Oh my! I had not seen those colors yet - they are both beautiful!

What colors are in your kitchen?

Lovely, and I agree with Debrak that it should be based upon the colors of your kitchen. Also, will you ALWAYS want these kitchen colors? A Kitchen Aid is expensive, and it should last you a lifetime.

I personally lean towards Azure because I wonder if I'd tire of the shiney-ness of Sea Glass.

between the two, I'd choose Azure. But I like Aqua Sky better than Azure.

I love sea glass, but it would be a hard color to match, I think?

I'm a strong believer in white for an appliance like a KitchenAid mixer that any well outlast your current color scheme. I'm not trying to be snarky...I just remember my avocado colored blender that I thought was so trendy, or the pink refrigerator I inherited when I bought my first house.

Are you going to base your color scheme on the mixer? If so azure blue. So pretty. Mislizzie is right that sea glass is pretty but tough to match. If you love it, get it. You can always sell it if you get tired of it.

@Linelle, I agree about the color names! :-) I also thought the Azure looked more like real sea glass.

@ci_lantro, I think I like the aqua sky more too. Unfortunately, it does not have the shimmer of the Artisan Design colors, nor the glass bowl.

@Everyone, thanks for all the feedback.

So I should have given some background info first. We have not remodeled the kitchen yet after moving in but since it's not in bad shape, it won't be for a couple more years. Since I'm now learning to bake, I've been borrowing my mom's white KA Mixer but that gets tiring and inconvenient. I don't want to wait a few years to buy my own but I'm not sure what kind of kitchen I will have. I love a lot of white kitchen pictures I've seen but I wonder if that is realistic. Pictures on the internet always look so much more beautiful than real kitchens I've seen. :-)

I usually go with white or silver to be neutral and safe, but then I'm starting to get tired of being so neutral after so many years. All my gadgets and decor are white or silver after collecting for over a decade. :-P

I want to venture out a little and well, I love the blues and greens of the ocean, which I think would go with white or silver decor. The Azure seems a bit pale but the Sea Glass seems a bit too bold. They are the only blue/green colors available for the Artisan design series which are a bit pricier because the colors are not opaque, but rather shimmery, almost like metallic coats on a car or shimmery nail polish.

So that's how I ended up narrowing it down to those two.

So the controlling factors are:

- Need to get a mixer first because we don't know when we'll remodel the kitchen.

- When we remodel, I'm leaning toward a white kitchen but really, it's undecided until we get there.

- I like ocean blue and green colors

- And lastly, I saw a Kitchenaid blog that shows the sea glass with blue vases (I have the same exact vase on the right) in a white Kitchen!

Here's a pic of an Azure blue in a common kitchen color palette that isn't "dressed up" for an ad.

So does anyone have pictures of their own real kitchen with either of these colors?

As I read through the posts, I was imagining Sea Glass as a very calm blue-green, but wowza! The pic reminds me of a retro white Christmas tree with Shiny Brite bulbs--in a good way, of course. :) If you love the color, go for it, but I'd think that a KA in that color should be the star of the kitchen, as it is in the picture. Lol, I was going to type 'the one clown in a kitchen,' but didn't want to offend anyone who hasn't read the thread with florantha's 'too many clowns' quote.

I thought that Azure would be the darker of the two colors (can't trust my eyes to interpret blue, after the recent 'dress' threads, though). I'd call that Baby Shower Blue.

I love the Azure. Very pretty.

I have a navy Kitchenaid. NOTHING in my kitchen is Navy. But I am hell bent on not buying a new mixer. No way. I'll get a pretty/fancy mixer cover. Very Iola Boylen of me.

A friend recently bought a KA mixer and wondered what color to make the mixer blend in. I suggested she get expresso which matched her ORB faucet and her hardware. I matches perfectly. I have a red one that somewhat matches my cherry cabinets. My first choice was purple but they were sold out : (

Mine is royal blue, because that was the "colour" that was available at the time, 15 years ago. Nothing else in my kitchen is blue anymore. But that mixer is still fabulous. Pick a colour you LOVE and it will always sing to you.

I chose the sea glass partly because it is gorgeous! And partly because it was my mother's favorite color and she would have chosen it. She passed away last August after a 3-year struggle with Alzhiemer's. I'm still grieving and get some comfort when I see my new mixer and think good memories of Mom. She loved to cook and was rather particular about her mixer.

As to matching my color scheme, I'm not planning on leaving the mixer out on the counter on a long term basis. If I later decide to leave it out (as it is very heavy), then I'll get a cover. We have a cat and I wouldn't feel good about leaving it out anyway.

We're still in a temporary kitchen, so that's the attached photo.

The only issue I have with the color is that KA photo you posted and even my photos make the sea glass look more metallic than it is in person. But it still makes me smile to see it.

Edits: Rotated photos and thanks for kind comments.

My first KA is almond, which matched my former kitchen--even though I had the mixer for years before we moved into this house. So, maybe I planned the kitchen to match the KA (and my almond appliances).

In the remodeled kitchen, appliances are bisque, and I decided to upgrade to a heavier mixer, and to choose a more colorful one this time around. I was looking at yellow, green, or orange, to match my vintage pottery, but found a barely used empire red one on craigslist, for such a great price that I couldn't pass it up. I don't decorate with red, rarely wear red, and have nothing else red in the kitchen, but it looks OK, sitting quietly in it's own little nook, and I've learned to appreciate the color.

Sometimes I miss my almond mixer, but it's still in the family--passed along to my younger DD, who will enjoy it for many years to come.

Sandmtn, that's a wonderful reason to have a sea glass KA. :)

Various thoughts:

I'm just too practical ever to sell a perfectly good Kitchen Aid mixer just because I'm using new colors.

Don't choose based upon glass bowl vs. metal bowl. You can buy additional bowls -- they're not cheap, but they're also not terribly expensive. You'll probably want to add accessories to your Kitchen Aid as time passes anyway.

If you go with a white kitchen, I think either one will look great.

ALL kitchens look better in gussied-up magazine pictures. They take the picture when the kitchen is perfectly clean, in the best possible light, showing an unlikely amount of empty counterspace, and lovely-but-impractical things out as accessories (really, when did a lovely glass dish of lemons -- and nothing else -- ever grace your kitchen counters?).

When you remodel, are you sure you'll want to leave the Kitchen Aid out on the counter, or will you choose to place it on a pop-up and keep it tucked away in the cabinets?

My KA is white because my DH and children got it for me. When I renovated the kitchen I had a mixer base installed in my island so it is stowed away and color isn't a consideration. I do love the azure and sea glass. Both are beautiful but I like the quiet color of the azure a bit better.

Sandmtn, what a wonderful way to be reminded of your DM. I am sure you think of her and smile each time you see it!

My mixer is called a Kenwood chef - I think it's the precursor of present-day KA's. I got it in 1970 or thereabouts and have used it - hard - ever since. It's not very pretty (white with navy trim), but it has certainly proved its worth in the years I've had it. I do have a KA food processor - it's copper and is (IMHO) gorgeous. The food processor lives in a very visible place on my counter, the mixer is tucked into a pretty hard to see corner. That sea glass one is really gorgeous!

I LOVE the Sea Glass. Gosh, if you have the exact same blue glass vase as in the inspiration pic, isn't that a sign?

I don't keep my shiny black KA out on the counter. But these pictures make me want a new shiny COLORED one and to leave it out! OMG - I do not need to buy a new mixer!!!

My mother has a purple/blue KA. It must have been one of the few colors available the year she decided to buy one, because she has never decorated anything with that color. Hers lives in appliance garage, but it is something I'd be willing to leave out even though the rest of the house is decorated in greens.

So I say go with the color that pleases you most. Chances are you will go through a few decor changes before the mixer wears out. :)

Have anyone of you seen the new kitchen aid mixer new color "ocean blue" I love it but I already own the "sea glass" I got it for Christmas last year.