Stand mixers
Stand mixer colors, matched to your kitchen
A stand mixer is the one appliance that lives on the counter for decades, so its color matters more than the toaster's. The question is not which mixer. It is which color for the kitchen you have.
KitchenAid makes the Artisan in more than twenty colors and adds one every year (Spearmint for 2026). Smeg makes its mixer in seven. Cuisinart makes a good one in four quiet colors at about half the price. Every one of them will mix bread dough. What they will not do is match a kitchen they were not chosen for, and a mixer you have gone off is the hardest appliance to hide.
A white kitchen
White cabinets can take a saturated color. This is where the classic reds and the deep blues belong.
The Artisan in a color that reads pink at a glance and rose up close. Dried Rose is the one KitchenAid keeps in stock.
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The classic KitchenAid red, in the smaller body.
Buy on Amazon All colorsSmeg's current mixer: die-cast body, ten speeds, the same seven colors as the toaster and kettle so the counter matches.
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Oak, walnut, butcher block, terracotta floors. Muted colors work; bright ones fight the wood.
The category anchor. More than twenty colors, a new one every year, and forty years of attachments that still fit.
Buy on Amazon All colorsSmeg's current mixer: die-cast body, ten speeds, the same seven colors as the toaster and kettle so the counter matches.
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Five hundred watts and a die-cast body at roughly half the KitchenAid price. The colors are quieter: frosted blue, agave green, dove gray.
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Navy, charcoal or black cabinets need a light color on the counter or the mixer disappears.
Five hundred watts and a die-cast body at roughly half the KitchenAid price. The colors are quieter: frosted blue, agave green, dove gray.
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Smeg's current mixer: die-cast body, ten speeds, the same seven colors as the toaster and kettle so the counter matches.
Buy on Amazon All colorsIf the fridge is already a Smeg, the mixer should be a Smeg in the same color. The greens are different greens.
A pastel or retro kitchen
Mixing the Smeg pastels with KitchenAid's colors rarely works. Buy the mixer from the same family as the fridge.
Smeg's current mixer: die-cast body, ten speeds, the same seven colors as the toaster and kettle so the counter matches.
Buy on Amazon All colorsSmeg's current mixer: die-cast body, ten speeds, the same seven colors as the toaster and kettle so the counter matches.
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If you own a KitchenAid in a color you have gone off, the cheapest fix is a new bowl. Ceramic and colored glass bowls fit every tilt-head Artisan made in the last forty years, and they change the look more than you would expect.
And if you are still choosing: pick the color first, from the fridge outward. The mixer follows.
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