Photography: Cath Muscat/The Interiors Edit / Styling: Imogene Abady
As the trend towards colourful homes continues, it’s time we turn our attentions to the hub of the home, and uncover some fresh kitchen colour ideas.
Until relatively recently, most of the 2000s has been dominated by mostly-white kitchens. Minimal kitchen colour schemes are often timeless, and can often be quite functional for a room where cleanliness is paramount. However, some interior designers are arguing that this is the perfect space to inject a little pizzazz via colour. Enter the Selling Houses Australia design mastermind Wendy Moore.
When Home Beautiful toured her home back in Christmas 2023, we were struck by her progressive blue kitchen. “I love that it adds so much colour to the space,” Wendy later detailed to The Edit podcast. “Open plan spaces are lovely, but if you don’t have colour and texture, they can feel really clinical.”
Not one to gatekeep a colour choice (Wendy has also previously admitted to her preferred neutral wall shade), she reveals the colour is Tamas by Dulux.
“It’s not quite blue, it’s not quite green, and it’s not quite grey. It’s a bit between all of them,” she continued. “It’s definitely more blue, but it’s got a depth to it.”
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Wendy’s Sydney home isn’t the first to utilise a creative colour choice for the kitchen. for many people, the kitchen is the heart of the home, especially if it’s open plan. However, as a room of high utility and function, people are often shy when it comes to deploying a strong colour palette. Managing your colour mood board becomes even trickier in this room, where you’re often hamstrung by domineering appliances.
But as these pictures will prove — and Wendy will attest — where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Browse our collection of colourful kitchens, and gather inspiration for your next kitchen renovation. From neutral greens, to dramatic blues and luscious burgundy, we’ve found some of our most interesting focal kitchens to make the case for a colourful room that’s uniquely you. Scroll on for Home Beautiful‘s most striking kitchen colour ideas for your home.
Kitchen colour ideas, 2026
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Blue kitchens
You’ve seen Wendy’s blue kitchen, but the owners of Hirehood, Georgina and Cameron, also used a version of this scheme in their stunning NSW cottage home. They used the Dark Newport Blue by Porter’s Paints on the cabinetry below the counter, with warm neutral walls and a contrasting ‘Rosa’ travertine splashback.
For a more dramatic blue kitchen, you can’t look past this luxe holiday home in the Victorian mountains. A honey-hued ceiling and doorhandles provide the perfect rich contrast to this colour-drenched kitchen in Dulux Prestige Blue.
This nearly-neutral grey-blue Kaboodle Kitchen is complemented by patterned backsplash tiles and warming timber floors.
If you prefer a lighter finish, consider this Hamptons-inspired blue kitchen, which utilises blue paisley wallpaper, paired with white cabinetry and an entirely blue butler’s pantry.
Bridging the gap between blue and green is this Sunshine Coast cottage kitchen. The deep blue cabinetry (in Dulux Wentworth) complements the rich emerald tiles from Middle Earth Tiles.
Green kitchens
Interior designer Carlene Duffy opted for Green Slate Flint cabinetry from Freedom Kitchens in her Queensland home. The cabinetry and a feature wall in the same colour is used to bridge the adjoining laundry. The green-grey tone sits alongside a raw brick feature wall, a pearl-toned tile backsplash and a grey stone kitchen island.
If you want to talk green colour drenching, look no further than this light green kitchen that looks straight out of a doll’s house. The custom green cabinetry, walls and rangehood are complemented by vintage-look cream stove, gold tapware and door handles, and a white stone benchtop.
In a strong argument for timber kitchens, this retro Hobart home utilises an apple-green splashback by Academy Tiles for a pop of colour.
If you’d rather hark back to a different era, this European-style kitchen renovation uses colour sparingly, but effectively. A green rangehood and kitchen island base carry the colour load, painted an elegant Resene Spanish Green. Meanwhile, patterned green floor tiles and green stool upholstery tie the colour scheme together.
Muted green shades work well in antique or country-style kitchens. In this modern farmhouse-inspired kitchen, sage green is used in the cabinets, kitchen island and rangehood, with two tones of marble countertops and timber floorboards.
Finally, if you have a taste for bolder green hues, take inspiration from Lloyd Hodgkinson’s Jungle Green kitchen in his Brisbane-based cottage. The colour is paired with cream-white tiles backsplash tiles, black-and-white marble benchtops and gold hardware.
Red kitchens
Red is a colour rarely seen in kitchens, but that doesn’t mean its not overdue a renaissance. Just ask Greg Natale. The celebrity interior designer recently crafted a burgundy-hued kitchen with a glamorous spin. By keeping the walls, floors and hardware minimal, Natale allowed the Dulux Red Wine cabinetry and Calacatta Viola marble to sing.
Meanwhile, if you don’t want to commit to an entirely red kitchen, it is a colour that works well in accents. Tie your red kitchen colour scheme together with curtains, chairs, pots, decor and sink skirts. Keep the walls and floors neutral with warmer undertones.
Lawyer Kylie chose to hero timber in her Melbourne home, but her bright red kitchen island adds energy and interest to the space.
Pink kitchens
Before you start imagining a Barbie dream home, pink can be deployed to very elegant ends. Even The Block‘s Darren Palmer is on the pink kitchen bandwagon. The hero of his Bondi renovation was a pink-hued Monreale marble kitchen island by CDK stone. The rest of the space plays off its tones, with subtly blush-tinted timber cabinetry and floorboards, and creamy beige walls.
For those wanting to take it further but still keep the pink subtle, allow us to suggest this kitchen by interior designer Claudia Lambert. The kitchen is drenched in a light peach tone, with timber door handles and marble bench tops.
If you prefer a less subtle approach, this small salmon-coloured kitchen in London marries pink and blue in an unexpected combo.
So, take if you don’t trust us, at least listen to Wendy Moore, Darren Palmer, Greg Natale and Carlene Duffy. It’s time to add some colour to your kitchen!
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