For painting a room, what colors compliment dark brown without making the room look tacky?

I'm looking for ideas for painting my kitchen. My cabinets are dark brown, what colors can I paint my kitchen without being too ';loud';?For painting a room, what colors compliment dark brown without making the room look tacky?
There's no rules against using any color that you like. Honestly what would make it loud would be HUGE contrasts in colors *light to dark* so go for a darker shade that's complementary. What I did was take paint samples of colors I thought were pretty and placed them against the wall so I could see how the cabinets looked next to the color. Warm colors aren't only for bedrooms! Just keep in mind you will be cooking and dealing with water in the room so you want to go for semi gloss paint at the least so it's washable. Flat won't work. Also another alternative would be wallpaper so it's scrubbable but then you're dealing with patterns. Just food for thought. Warm yellows, tones of burgundy, smokey colors like blue or green, things like that go with darker woods pretty well. Good luck!For painting a room, what colors compliment dark brown without making the room look tacky?
Try beige or cream colours and then put teal or lime green accents.





If you prefer warmer colours try a burnt orange accent.
A lot of the decorating shows are showing blue with chocolate brown. Looks good on the tv. :-)
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It should look nice with beige or tan colours . If the room


is small, paint it with white,. It will it make look bigger .





Rgds.............
Very pale peach or yellow. Cream or a light tan.