Kemper Foxhall Green cabinet finish sample

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Kemper Foxhall Green Kitchen Cabinets

Offered in the Kemper Choice and Emerge series

Deep forest green, held back from brightness by a fair amount of gray. Foxhall Green is dark enough to work like a neutral and green enough to be unmistakable. We see it most often on islands and base cabinets, though a whole kitchen in it looks good in a room with decent light.

Brand: Kemper
Finish: Paint
Availability: Made to order

Color & Look

Dark in value and low in saturation, this green is closer to pine needles in shade than to anything bright. The hue sits near the center of green, not on the blue-leaning side that gives you sage and not on the yellow side that gives you olive, which is part of why it feels traditional rather than fashionable. The sample is a smooth, even paint film with no grain coming through and nothing wiped into it.

North light cools it, and on a dark day it can look almost charcoal, with the green only visible where light strikes directly. South and west light open it up and the green becomes obvious and rich. In the evening under warm bulbs it goes soft and deep and loses much of its color. Of all the conditions, mid-morning south light is the most flattering and a gray winter afternoon the least.

Two mistakes come up with a color this deep. The first is assuming it is black; from across a room, and in photographs, it can pass for one. The second is expecting sage — Seaside is the softer, grayer green, and this one is a great deal darker. Against Greenblack, a blue-leaning near-black, Foxhall Green is plainly and warmly green, which is the cleanest way to tell the two apart.

Construction & Quality

Kemper has been making cabinetry in America since 1926 and is part of the MasterBrand family. Offered in the Kemper Choice and Emerge series.

Emerge is Kemper’s most personalized series: all-plywood construction, custom sizing, and a choice of full-overlay, inset or beaded-inset doors, with specialty finishes, stain and glaze options and multiple edge profiles.

Kemper backs its cabinetry with a limited lifetime warranty; coverage and terms are set by Kemper.

Where It Works

Islands are the most common home for it, and for good reason: a deep green island under a white or cream counter, with white perimeter cabinets, is a combination that does not tire. Base cabinets in Foxhall Green with light uppers works the same way. A full kitchen in it suits a room with several windows, a light floor and a pale counter; without those, the depth starts to close the room in.

It belongs in traditional and country kitchens more naturally than in modern ones, though a flat-panel room in this color looks handsome. Elsewhere in the house it is a strong choice for a study with built-in cabinetry, a bar, or a powder room vanity. In a mudroom it hides boots, bags and scuffs better than almost any other color in the line, and it keeps the space from feeling like a utility room.

Pairing Ideas

Countertops

Cream quartz is the pairing we suggest first. Cambria Fairbourne, a near-solid cream, or Cambria Lincolnshire with its marble-look veining both warm the green and keep the room from going cold. A bright white such as Vicostone Bettoglio or Vicostone Costa Nova sharpens the contrast instead, which suits a cleaner, more modern kitchen.

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Backsplash

Warm white and cream subway tile suits this green better than a cold white. MSI Aria Cremita and MSI Malta Cliffs Subway Tile 2x6, both cream, keep the palette warm. MSI Calacatta Gold Matte Subway Tile 4x12 brings a white face with gold veining that ties to brass hardware. MSI Antique White is the simplest white option.

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Hardware

Warm metals are the natural partner. The Berenson Swagger 160mm MDB Pull in bronze suits a traditional room, and the Berenson 128mm Champagne Bar Pull gives a softer warmth. Brushed gold reads brighter and more current. If you want the hardware to recede, vintage nickel on a deep green is quiet and correct.

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Floors

Mid to light wood keeps a dark green kitchen balanced. Oak in a honey or natural tone, engineered or solid, is the usual answer and looks right with the color. Red-toned wood can clash, so we steer away from it. Warm-toned LVP works in a mudroom or laundry, and a cream porcelain tile is a good hard-surface option.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Used on every cabinet in a low-light room, it will. The fix is the usual one and it works: keep the color on the base cabinets and island, put white or cream above, and choose a light counter and backsplash. That arrangement gives you the depth of the green without the room closing up, and it is how most of our green kitchens are built.

Not in our experience. The color has enough gray in it to sit comfortably on a plain flat-panel door, and with brushed nickel hardware and a near-solid white counter it looks clean rather than country. What usually makes a green kitchen read traditional is the tile and the hardware around it, not the paint on the cabinets.

Greenblack is darker still and leans blue, so it reads as a charcoal with a teal cast rather than as a green. Foxhall Green keeps a clear green identity and is warmer with it. If you want the color to be noticed, this is the one. If you want a near-black with only a hint of green under it, Greenblack is closer.

Yes. The color is built to order rather than stocked, so what we can put in your hands is a color sample rather than a finished door. Take it home and look at it beside your floor and your counter, at midday and again in the evening. Deep greens change enough between those two moments that a showroom look alone is not enough.

See the color sample in our showroom, 238 E Geneva Rd, Wheaton →