First off, see link about posting pictures. It's really easy once you get the hang of it.

If we could see pics of the green you chose, and pics of other rooms you can see from the kitchen, that would be helpful.

Greens are tricky. Some can be on the blue side, and some on the yellow side. So don't rule out the green just yet. It may be a matter of finding the right green.

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What about a beige-ish, tan-ish, taupe-ish color? Maybe see if you can pull out a light brown from the granite.

Something like this maybe ...

A tip I read somewhere (probably here!) that said to test paint colors by painting it onto an artist's canvas. That way you have a large sample that you can hold up in different areas of the room, at different times of day.

HTH!

please post pics.......it will be easier to help!!!! how about a raffia type color???????

If you want a neutral color, look at redoze's post up right now under Ann Sack Heath Sample Tiles-Help Me Choose. She has a picture of her kitchen and the color is BM Natural Cream. Very pretty.

You remind me of me! My kitchen before the re-do was a sage green. I wanted the same color again, so much so that I saved a piece of wallboard so that I could have it matched at the paint store. My new cabs are natural maple, my granite is black w/flecks on the island and a quartz on the perimeters called black canyon. It's not predominately black to me but has tan, brown, rust in it. I have a sandstone tile with accents of green. To me, the perfect color was green. My DIL, who is a talented interior designer who often ( well, almost always) is not really approving of what I do suggested Powell Buff (I asked for her opinion) from Benjamin Moore. It's in their historic color line. I was figuring that in the sake of family unity, I'd try it and maybe have to go as far as to paint and then change out the color a year from now. The color is fantastic! I'd never have found it by myself, but it brings everything together and now I can do some accents in green. I think now that if I'd gone with my original green, I might have felt as you do...something's not quite right. What I like about Ben Moore is that you can buy 2-4 oz paints and put them on the walls. I think Lowe's might offer this too. With paint as expensive as it is, it's great to buy a little of a color you're considering before investing in even a quart. This way, we painted 3 samples on the walls in various locations, taking into consideration sunlight, artificial light, etc. And we were able to concur with many friends and all voted for Powell Buff. It looks great with our woodwork which surrounds many different colors throughout the house. Just a thought. Good luck! I think paint is harder to select than cabinets!

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

Young 2008, I do unfortunately have one large wall with nothing on it. (There will be a painting eventually, but no furniture--necessary because it's an active path.) The worst thing is that the green of this wall actually interacts with the cream cabinets on the wall perpendicular to it. At certain times of day, the cream cabinets actually look green. Not a good effect. So I think I really do need to go neutral--white or off-white in the kitchen, tan/taupe in the connected spaces.

But if I go cream, I think the potential for the two different creams (cabinets and walls) to be slightly different is huge--and that sometimes looks bad. My impression is that it might be safer just to go with white, so it doesn't look like I tried but failed to match. Would love opinions about that, because right now it feels like my only option!

White walls and cream cabinets doesn't sound right, to me. I would suggest getting some samples of deeper colors and letting the cabinets be the lighter color in the room.

Any progress on posting pictures?

Please don't settle for white. Why haven't you continued to used the tan/taupe in your connected spaces? I think a tan would make your cabinets "pop". Someone also suggested Powell Buff which I also love.

I tend to agree with the crowd that is pushing for the tan, taupe, beige colors. I am actually dealing with the same issue but am not so far along. I will be gutting our 1928 kitchen and installing white cabinets- I am looking to Dove White. Appliances will be stainless or white overlay. We are keeping wood floors. I have not yet picked a granite but so many seem to look well with green. I just do not want a green kitchen. I cannot get away from the thought of the "apricot" family- to warm the litchen up. We do have yellow in some rooms, a green dining room and I am thinking of chocolate brown and white in a library adjoining the kitchen by a hallway. I just cannot figure if the apricot will go with the white- and what granite. I would suggest apricot to you but since I am just exploring- think that the taupe family would be safe and work really well. If anyone else has thoughts on apricot- let me know.

I just had a thought--I could bring a cabinet door to the paint store, and they can do their little computerized matching thing. Then I could paint the walls the exact same color as the cabinets.

It'll be a little blend-y, but with my heavily patterned granite, the dark woodwork, the still-hypothetical backsplash, and the stainless appliances, there's a lot going on anyway.