Features of mint color
A mint-colored kitchen can refresh you with just the name: this effect is achieved due to the origin of the shade. Usually, the color of mint is considered to be light green with a blue undertone.
The coolness of mint color is usually a good quality, allowing it to become a background – neutral and discreet. The only nuance is that a mint-colored kitchen set in a room with northern windows will make it even colder and more uncomfortable.
Like any cold, mint shade has a beneficial effect on the psyche: it calms, helps to relax, relieves stress. It should be used with caution in interiors for melancholic and depressive people – in a mint-colored kitchen, they can fall into apathy.
Important! If you do not want to take risks, but dream of a kitchen in mint tones – combine it with others. Which ones exactly — read in the next section.
The photo shows muted shades of kitchen furniture
What colors can it be combined with?
A win-win option is monochrome. Any shades of green, blue, and sea waves can be used in the kitchen design.
If the idea is carefully thought out and the colors are selected, the result will be a relief deep design, and the space will change beyond recognition.
Want to add contrast and dynamics to your mint-colored kitchen? Add pink! The scheme of an additional combination with diluted red will allow you to achieve the most extraordinary kitchen design. Mint pink kitchen will not be justified in all styles, but eclecticism or fusion will allow the rich combination to look visually harmonious.
The photo shows a bright shade of mint with white
A less extravagant, but no less bright duet is yellow and mint. Yellow goes well with both green and blue, which means it will not be difficult to make friends with mint. In this composition, the cold tone is in the lead, yellow is used only to decorate accents.
Does the kitchen in mint shades lack freshness? Classic cold white will come to the rescue. Choose snowy, diamond, icy undertones of this rich color. A mint white kitchen always looks not just cool, but even a little festive.
After all, the mint shade is the king of the pastel palette! A delicate kitchen interior and coziness in it will help to create pale pink, light yellow, blue, purple, green tones.
In the photo a combination of pastel tones
What is the best way to use it in a kitchen interior?
A completely mint kitchen or a kitchen with mint accents? It all depends on how much you like this tone and on what surfaces or objects you are going to use it.
Mint kitchen cabinet fronts
The superiority of freshness can be easily achieved by ordering fronts of the desired shade: fortunately, the choice of films, enamels and other materials makes it easy to find a color undertone of suitable brightness and contrast.
Important! Mint is not considered a basic shade, so when choosing such furniture, you should be sure that you will not get tired of it in 2-3 years.
This color is often used in Provence-style kitchens, painting the bottom in pastel mint. The top can be made of natural wood, yellow or the same as the bottom.
The photo shows matte facades with a dark finish
Modern interiors are also not against the original palette: but the facades in this case are straight and smooth (without milling), and also usually matte. There are no handles at all, or their role is played by leather straps.
Advice! Be careful when choosing a countertop: a classic option is considered to be wooden, white or gray will also do.
The photo shows a built-in set up to the ceiling
Walls or ceiling in mint color
We have already mentioned the fresh feeling of the menthol tone: therefore, it is advisable to use it on all walls only in sunny rooms. But the room can be any size: even a tiny kitchen in a Khrushchev-era building will not be made smaller by the shade.
Green-blue wallpaper goes well with a white ceiling, white or beige furniture, wood or marble flooring.
As for the ceiling, in most apartments it is better to leave it white. Want to experiment? Paint the ceiling, using white baseboards and sockets, which will dilute the shade and will not reduce the height of the room.
Advice! If the room is small and you are not afraid of overdoing it with color, order furniture in the color of the walls. This way it will literally dissolve in space.
The photo shows a stylish combination of bright shades
Kitchen apron
Do you like such shades, but not so much as to make them dominant? Give preference to small, accent surfaces: an apron will be ideal. In large areas, a mint-colored apron can be only near the stove, in small areas it can take up all the space above the countertop.
Suitable design options: “hog” tiles, splashbacks with an abstract or geometric pattern, glass single-color mosaic.
In the photo is an apron with a geometric print
Furniture and household appliances
The first thing that comes to mind regarding colored equipment is a refrigerator! Well-known manufacturers have long expanded their lines and in addition to white, black and steel, you can find options for every taste. Mint is no exception.
The second largest representative of kitchen equipment is the stove. Unfortunately, there are practically no colored built-in models on the market. But you can find freestanding ones, especially if you need a gas hob.
The photo shows a set of mint-colored appliances: refrigerator, stove, hood
Above the stove there is a hood. A mint model in the kitchen interior will become a stylish accent and the center of attention, especially if it is the only one in this shade.
Small details, such as a kettle, toaster and mixer, living on the countertop, or lighting lamps, can set the mood and make your kitchen more stylish: choose not only the shade, but also the original design.
Mint-colored kitchen decor and textiles
Professional designers say that if you want to transform the interior, use textiles.
Curtains, tablecloths, rugs, cushions on chairs, towels and potholders mean more than it seems at first glance. In addition, replacing them will be much cheaper when you finally get tired of menthol.
Read also: How to choose curtains for the kitchen and not regret it? – we understand all the nuances
What styles will it be appropriate for?
Mint-colored kitchens will not fit into every design direction: for example, it is better to avoid color accents in high-tech. But there are many other styles:
Provence. The combination of pastel shades is the basis of the style. Add milled facades, unusual handles, decorate the space with flowers and openwork textiles to achieve 100% hit.
The photo shows a classic style kitchen
Scandinavian. Don’t think that real scandi is only white, gray and wood. Cold pastel fills with light no worse than the listed options. Menthol is used muted, matte and diluted with white in finishing and decor. Dark, even black handles will be on topic.
Classic. Due to its successful combination with gold and its beautiful appearance on carved facades, mint sometimes acts as a replacement for the usual beige, cream or brown. In combination with warm-toned technology and classic design, it looks very impressive.
The photo shows a modern Scandinavian design
