Re: Are there certain colors you choose?

peachesncream · ‎03-13-2010

I love color. I think yellow is my favorite for kitchen stuff, green would be second. I also like stainless steel/chrome a lot.

The only color I never decorate with is blue. That goes for the whole house. I wear blue in clothing; I have blue eyes and it's a good color for me. But I don't like looking at it all day, in my surroundings. It also might be because I like modern, and I associate blues with a more traditional decorating style.

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

I am very particular about colors. Will not buy an item if I do not like the color. For Lock n Lock and various kitchen utensils I choose the purple shades. I also have a purple toaster and purple kitchen towels and chair pads. For appliances like Vitamix (even though mine no longer stays out), bread machine, air fryer, etc. I buy white to match my big appliances and my counter. I did get the purple Ninja Storm, but it will not have a place on my counter.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

All of my small kitchen appliances, cookware and utensils are shades of turquoise. If it doesn't come in turquoise, I don't buy it. It's my favorite color

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x Hedge · ‎08-18-2016

@loriqvc restaurants usually use a deeper shade of red, more like a cranberry or wine, not a bright aggressive red that can make you hyper vigilant and edgy.

Your appetite and digestive tract shuts down if you feel threatened and maybe dump adrenaline.

Not good for the restaurant business.

No, they want you to order a lot and eat at a steady pace so they can turn over the table and seat the next customer. In general, the longer you occupy the table the less money they can make from that table that night.

But blue can relax the diners so much they eat slower, linger over the meal, and delay leaving with free coffee refills.

Blue works for me at home, but not a moneymaking color for restaurants.

Also, people served the same food on red and blue plates: red plate food scores higher. "Tastes better" than when it's served on a blue plate.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I'm not big on a lot of color in the kitchen except I have a lot of colorful Le Creuset pots--but I don't keep a lot of them out at any one time, so I am careful about that.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

I have a mix of colors everywhere in my home! I usually go with the theme everyone else is NOT using. My neighbors all have dark cherry kitchens with stainless appliances. That's fine - that's what they like (well, most of them!). I have light oak cabinets and white appliances. I like a light kitchen, and I LIKE white appliances (even though they're harder to get now). My small appliances are mostly red and white. DH gave me a set of Cerise Le Creuset when we were married, and that kind of set the color theme I liked. I have a very light sage or palm green kitchen, and my dinnerware is mixed (Fiesta, etc.) according to the season. I always change my dinnnerware with the season!

When I'm buying a gift appliance, I would definitely choose what the person likes. Most millenials are going with the grey, neutral theme, even in baby's bedroom! That's OK if they like that. But I have a young friend who is saying "anything but GREY"! She wants color - and she's 28! If you get the color the person likes, she/he will think of you every time it's used!

ILTH · ‎05-18-2015

@x Hedge wrote:
@loriqvc restaurants usually use a deeper shade of red, more like a cranberry or wine, not a bright aggressive red that can make you hyper vigilant and edgy.

Your appetite and digestive tract shuts down if you feel threatened and maybe dump adrenaline.
Not good for the restaurant business.

No, they want you to order a lot and eat at a steady pace so they can turn over the table and seat the next customer. In general, the longer you occupy the table the less money they can make from that table that night.

But blue can relax the diners so much they eat slower, linger over the meal, and delay leaving with free coffee refills.
Blue works for me at home, but not a moneymaking color for restaurants.

Also, people served the same food on red and blue plates: red plate food scores higher. "Tastes better" than when it's served on a blue plate.

It's not that simple.

In addition to personal (physical and psychological) preferences and aversions, there are cultural differences in what colors mean and convey.

loriqvc · ‎11-06-2011

@x Hedge - If you reread my post, my point was that although the results of color studies are interesting, they do not universally apply; our brains often become accustomed to associating emotions and behaviors with colors based on our individual experiences rather than any observed phenomena. Just because many people were found to have their appetites stimulated by a red room doesn't mean we all will. That was why I said the brain was a trickster—it interprets so many data points at any given time that what it translates into our actions can be quite varied.

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

My kitchen has black appliances and black counters. I stick with black for things like Vitamix and food processor. I was afraid if I started with a color I might not find more items in that same color as I furnished the kitchen after we built. The little stuff, like can openers, however, is a different story. I pick lime, purple, red, turquoise. Reason? They are much easier to find. Need the jar opener? I know to scan for purple. Can opener? Somewhere on the counter or in the drawers is the lime Rukon. Lock and Lock can be identified by age according to the lid color. Some are just more worn than others.