21 Orange Kitchens to Inspire

Ready to take your kitchen from bland to bold? Bright, happy, invigorating orange is one surefire way to inject your kitchen with style and attitude.

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Our Best Orange Kitchen Ideas

Orange is warm, energizing and thought to stimulate the appetite, making it a perfect color choice for the kitchen. Incorporating this vibrant hue into the heart of your home can feel intimidating, but we’ve got expert tips to help you pull it off.

If you want to start small, consider painting an orange accent wall in your kitchen. You can also subtly add color to your kitchen with accessories like rugs, window treatments and light fixtures.

If you’re ready to make a bigger commitment, consider choosing orange kitchen countertops, cabinets or appliances. This space by designer Kate Maloney pairs burnt orange lower cabinets with white upper cabinets and a complementary teal island. Coupling orange with neutrals like white, beige or gray is a great way to offset the intensity of the color.

From: Kate Maloney Interior Design

Vibrant Orange Cabinets

The intense hue of the upper cabinets in this kitchen was chosen for its mood-lifting qualities. Studies have shown that the color orange stimulates optimism and a positive outlook. Considering most of us spend a little time each morning in the kitchen, starting each day with a cheery outlook is ideal.

Eye-Catching Orange Accents

This stunning orange Bertazzoni range is the focal point of this kitchen, balanced by the warmth of the walnut end grain island countertop and honed marble countertops. A mix of transitional and modern elements and statement pendant lights bring an industrial-meets-cottage look to this bright and bold kitchen.

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From: Benedict August

An Orange Banquette

This vibrant orange and gray kitchen banquette offers a prime spot to enjoy the bay window overlooking the backyard. Graphic throw pillows and fabric seat covers on Crate & Barrel Delta chairs complete the look and coordinate with the Roman shades.

From: Patty Malone

Playing With Color and Shape

Kitchen designer Christine Nelson overhauled this dated kitchen, adding more counter space and a colorful midcentury modern. “A gray linoleum floor, stacked subway-tile backsplash, and butcher-block counters create a clean backdrop while orange walls, and avocado-green accents add a burst of Mad Men-era color,” says Nelson. Classic period furnishings like a Saarinen-style Tulip Table and a pendant light based on Werner Panton’s Flowerpot design complete the look.

Deep Orange Accent Wall

Horizontal woodgrain cabinets complement the long, horizontal backsplash tile in this midcentury modern kitchen. A vertical woodgrain finish over the refrigerator and an orange accent wall creates a cool, perpendicular look underscoring the sharp, clean lines of the design.

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From: Jackson Design and Remodeling

A Different View

A backsplash wall made with long subway tiles complements the long, spacious design of this kitchen and helps set off the blood orange accent wall. Recessed lighting and the use of white throughout the space makes for a bright and open look.

From: Jackson Design and Remodeling

An Orange Range

Designed by Zinc Interior Concepts, this stylish kitchen features a stenciled hardwood floor, offering an immediate sense of personality. An orange stove unit and art deco-themed frames enhance the look.

Chairs as Accents

Colorful bar chairs line this transitional kitchen's black island with a warm butcher block top. The dark black cabinets continue along the wall and are accentuated with brushed nickel hardware, quartz countertops and a marble backsplash. Three modern pendant lights double as art in the space.

From: Maritza Capiro

Orange Chevron Backsplash

This orange kitchen and living room is a bright space that has eye-catching details throughout with an intense shade of orange paint complemented by the white and orange chevron backsplash.

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A Cheery Palette

A color palette of khaki, sage and cream gets an infusion of vivid orange with a contemporary glass pendant light that brightens up this eat-in kitchen. A bistro-style table and colorful orange chairs provide an eating area without taking up unnecessary space.

From: Anthony Carrino

Colorful Pendant Lights

This chef-style kitchen is laid out to maximize prep space for cooking; visually, the sense of immense space is heightened by using three different types of engineered stone for the backsplash, the countertop and the island topper. The neutral background is broken up with a dash of bright orange in the light fixtures.

These Orange Cabinets Do the Talking

A homeowner transformed her bland apartment kitchen by opening a can of orange paint and bringing the cabinets beautifully to life.

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An Eclectic Orange Kitchen

This kitchen features a beautiful blend of light and dark materials with both concrete countertops, light wood cabinetry, zebrawood breakfast bar countertops and distressed metal panels and hood. The warm orange walls accentuate the array of neutrals used in this contemporary kitchen.

From: Nar Bustamante

Creamsicle Kitchen

Linoleum countertops with nailed aluminum edging provide a quirky yet practical touch in this bright kitchen combining sunny orange and creamy white.

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Peach-Colored Ceiling

Designer Kari McIntosh Dawdy used bright colors and accents to transform this kitchen, adding a contemporary feel to this 1920s home. She selected white cabinets and gray countertops that can handle the orange tones that pop within the room. Especially captivating is the soft orange-colored ceiling, which helps to frame the entire design.

From: Kari McIntosh Dawdy

Orange in a Traditional Kitchen

A white subway tile backsplash and white reclaimed wood cabinetry envelope this bright and stylish kitchen. Gray countertop breaks up the bright white details and blends beautifully with the gray countertop. Stainless steel appliances complement this kitchen, proving that orange can work equally well in traditional and modern kitchens.

From: Amiano & Son Design Build

Modern Gray and Orange Kitchen

Bright white or woodgrain both work well with orange. But gray also plays very well with bold and rich shades of orange as in this small, modern kitchen. The island gets asymmetrical placement in this sleek kitchen, putting the prep space closer to the windows and opening up the walkway into and out of the room.

From: Axis Mundi

Melon-Hued Backsplash

The galley kitchen opens off the hall past the bedroom. Stainless steel appliances are softened with Benjamin Moore rich and zesty Bittersweet Vine.

Fun Orange Barstools

Huge windows and sliding doors make the flow between indoors and out as seamless as possible. The kitchen and living room are next to the large deck and are friendly, comfortable spaces where the family can gather.

From: Levy Art + Architecture

Statement Lighting

These spectacular corral-evocative chandeliers lend real attitude to this contemporary kitchen. The orange barstools provide nice balance to that burst of color overhead.

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