The Best Quartz Colours for Every Kitchen Style

One of the most attractive features of quartz countertops is the diverse colour selection that makes it easy to customize your kitchen counters to suit a wide variety of designs. Whether your kitchen is modern, traditional or minimalist, we will look at the best quartz colours to complement your kitchen style in this blog.

Understanding the Best Quartz Colours

Quartz is a manufactured material that constantly evolves to align with changing kitchen trends and consumer preferences. Leading brands such as HanStone Quartz and Silestone by Cosentino curate classic and trending quartz colour palettes that make it easy to find the best quartz colour for any kitchen design.

Available in varying designs, ranging from solids to veined marble and speckled granite looks, quartz colours can also help you have the look of natural stone without concerns about finding the perfect slab to meet your needs. As a result, it is extremely flexible, allowing you to tailor your countertops and backsplash to any kitchen design.

Best Quartz Colours for Modern Kitchen Designs

There are two approaches to finding the best quartz colours for modern kitchen countertops:

1. Trending stone

Matching quartz colours to trending stone countertops allows you to achieve a modern look based on the latest countertop styles. For example, designers are leaning into high-contrast, dramatic veining for statement countertops.

In this case, the best quartz colours would be black-dominant backgrounds with striking white veining, or the opposite, with black veining cutting distinct patterns through white quartz.

If you want less drama, other popular stone colours include soapstone with its subtle grey-on-grey veining, such as HanStone Quartz’s Soho, or brown tones such as Tahitian Cream. 

2. Trending colours

In this case, you’re looking at solid colours based on current trends. Popular quartz colours for a modern, sophisticated look range from deep charcoals, such as Tartufo and Corktown or deep blacks like HanStone Quartz Silhouette. 

The unexpected resurgence of wood cabinets calls for warm and earthy tones such as Silestone by Cosentino’s Coral Clay and Eternal Marfil. 

Embracing the New Neutrals for Minimalist Kitchens

It used to be that minimalist kitchens relied on an all-white palette. However, the focus of minimalist design is the “less is more” approach, which doesn’t have to rely on white to achieve a light and airy look. As a result, the “new neutrals” are outshining the now less desirable, outdated white kitchen.

Some popular trending kitchen neutrals that help you achieve the calm, stylish, uncluttered minimalist look include beige, taupe, soft greys, and cream. Subtle wood tones with pale stains are also popular for minimalist Scandi or Japandi kitchens.

The neutral quartz countertops for minimalist kitchens pick up on the prominent cabinet colour, focusing on solids such as HanStone Quartz’s Royale Blanc. Sticking to solids will help create a minimalist look, but subtle veining can also work, such as Desert Silver and HanStone Quartz’s Yorkville. 

Complementary Colours for Contemporary Kitchen Designs

Although we still see neutrals in contemporary kitchens, colourful cabinets figure prominently in today’s kitchen designs. The best quartz colours for contemporary kitchens feature interesting texturing and patterning. Some examples of complementary quartz colours for contemporary styles include the following:

• Sage greens: Choose soft whites such as HanStone Quartz’s Drift or warm sands and greys such as Calacatta Venato.
• Wedgewood blues: This is perfect with soft whites, veined looks with white and hints of blue, such as HanStone Quartz’s Tranquility and greys such as Desert Silver, Awaken, or Hekla Slope.
• Deep forest green: Darker greens are more sophisticated, with upmarket quartz counter colours such as HanSton Quartz’s Calacatta Extra, while Soho artfully mimics the elegance of Carrara marble.
• Bright navy: Bright navy calls out for fun, high-contrast countertops or a more subtle look, such as Yorkville, Olympus White, or Pearl Jasmine.

Best Quartz Colours for Classic Kitchen Designs

Classic kitchens are elegant and timeless. Historic details and unfussy cabinet detailing are the flavour of the day for classic kitchens. This kitchen design lends itself to natural marble surfaces ideally mimicked with white quartz countertops, including HanStone Quartz’s Chantilly and Calacatta Extra.  

Best Quartz Colours for Rustic Kitchen Designs

The rustic kitchen is taking over the dated modern farmhouse look, bringing a comfortable, inviting feel to the heart of the home.

Rustic kitchens feel more eclectic with vintage and antique finds incorporated into islands and kitchen tables, repurposed wood kitchen cabinets, and vintage colours such as charming deep (never bright!) yellowy golds, pale robin’s egg or sky blues, soft olive greens, and rich reds.

Rustic kitchen designs allow you to have more fun with your quartz counter colours, like matching black quartz countertops with warm yellow or sage green cabinets, or pairing very warm, high-contrast browns and gold quartz colours. 

Pale blues and olive greens go wonderfully with a long list of white quartz countertops, such as HanStone Quartz’s Whistler Gold and Tranquility. 

Red cabinets become richer and more elegant with black quartz countertops, warmer with beige tones and more playful with subtle red or purplish tones. 

Black Quartz Countertops for Urban Sophistication

Black quartz countertops are the hallmark of urban sophistication, with a luxurious, rich feeling that is all about elegance. Paired beautifully with a wide range of cabinet designs, black quartz countertops include solids, granite, and marble looks such as HanStone Quartz’s Silhouette or Silestone by Cosentino’s Corktown. 

Contact the Professionals at Quartz Co Surfaces

Choosing the best quartz colour options for a wide range of kitchen designs and styles is easier with the help of our kitchen experts at Quartz Co. Our extensive quartz colour palette and customization options make us the ideal partner to help you match this durable, versatile counter material to your unique kitchen style.

For more information or to book an appointment at one of our various showrooms in Ontario, you can contact the professionals at Quartz Co Surfaces here.