Colour and Design Blog

Looking for a bold blue? This #staffpickmonday Drew recommends Van Deusen Blue (HC-156) 💙🧢

Dark green is a colour that has been known to go in and out of style over the years...but this new version of deep greens is timeless. Many people have been obsessing over Benjamin Moore's colour 686 Crisp Romaine because it can work in traditional, transitional and modern spaces. Dark green stands for balance, nature, spring, and rebirth. It’s the symbol of prosperity, freshness, and progress. What happens to your body in the presence of green? Your pituitary gland is stimulated. Your muscles are more relaxed. It’s also been shown to improve reading ability and creativity. The colour green is...

Light blue is airy, fresh and perfect for spring. Just look up at our beautiful skies in soft blues with fluffy white clouds. Light blue is the color most linked to creativity. Light blue is very popular in interiors, although a cool colour it doesn’t give you the chills. It’s welcoming, peaceful and calms you on stressful days. Sitting in a blue room is like forgetting all about reality, entering a fresh viewpoint. Blue symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence and truth. Mixed with white, blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. The paint colour feature here is...

The colour tan makes an excellent backdrop and for accompanying bright colours to appear richer and brighter. Use tan to convey a feeling of warmth, honesty, and wholesomeness. Although found in nature year-round, golden brown is often considered a spring and fall colour. It is more casual than black, tan is dependable, conservative, and flexible. The attributes and meanings associated with tan change based on the colours it accompanies. Tan can give off a feeling of understated elegance.  Additional words for fan would be buff, camel, oatmeal, sand, ecru, mushroom. This paint colour featured is HC-37 Mystic Gold by Benjamin Moore

Peach is the perfect mix of colours, red is filled with energy and stimulation, and yellow is responsible for happiness and cheerfulness. Peach is happy, it's stimulating with a big dose of clarity. When it comes to our interiors, peach has a great impact on our well being. A soft, calm peach room creates a sense of stability and security. Bright shades of peach, do the opposite and improve your mood. Its an optimistic colour and will increase your level of happiness. Fill a room with positive energy and vitality to create a warm and romantic atmosphere by painting the...