Lime kitchens: pros and cons, color combinations, examples

The color scheme influences our mood in many ways. Therefore, designers and furniture factories often choose calm and discreet shades for furniture that will not annoy or distract attention. But the monotony of calm, sometimes cold motives gets bored with time. And therefore, bright and juicy shades are now becoming more and more popular.

Citrusy and playful motifs bring a touch of summer to the room. The monotony of the palette collapses at one glance at a lime-colored kitchen. Cooking in such a room ceases to be monotonous due to the magic of the overflow of light and colors. After all, it has been proven that bright colors contribute to the flight of imagination and induce a creative impulse. And in rainy weather, this motive seems to take us to some island, where the sound of the surf is raging and palm trees are visible on the horizon.

Many people still cannot accurately get into the lime shade when choosing an interior for the kitchen. Someone more goes to yellow, someone, on the contrary, to green or light green. But lime itself is brighter and more juicy, it has impurities of each of the above shades.

Probably, it will seem to many that lime, as a color in the interior, began to be used recently, when everyone was bored with simple, cozy, but without a twist, white or pastel kitchenettes. But this is not the case, the first mention of this color was dated 1890. And another round of popularization of lime fell on the 60s of the last century. Indeed, amid the severity of forms and the abundance of plastic elements, the lime shade was dynamic and filled the space with genuine energy.It turns out that history, like fashion, is indeed cyclical. And now more and more often people prefer a riot of colors in the choice of furniture.

But it is worth remembering that the lime color itself is far from simple, of the same type and light. He, like any other, has its own characteristics.

• Any shade from this palette has the ability to expand the space due to its natural depth. Therefore, this option is suitable for small kitchenettes.
• If you change the companion shades against the lime background, then each time you get a new design, and everything starts to play with different colors.
• Many designers suggest placing more emphasis of this color on those walls where the light gets the least. This, most likely, affects the psychological factor, there is a process of some kind of replenishment of the play of light, because if everything around is gray and dark, then in this case the lime opens up magically, filling the space.
• Many people who have already applied this shade claim that it promotes a good appetite.
• Lime color is part of a line of colors called "color therapy" and helps to fight feelings such as oppression, stress, apathy and depression.

Whatever good qualities the lime color would not have, many still consider it a capricious shade. In addition, which shade of lime to choose, it is also worth looking through all the moves with combinations of other colors and textures. Consider what colors the lime color is combined with. Black and white are two unique shades that do not get boring and almost always look harmonious with any other shades.... Therefore, many choose these two colors as companions to the main one, in our case to lime.

First of all, it is worth deciding what shade the headset will be. If the white motive prevails in the furniture, then the lime walls will be more juicy and deep. And if, on the contrary, the lime shade is present in furniture against a white background, then these will be bright and playful accents that will not bother you.

If the design is dominated by black, then the whole interior will feel austerity, bordering on minimalism. But it is worth noting that black in combination with lime is not suitable for too small kitchens, or in this case there should be very little black, for example, it can only be a set. After all, this composition of colors is very deep and rich, and in a small space, over time, the combination of these shades can "crush".

In the Art Nouveau style, the lime color is irreplaceable. It is used on a glossy facade.... Basically, there is a combination of lime cabinet furniture with some other shade, for example, white. This will be a winning option for corner kitchens. A variety of interesting prints, for example, flowers, grass, cutaway berries - and all on a green background. The surface can be matte or glossy, and all of this can be done on a glass surface.

Besides, a shade of lime may not be the only bright solution, it goes quite well with other juicy citrus shades... For example, you can choose two dominant colors - lime and orange, and choose gray as a diluting shade. Gray will be relaxing and calming, and also separate the two playful colors. With a light vanilla color or a light cream shade, the lime color will perfectly harmonize in the Provence or country style. With the use of open wooden textures, the color becomes more delicate, and if you add accents of an olive shade, the lime will open in a new key.

The wooden façade can be wenge or chocolate colored.You should not go into too dark a shade, as mentioned earlier, with dark shades the lime color becomes more saturated. This will not work for kitchens where you would like to use lighter and more subtle color schemes.

Combinations with such colors as purple, pink, fuchsia will be good.... Of course, such combinations are not suitable for everyone, and the resulting picture will not be to everyone's taste. But if you like non-standard solutions, want to bring brightness and freshness into your life, then you should pay attention to this option.

Perhaps, in this case, you should choose modular lime-colored furniture, and the table, for example, be accentuated in fuchsia (you can dilute such a flashy shade with a glass surface).

Before buying paint and furniture, you should still decide where exactly the lime color will be present. This will facilitate not only the work, but also the selection of all the components for the perfect design. Most often, a whole, undiluted lime color is used in a kitchen backsplash.... If your design will be directed towards modern or contemporary style, then the apron should be chosen from a material such as glass. If the apron itself is not lime color, then you should choose shades such as lemon or peach.

The addition of floral or fruit prints to the apron obliges you to no longer use any prints in the design, because then this will greatly burden the interior, and the catchiness of small details will be slightly intrusive.

To avoid annoying lime shade, it can be combined with other colors. White blotches will look good with lime. This can be a print on the front of a cabinet or on an apron (for example, a drawing of a cut lime with mint leaves against a background of ice cubes). The white stripe of the apron against the background of bright cabinets in a juicy lime shade will help expand the space.

For those who are annoyed by the abundance of bright colors, but at the same time want variety in a familiar environment, color accents are suitable. A good option would be a bright cabinet front, which will dilute the space and cheer up.