Cooking, cooling and cleaning in color

Step aside stainless steel. Honey Yellow and her friends are in town.

While those of us who follow kitchen design have watched all white or all wood kitchens slowly being replaced with two-or sometimes three-tone variations, appliances, by in large, have steadily stayed dressed in stainless steel.

But now, daring designers and homeowners are putting the pedal to the metal in the kitchen—in the form of colorful appliances—and manufacturers have plenty of choices in the pipeline.

BlueStar’s Dual Fuel Range with a Normandy Hood and Pro Built-In Refrigerator in Honey Yellow

Take for example, the aforementioned Honey Yellow. That hue, selected by BlueStar’s designer Tineke Triggs, is the manufacturer’s Color of the Year for 2024. Triggs says the color is cheerful and creative and brings an added sense of joy to kitchens.

Honey Yellow is one of five colors chosen for BlueStar’s winter color palette which includes Cool Silk Grey, Pigeon Blue, Copper Brown and Highlands Green. If those don’t suit your style, BlueStar appliances will customize from a selection of over 1,000 colors. bluestarcooking.com

Honey has company in her chromatic world. Other appliance manufacturers have their own offerings.

Viking’s Delta Hues collection was developed with paint experts at Sherwin-Williams for their “savvy and style-forward customers.” Each of the 14 colors in the collection comes with a complementary palette which can be used to select other finishes for the space.
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Viking 48 Dual Fuel Ranges from the 14-color The Delta Hues collection including: Alluvial Blue, Black Forest Green, Bywater Blue, San Marzano Red, Cypress Green and Slate Blue

True Residential’s Build Your True program offers 12 color options in their powder-coat finishes. Recently they introduced Bluestone, a calming blue base with subtle hints of grey and lilac. Other colorful entries include Sage, Emerald, Saffron and Cobalt. The company is also able to color-match custom finishes with their automotive-grade liquid paint. Ranging from mattes to sparkling metallics, designers can match everything from cabinets to cars.
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True 30-inch Dual Zone Wine Column and The True 48 Glass Door in Juniper

ILVE offers their freestanding cooker in 213 colors. Based in Italy, ILVE creates custom colors using a baked enamel system. The result is a high gloss, super resilient finish.
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ILVE Nostalgie II 60-inch Dual Fuel Freestanding Range and Wall-mount Range Hood in Burgundy with Brass Trim

Verona Appliances single oven in rich Burgundy

AGA describes their palette of sixteen colors as “stunning reds, deep and expressive blues, classic racing greens, soft and comforting grays and creams.”

There are other manufacturers who have exciting color offerings among their product lines. Contact your local appliance dealer for more options.