall works well with cooler tones such as grey/blue woodwork 4 An ancient half-timbered house has walls in Suffolk red lime plaster
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