Which Colors and material Textures, should you choose in Kitchen or Bathroom design?

A color theme (scheme) with a lot of colors is tricky to manage and will often make the design look too busy. But just few colors can make the design look boring and unattractive. However, I have seen masterful designs using only two or three colors.
Try to make your design decision, with only three colors.

Three color combinations is a good starting point for room design. Three colors is enough to create variation and visual interest. A three color theme is, where the colors are equally spaced around the color circle. This is a good choice for basics, because it is easy to get good results. A split complimentary color theme is another good choice.

Design your Kitchen, Bathroom with "60 - 30 - 10" rule for success.

60-30-10 splits in between three colors: one color on a majority of the space, a little bit less of another, and an even smaller amount as an accent color. In the kitchen, for example, your primary color might cover the walls or the cabinets; your secondary color would be floor; and your accent color (texture) will be countertops.

When designing a particular room, divide your three colors into percentages:

• 60% of a Primary (dominant) color
• 30% of a secondary color
• 10% of an accent color

Natural Stone, most likely contain a lot of colors in it. This is especially true of Slates and some Granite. In such cases, it is quite allowable to draw the colors for the room from the palette of colors represented in the stone. Then, it is the stone that serves as the harmonizing factor in the room, and thus is becomes the focal point.

You can use color to influence how large or small the kitchen or bathroom will feel:

Some general rules when choosing shades  of color.

Desired Effect	Color Choice
Want to "Expand Space"	Cool, light, or dull colors; minimal contrasts will make the room look larger.
Want to "Shrink Space"	Warm, dark, or bright colors; maximum contrasts, will do just that.
Want to "Lower a Ceiling"	Warm colors and dark tones, will make ceilings to uppiere lower.
Want to "Heighten a Ceiling"	Cool colors and light tints, will make ceilings to uppiere higher.
Want to "Shorten a Room"	Warm or dark colors, will make the room look smaller, shorter.
Want to "Lengthen a Room"	Cool, light, or dull colors; limited contrasts, will make the room looks longer.
Want to "hide an undesirable feature"	Use surrounding color around undesirable feature.

 

Popular building materials, and they texture effects.

Building material texture adds contrast and interest to your kitchen, bathroom surfaces. Consider material texture in both tactile and visual terms. The feel of some textures becomes apparent when you feel the material itself. On the other hand, some building materials have strong patterns or designs that create visual interest. Just like with color “60-30-10”, a good design will typically mix three to four textures in the kitchen and bathroom.

How some building materials (products) can add texture to your kitchen and bathroom design.

Building Material	Texture effects
Laminate and solid surface materials.	Smooth tangible texture, visual interest from decorative patterns
Natural Stone.	Smooth, rigid surface, with visual interest from flowed veins, swirls, dots to solid polished surface finish
Wood material surfaces.	Often smooth finishes with visual interest from wood grain, maple offers cleanest, less grainy look, cherry usually has a little more grain, but oak and pine show the most texture grain.
Tile surfaces.	Unglazed tile offers rough feel texture, while glazed tile will be smooth, visual interest comes from patterns and cut.
Concrete (cement)	Usually smooth to the touch but visual interest will come from pits and discolorations.
Stainless Steel	Smooth feel with sleek modern visual interest.
Vinyl and linoleum surface.	Smooth surfaces with visual interest from deferent decorative patterns.
Architectural details	Both feel and visual texture from materials such as pressed metal, plaster,  brick and concrete, and exposed beams and rafters.

Choosing Color Theme for you kitchen and bathroom deign.