2. Shades of green Just as blue hues clash with oak kitchen cabinets, cool green tones have the same effect. 'If you bring in cooler greens, it will cause more contrast with the oak cabinets and ...

Nothing suits a Southern kitchen quite like a soft sky blue, a subtle gray-toned slate, or coastal blue-green. Blue kitchens ... the lighter rift-cut white oak cabinetry,” she says.

Green has actually been used in kitchens and dining spaces for centuries ... Yellow undertones also work with light woods, including oak and maple. A deeper emerald green, Winn explains, has blue ...