I kind of like the yellow you picked. What's throwing me off, though, is the reddish floor. Is that stone or stone looking laminate?

@housegal200 thanks for your comment! The floor is traditional saltillo, which is a mexican clay/terra-cotta tile.

Thanks @ BeverlyFLADeziner! I hadn't considered blue or green much, but the rendering you made looks nice. Thanks for your time!

I was using these photos as a source of inspiration: https://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/kitchens/g1263/southwest-kitchen-design-and-decor-0912/

As someone who is also in southern (baja) AZ, I love your kitchen. Picking any of the colors from the tiles should work (maybe a step or two lighter), keeping in mind that an orange or orangey yellow might clash with the saltillo.

You can pick yellow color from your countertop for walls

Ceramic cabinet pulls in Mid Western colors.......add......I would! (aka Yoda).....

I like Celerygirls colors. The yellow is just a little more muted than your original gold.

I love Celerygirl's yellow.

I'd go with a soft greeny-blue/bluey green, in effect a soft colour shifting blue, a pale leaning turquoise.

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Thanks everyone for your comments. I definitely feel like I want yellow, but having a hard time nailing down which yellow. I don't want it to be too bright. I felt inspired by the yellow color in this Santa Fe kitchen.

I also would really like to use a color from Dunn-Edwards "historically accurate" color line. I think it's really neat how Dunn-Edwards made this paint line, they did tons of research of historic homes and missions from 1800-1910 in the American Southwest to create this line. My house was built in 1948 in southwestern style, so I'd like to keep some history in the paint colors. Here is the link to the colors in this line: https://www.dunnedwards.com/colors/curated-collections/then-now-and-forever-r . The samples painted behind the sink are "Sunny Disposition" (right) and "Alameda Ochre" (left), which are also tagged as being Spanish style.

I also tried "Ochre Revival" (not pictured) but I felt it was too light. I think today I will go and get samples of "Cornsilk Yellow" and possibly "Zucchini Flower". Anyone have any other suggestions?

Here is another photo of the tile colors. There is some variation in the yellow tiles, some are lighter, some darker.

I think those two new yellows look promising. On my monitor,the Santa Fe kitchen looks more orange...a shade somewhere between O'Brien Orange and Bittersweet. So hard to tell,just remember your saltillo will reflect on those walls like crazy. Best of luck!

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The yellow looks great, but also the blue.

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Benjamin Moore Paints makes an exterior colour called "English Ivory". They moan and groan about having to mix it, will tell you it's discontinued, etc. but they can find the recipe and make you the paint as an interior colour. It's sort of a hard yellow to describe, it. It just looks like its been on the walls for years. I have used it in three very different kitchens and have always been happy with it. I have it now with a mexican tile floor and some very unfortunate granite counters and I still love it! Try a sample and see if it works with your counters.

those are fun counters! I like the one on the right in your picture. But, I like a blue or green too, so..I'm no help.

Awesome counters and I really love the green and blue that Beverly posted. In particular those shades looks wonderful with the counters AND the flooring.

Light blue-beige

I'd vote for the periwinkle blue that BeverlyFLADeziner mocked up for you. Probably because blue and orange are opposites on the color wheel, I think it complements the orange-y floor nicely while also tying in with the countertop. Also, that shade of blue just looks pleasant and cheerful to me.

Here it is again, but covering the whole kitchen now:

Yellow is my favorite color, so usually I'd be all over the marigolds you're considering, but I just don't love it here. I do totally love your inspiration kitchen (below), but in the yellow mock-ups in your kitchen, it feels as if the wall color is competing with the counter and floors and my eye can't figure out where to land.

What I get from this is that there are a hundred ways to do this and they are all correct.

Speaking strictly personally, I would probably paint the lower cabinets a blue to match one of the blue tiles (probably the cobalt), and I would remove the upper cabinets entirely in favor of a few open woodplank shelves to match the floor, for ceramics and spices, etc

I would probably paint the walls white -- but I might continue with the blue or another color, depending on how it looked at that point. I realize that not everyone could live without the upper cabinets if they have a lot of stuff. At a minimum I would replace the upper cabinet doors with something with a bit of glass in them

If I had the dough, I might also think about replacing the refrigerator with a colorful Smeg or other type of retro style refrigerator.

PS: If I was really crazy and rich, i might buy one of those over-the-top Dolce Gabbana Smegs (even though they are Italian, not Mexican, in design)

Also, I note that your inspiration photo has open shelving like I would do, with thick wood planks.

What I have learned about painting with yellow is that you have to go a little more muted that you think. Leaning a little more toward haystack yellow/gold - definitely not too beige in this kitchen, but not a color that exactly matches the saturation of the tile - will help it not be overwhelming once it's on a large area like a wall. That said, I absolutely LOVE the cobalt blue walls on groveraxle's mock up. They look fantastic with the floor!

I was thinking something in the plum family. The Homestead Red from your historical collection, or Raspberry Patch (which would be a bit bolder) from the other.

What other colors do you use in your home? Would that help coordinate your home to the kitchen? So, perhaps choosing from the floor color, pick a soft brown/tan/taupe paint which would set off your counters for their fun boldness.

I'm leaning toward ktjensen50's comment on trying a soft, muted tone from the floor. Then I'm also looking at that fabulous plum color tile in the countertop and thinking maybe a paint shade 50% or so lighter could be fun. Best thing I ever did to help pick out paint colors for new construction was get a fan deck from Sherwin Williams...every color under the sun right there with you. Good luck !!!

Out of those historically accurate colours I like Sunnyside up. We have a similar yellow in our kitchen with clay tiles and it works well to keep it bright as it faces north. Might be too much everywhere if yours faces south.

love the brighter yellow

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I would try something like SW Torchlight SW 6374. It's a warm gold color which I definitely equate with southwest.

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Sunny and bright

I love the floor and counter tiles, I think red is a bit Mc Donalds, love the blues and greens others have posted, such a fun home !! good luck, best, Debra

Love the yellow!

I love the follow up pictures. Great job with your yellow!

It's perfect !!!!

Amazing. After reviewing all of those renderings in different colors, the color you picked looks best of all.

You picked a good color. Now for a big colorful rag rug.

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I think a blue would have been a great choice.