Contemporary kitchen designs often emphasize universal design principles friendly materials. Choose a major subdued color accent like white, brown, black or metallic and pair bright colors like red and electric blue. size should be considered when finalizing kitchen colors. Smaller kitchens should always have light colors. Pastel colors will make your kitchen look bigger designs often make use of manufactured materials and finishes plastic, linoleum, chrome, molded plywood, laminate, acrylic, concrete, also soften and warm the modern kitchen design aesthetic with natural materials