How to choose the color of the countertop for the kitchen: 60+ stunning photos and ideas

Light work surface

A bright worktop is suitable for the interior of a kitchen of any style, it is combined with a light or dark kitchen equally well. She is distinguished by her brand and requires careful attitude from the hostess.

White color

The most popular and ambiguous is the white color for the work surface. Glossy perfect surfaces are suitable for modern style, hi-tech, minimalism, Scandinavian. It is combined with a white or contrasting kitchen. The classic matte white stone countertop is suitable for a conservative style.

Beige color

Beige in light shades of ivory, champagne, milk, vanilla, suitable for neutral countertops, which serve as the background for an apron or headset.

The photo shows a white kitchen interior with a vanilla-colored countertop, which does not attract attention, but at the same time separates the upper and lower spaces.

Sand color

The sand color of the tabletop should be chosen for the kitchen with wooden facades and with warm lighting, as well as for a dark headset.

Light gray

A light gray countertop is suitable for a white, gray and dark gray headset, as well as the color of concrete, which doesn’t exude the remnants of splashes and possible crumbs like white.

In the photo there is a light gray tabletop on the island table and the main working area, the color coincides with the walls and looks organically with a white suite.

Metallic color

Metallic color or aluminum worktop / stainless steel steel shade, it is better to use when creating high-tech style. This is a practical choice for the kitchen, which is often cooked.

In the photo, the tabletop is metallic in color, which fits into the blue and white interior of a modern kitchen and finds a response in kitchen appliances.

Dark work surface

Dark shades of the working surface attract with practicality; in a glossy and matte design, they look equally advantageous along with a light or dark kitchen set.

Black color

The black worktop and anthracite colors look stylish. Suitable for a medium-sized kitchen and larger, visually separates the upper canisters and lower cabinets of the headset. Looks good in any style.

In the photo, the black glossy tabletop in the style of the interior of modern classics is a stylish accent and practical solution.

Color galaxy

The color of the galaxy is suitable for the kitchen that they want to diversify without the use of decor. The drawing is a smooth transition of colors with characteristic patches.

Dark brown color

Dark brown shades, color cappuccino, chocolate, look good with the same gender or dining table. Suitable for light, white kitchens as a contrast.

Dark grey

The dark gray work surface looks neutral, it fits any style, combined with white, pastel, gray shades of the kitchen.

Choosing a colored worktop

To create a bright accent in the kitchen, it is enough to choose a colored work surface, which will be complemented by wallpaper or textiles.

Red

Red table top is often found in combination with white and dark headsets. Red gloss can be repeated in the color of the dining table or floor finish.

Maroon

Burgundy is best not to combine with red, suitable for modern design bright kitchen.

Orange

The orange table top is suitable in combination with a white suite for a small kitchen, and in combination with dark brown furniture for a spacious room.

Yellow

Yellow adds light to the room, but it is better to pick it up only for the tabletop and another decorative item, such as pot holders or a kettle, because yellow can cause eye strain.

Pink

Suitable for lilac, pink, white, gray headset. The kitchen with a pink worktop looks spectacular and at the same time non-aggressive.

Blue

Blue is best combined with gray and white kitchen in a Mediterranean and modern style.

Green

Favorably affects the eyesight, suitable for placement of any size. The lime shade of the tabletop is suitable for a large space and a kitchen set of white, light gray, dark brown shade. Olive color looks good in the Provence style kitchen, creates a noble atmosphere.

In the photo, the bright-green work surface stands out as an accent, harmoniously combined with a white facade and a mosaic apron.

Turquoise

Turquoise table top equally well with dark brown, white and black garnitur, as well as with colored yellow and pink facades.

Violet

Violet work surface can be combined with the same walls, but the facades are better to choose a light beige tint. Lilac tabletop suitable for Provence style kitchen or a modern small kitchen.

In the photo, the combination of a purple table, tabletop and mosaic tile elements in a colored kitchen, the set of which consists of three colors.

Color and pattern of stone worktop

The stone work surface is distinguished not only by its high cost and wear resistance, but also by its unique pattern, which is not repeated twice.

Granite

The color of granite depends on the mineral components, it is pinkish, scarlet, gray, black, coffee-colored.

Marble

The color palette of marble includes the main white color with greyish, red, chestnut, green impurities.

Onyx

Onyx is presented in yellow, beige and coffee shades with characteristic large white or black flat divorces.

Almandine

Almandine countertops in the kitchen are particularly durable and resistant to high temperatures.

Opal

The working surface of the opal is a cloudy or bright shade with a wood or stone texture, it is gold, scarlet, black, milky, pink, blue.

Quartz

Quartz, or compressed granite, is of any color due to the addition of paint, it can be completely white, which is extremely rare in nature.

Malachite

It is presented from light turquoise to emerald and black. It is remarkable smooth transition of color and forms of concentric circles.

Travertine

The tabletop in the kitchen of travertine is gray, white, brown, gold.

Wood table top

Oak

Oak presented in several colors.

White oak is white, ashen color due to bleaching fibers. May be pink or gray streaked.
Bleached oak is combined with orange, violet, turquoise, gray, black and gold.

The photo shows an eco-style kitchen, where bleached oak worktops are combined with a light floor and white trim.

Bog oak

The bog oak is pure black or smoky, with a shade of gray. Fits white-gray, beige-brown, emerald, scarlet kitchen.

Golden or natural oak has a golden, coffee, orange color. The tones are transformed one into another, combined with dark chestnut, gold, yellow, burgundy.

Dark oak is chestnut and the color of dark chocolate, combined with white, ultramarine, gold, burgundy.

The color of wenge varies from gold to chestnut, burgundy, dark lilac with black texture lines. It is combined with bleached oak, maple, ash, with blue, orange, cream, white, emerald kitchen.

Beech

It has a warm golden hue, counted among the light wood, which is combined with the lilac, brown, gray, salmon set in the kitchen.

Nut

The walnut top is brown in medium to deep color with a gray or red undertone. Differs dark veins and lighter strokes. It is combined with dark green, beige, sandy purple, burgundy, milky, black.

The color of the cherry in the kitchen can be considered golden, red or chocolate, combined with a heavenly, milky, pale green, beige, coffee, pink color.

Alder

It has a golden hue, honey orange color without dark details. It looks like a golden oak, combined with gray, beige, pale red, burgundy, olive color, lilac, white, black.

Ash

Ash is light (the color of coffee with distinct lines) and dark (the color of dark chocolate with the same texture). Light ash is combined with concrete, milk, white, mint, brown flowers in the kitchen, and dark ash with burgundy, white, milk, green.

In the photo, the working surface and the surface of the island part are made of light ash, which is combined with a dark gray set and accentuated by light inserts.

Terrado is similar to the color of asphalt, metallic and concrete. The gray base color is complemented by shading type of shading. It is combined with white, gray, dark brown, black headset.

The working surface of bamboo is different pattern, which was created due to the compression of the stems. It can be dark, light brown, brown with green streaks.

The choice of color for the countertop from different materials

Plastic

Tabletop with plastic can be no less practical, in addition, PVC coating has a large variety of textures, decor, imitation of wood and stone.

In the photo there is a kitchen with a plastic worktop, which coincides in color and material with an apron, due to which there is no border between the work surface and the apron.

Laminated chipboard or MDF

Countertops in the kitchen are made of laminated chipboard or MDF using postforming equipment, when a layer of plastic and a moisture-resistant coating is applied to the panel under high pressure, and a drip pan is attached to the ends, preventing moisture accumulation.

The laminated work surface in the kitchen can be dark or light, of any color and design, repeating stone, crumb, the texture of oak or other wood. Also, plastic tabletop can be made of marble or granite, be glossy or matte, do not fade in the sun.

Acrylic

The acrylic work surface in the kitchen imitates the color of the stone, it can be in any color with modulations and transitions of shades, in a glossy or matte finish.

In the photo, the tabletop and work apron are made of acrylic, which are made under stone and are combined with a white set.

Kitchen and countertop color

You can choose the color based on the rules of the combination in tone or in contrast. You can also choose the color of the working surface in the color of the headset.

Facade	Table top
The gray facade serves as a backdrop for eye-catching elements and details, combined with neutral and bright colors.	White, light gray, dark gray, black, red, orange, dark green, pink, lilac.
The white facade is versatile and combined with a variety of colors, an ideal choice for a kitchen of any size.	White, black, gray, red, burgundy, orange, brown in dark shades, bright shades of pink, green, yellow, purple, blue, turquoise, pastel colors.
Blue itself is attractive and needs to be balanced with neutral shades of textiles, apron, walls and work surfaces.	White, light gray, beige, orange, yellow, black, light brown.
Beige goes well with any warm and cold shades.	Beige on tone is lighter or is more dark, white, brown, color of chocolate, vanilla.
Green kitchen set is best combined with neutral or warm colors.	Yellow, red, brown, white, black, gray.
Black draws attention to itself and needs to be diluted with dark colors in the dark.	Pink, lilac, white, gray, metallic, black, brown, all shades of wood.

In the photo there is a blue suite, which in the interior of the kitchen is complemented by light gray walls, a brick wall, a black dining group and a gray table top. For such a combination is important good lighting.

The color of the table, floor, apron, sink and countertops

The color of the table top can be harmoniously combined in contrast or can find a response in the color of the dining table, floor or apron.

Dinner table

The table top can be matched to the color of the dining group if it is in the kitchen. In order to diversify the color palette, you can choose a color companion, for example, a gray table, and a tabletop white. Also for a classic style, a combination of one color, for example, sand and yellow in different tones, is suitable.

In the photo, the tabletop of the desktop and the island part of the kitchen is different in color, but it looks organic with a suite and a touch of floor.

Floor

Smooth work surface can be combined with the color of the floor in the kitchen. For example, a laminate or tile under a laminate of dark wood will be well combined with the same table top. A contrasting glossy black floor will be combined with a matte light surface, and a dark beige tile will look good with a honey-gold tabletop.

In the photo, the color of the floor coincides with the set, and the tabletop coincides with the color of the kitchen walls.

Apron

You should not choose one tone for the apron and the working surface, since this space will not give a visual clear line of demarcation. It is better to choose one color in different shades, for example, purple and violet, or light gray and color of concrete. For contrast, an apron of glass with a photo print, an apron of mosaic will be suitable. If the kitchen worktop is glossy, then the apron is better to choose matte.

In the photo not only the apron, but also the walls are made in the same color with the working surface in the gray-white interior of the high-tech style.

Sink

The kitchen sink can be ceramic, metal or stone, so it can be the color of the countertop or stand out in contrast. Whole looks like a work surface that merges with the sink. Underlines the overall style of stainless steel sink with a gray tabletop.

In the photo, the sink and the table top are matched in one color, which makes the working surface uniform and without color differences.

When choosing a kitchen worktop, you need to make a start from the size of the room, the color of the headset and the finish. The bright work surface in itself serves as an accent, and the neutral one - as a background for kitchen utensils.