If the wall is to be unpainted, one option is to basically encase the top of the hood fan in a cabinet that matches the rest, but I don't know if that would feel too 80s-90s.
The inside of the cabinet will only be partially functional since the rest of the venting work will be inside of it, but I guess it also creates an uninterrupted space if you decide you want to have display things above the cabinets?
Having the vent like your example picture is fine and probably preferrable to having the duct work be shorter than the top of the cabinets IMO. But also, I've personally thought it seems odd for the recent trend to make the area behind a stove look sorta like an unfinished feature wall with basically nothing going on beside a hood fan. IMO at least put some back splash from the stove upwards and surrounding the hood fan, instead of leaving it as paint.
That being said, it's a look that is nice if the cabinets go to the ceiling, but I am not totally sure whether it will look good if something doesn't go to the ceiling. Paint only might actually be the better look in your case.
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