5 Kitchen Ceiling Colors That Designers Wish You Were Brave Enough to Try Instead of Plain White

Wood kitchen with ochre ceiling by Studio Prineas.

When choosing kitchen color ideas, our attention tends to stop somewhere around the top of the cabinets, but designers are increasingly making a case for looking up.

Far from being destined for default white, the ceiling can completely change how a kitchen feels, whether that's with a cocooning earthy red, a sophisticated neutral or an unexpected hit of ochre.