Gunmetal Cabinet Pulls

Gunmetal cabinet pulls: dark, but not black

Gunmetal is a deep blue-gray with a slight metallic sheen, sitting between a charcoal and a dark pewter. It is darker and cooler than bronze and softer than matte black, which is exactly why people reach for it: it gives the weight of a dark finish without the hard graphic edge that black puts on a cabinet front. On gray, white and wood cabinetry it reads as a considered choice rather than a statement.

Who makes the gunmetal pulls here

Jeffrey Alexander supplies most of this page, with Schaub and Company and Century Hardware behind it. The shapes cover standard cabinet pulls, appliance pulls and a bow pull with feet. Style tags run rustic, traditional and transitional, which tracks with how the finish is used - gunmetal tends to appear on shaped and cup profiles rather than on plain modern bars.

Drill centers and sizing

Centers on this page include 3, 3-3/4, 5-1/16, 6-5/16, 12 and 18 inches, which covers standard drawers, wide drawers and refrigerator or pantry fronts. On a replacement job, measure center to center between the existing screw holes and order that spacing. On new fronts, a pull around a third of the drawer width is a dependable starting proportion, and going up a size on a wide drawer usually looks better than going down.

Gunmetal against matte black and pewter

Matte black is flatter and cooler; pewter is lighter and grayer; gunmetal sits between them with more depth than either. It mixes comfortably with stainless appliances and with black fixtures, and it does not compete with a busy countertop. On a light cabinet it gives definite contrast; on a dark one it recedes and becomes texture rather than outline, which is worth deciding before ordering a full run. Gunmetal pulls in modern kitchens and gunmetal knobs on gray cabinets show where the finish earns its keep.

Explore all gunmetal cabinet hardware, browse every cabinet pull, or compare with matte black cabinet pulls. Dark finishes are the hardest to judge from a photograph, so book a free design consultation with Kayla before committing a kitchen.