How will this colour look in my kitchen?
The perfect kitchen colour isn't just about the colour itself — it's about how it comes to life in your home. Explore the fascinating relationship between colour and light, and make your choice with confidence — using our free colour samples.
Choosing the colour that's right for your home is one of the most important parts of designing a new kitchen. Colour is never seen in isolation. It interacts with light, materials, textures, and the surrounding space, creating subtle changes throughout the day. A warm morning sun, an overcast afternoon, or the lighting above your worktop can all influence how a kitchen colour is perceived.
When you're planning a new kitchen, it's worth understanding how colour is reproduced in photographs, displayed on screens, and experienced in your own home. While we take great care to present our kitchen colours as accurately as possible, there are several factors that can influence how they appear—and the best way to choose with confidence is to see the colour for yourself.
Take advantage of our free colour samples
To help you make the right decision, we offer free colour samples in our stores.
We strongly recommend taking samples of the colours you're considering home and placing them in the room where your new kitchen will be installed. View them in both daylight and artificial light, and at different times of the day. See how they look with your existing furniture and decor. This gives you the most accurate impression of how the colour will look in your own space.
Photography and lighting
Every photograph is influenced by its surroundings. The lighting conditions, camera settings, and image processing all affect how colours are captured. Even within the same photograph, a colour may appear lighter or darker depending on whether it is in direct light or shadow, as you can see here in the photo of Ombra — the green nuance changes depending on the light. That's what makes colours so exciting and dynamic.
Screens and printed materials
No two screens display colours in exactly the same way. Brightness, contrast, colour settings, and screen technology all influence what you see. Printed brochures and catalogues can also vary depending on the paper, printing process, and ink used.
The lighting in your home
Perhaps the biggest factor is the lighting in your own home. Natural daylight changes throughout the day, and artificial lighting can make colours appear warmer, cooler, lighter, or darker. A kitchen that looks one way in a showroom or online may look quite different once installed in your home.
Presenting colours as accurately as possible
We take great care to reproduce our kitchen colours as accurately as possible across our website, brochures, and other marketing materials. We also work closely with our printing partner to ensure that our printed catalogues reflect our colours as faithfully as possible.
However, because every photograph, screen, printer, and lighting environment is different, no image or printed material can perfectly represent how a colour will appear in every home. The most reliable way to experience a colour is to see the actual product. That's why we recommend visiting one of our stores and taking home a free colour sample, so you can view it in your own space and under your home's natural and artificial lighting before making your final decision.
