Struggling to find a wall colour to go with these cream kitchen cupboards.

[Tremmendus]

My kitchen walls are being painted soon and, despite a dozen sample pots, I haven't found a wall colour that works with my cream cupboards. Any suggestions?

(I've deliberately not included the worktops in the picture. If I can get some colour options that work with the units, I can select the one that works best with the worktops myself).

While you've got white woodwork and ceiling any colour is going to be the third in a small space plus the colour of the worktop and floor especially if different. Tbh it's why I don't like cream units, but that's not very helpful. Have you tried something like pigeon or mizzle?

They're both a cottagey colour and design, so maybe use that as a starting point. Dusty rose, camel/caramel beiges, pale blue, grey-navy, olive, sage.

I would go for a dark blue.

What about a sage or olive green?

Baby blue.

You could find the closest F&B colour and see what is suggested on their website. Colours with a warm undertone would probably work best with cream.

Sage green or maybe navy blue

Duck egg blue. Or a really deep turquoise-type blue.

Sage green

We’ve got cream cupboards and have stone paint on the walls.

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Think I'd go with duck egg.

Dulux natural hessian. Works with lots of colours. A friend who is a property developer suggested it to us.
Otherwise a pale sage green maybe.

If you like green then Acorn by little Greene is a lovely light green with a warm undertone. Rusling is also lovely. It's a very light soft warm pink. It's very subtly and doesn't obviously look pink.

Dulux crispy crumble

It’s a taupe/mushroom colour

I would go with an olive green.

My kitchen is a very deep teal, it has pale cupboards and oak worktop

Its actually a bit lighter than the photo shows

@Crazycatstory

Dulux natural hessian. Works with lots of colours. A friend who is a property developer suggested it to us. Otherwise a pale sage green maybe.

This is what I have in my kitchen - off white units and white paintwork. Blends very well

My pal has sage green, it looks lovely.

White

Violet

I'd go with a sky blue or something like dulux mossy stone/overtly olive.

I would go for green, greyish green that is, or airforce blue

Have you tried the Dulux website's Visualiser App? I think it's a question of getting exactly the right shade and tone of paint. It's not just what goes with the cabinets but what goes with them in the light and space in your kitchen. I can see what the painter was aiming at with the grey but think it's too dark. IME kitchens tend not to have the best natural light and can wind up looking cold/depressing while large expanses of strong colours can become oppressive. I'd be tempted to find a colour that matched the cabinets and save anything else for accent colours.What colour is the flooring?