It is commonplace now to see black paint colors used for interior walls, windows, cabinets, and house exteriors. Yet we all need a starting point to choose the best black color for our specific project. After all, black can read deep navy in certain light, and sometimes what we’re really after is a soft black or deep charcoal. So which black paint? Also, more folks are choosing black for their kitchen cabinets, so let’s get inspired! Black Paint Colors & Amazing Black Kitchens to Inspire Your Design suggest gorgeous colors to sample and kitchens to pin for reference.

Black Paint Colors & Amazing Black Kitchens to Inspire Your Design!
Classic Black Kitchen With Herringbone Flooring
When you’re after a neutral, yet high contrast look for a kitchen, black may be just the right choice for your color story.

Don’t you love the custom range hood which is so suggestive of a fireplace in the space?

Chic Black Kitchen Feels Like a Room for Living
As kitchens grow in importance to our daily living, more of us are designing them to be living rooms rather than purely utilitarian places to cook or dine.

Black can be a crisp, chic, smart backdrop when you’re after a stylish look where art and luxurious lighting play starring roles.

Modern Farmhouse Style Kitchen
Black painted cupboards often impart formality, but when combined with more rustic design elements can feel crisply modern.

Note too how the kitchen above includes varying countertop materials: black on the island and white on the perimeter worktops.

Beadboard Details on Black Cabinets
While the kitchen below may be dark charcoal with blue undertones, it may be a soft black…it is not always clear due to photography and editing.


Bright White Walls Plus Black
Snowy white walls with black cabinetry and brass hardware have a Parisian feel in this beautiful kitchen with more rustic wood flooring.

What a smart wall mirror at the end of the hallway above! Almost reads like a window.

Deep Green-Black Kitchen Cabinetry
deVOL kitchens are always so impeccable in their timeless design and craftsmanship, and this kitchen’s deep, atmospheric cupboards will look just as relevant a decade from now.


Farrow & Ball Railings Black Kitchen
It has been a couple of years since I spotlighted Linda and Drew Scott’s honeymoon house kitchen which features Farrow & Ball colors Wevet and Railings.


In the same home, an unfussy modern farmhouse guest suite kitchen (created for frequent guest, Jonathan Scott) sings in black and white.

Railings (no. 31) is used on a paneled accent wall in this calm bedroom:
The paint color makes a strong statement in a cozy living space with fireplace and traditional style.


Warm Stone With Black in a Rustic Kitchen
If you love the warmth of a rustic kitchen with industrial details, black may be an option as a juxtaposing element with more rugged materials.

What a handsome, hard working space in the UK!

Black Stained Bespoke Kitchen Cabinetry
When wood cabinets receive an ebony stain, the subtlety of the wood grain shines through.

Tour this kitchen in person through December 12th in Atlanta!

Two-toned Kitchen With Putty & Black
Here’s a color combination we see less often: putty and black.

Such a beautiful tonal look with all the stone!



Sherwin Williams Tricorn Black Paint
Here’s a deep black to sample when you’re after high drama.



Behr Broadway in a Kitchen & Bath



Sherwin Williams Carbonized Bath & Kitchen
When we renovated our son’s condo last year, we sampled several dark charcoal paint colors before arriving at SW Carbonized to tweak builder’s grade oak cabinetry in the baths and kitchen.

Carbonized can read black, charcoal, deep navy, or even brown-black depending on the time of day.

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Easiest way to see if a paint color will work? Order samples with Samplize and have them delivered straight to your door.
Let me know if you have a tried and true, go-to black paint color to share!

Do also see THIS and THIS for black and white interior design inspiration!
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-michele
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