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Archive for the ‘color combinations’ Category
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
 C2 Paint's "Merlot", "Stout" and "Bluebeard" create an eye-catching exterior for this vision clinic! Here’s a treat to be seen: a commercial building that is not BEIGE!!!
Kudos to Anne Viggiano Color Design & Consulting for this great color combination. By using a rich palette that is still muted, Anne has successfully taken the previous non-descript off-white exterior and added warmth, life and visual interest. All this from some buckets of paint. As you can see, Anne knows that you can use color to direct the eye, add charater and emphasize architectural detail. Color is a tool that in the right hands can be utilized to feature positive aspects of a building, interior or exterior.
Paint is a inexpensive way to upgrade a building, there is no construction required. And if you are going to the effort of repainting anyways, why not use a skilled consultant to create the best outcome?
If you are interested in creating a fresh look with Anne, she is very tuned in to the C2 Paint palette and her masterful skills can help you go from blah to beautiful.
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Our friends at California Paint (despite the name, it’s a New England paint company!), have posted a great article/palette on historic New England colors.At Daly’s Paint we are always on the lookout for inspirational material, and this article shows a great progression of colors over time. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Yesterday I met with a color specifier at the (soon to be old) Bellevue store. She was thrilled to learn about our different paint lines and she made a comment that got me to thinking…
She wanted to know MORE about what makes certain colors our ‘go-to’ colors in the palette. In other words, when we help someone choose colors, we often start off with our favorite shades to help facilitate the process of winnowing down the choices.
But what makes them our favorites, and why do they work?
It’s more than a lucky guess, of course. As I am writing this, I keep flashing to C2 Paint’s “Labrador”. It’s yellow. But it’s not yellowy-yellow because it possesses a red undertone.
This hint of red pigment keeps the yellow from going too acidic, plus it contributes to uniting the color to other shades, ensuring that ‘Labrador’ will coordinate with a large variety of hues. And interestingly enough, ‘Labrador’ is ideal both as an exterior yellow (imagine a yellow farmhouse on the middle of the country with tons of crisp white trim and a deep green or rich red front door) and it plays exceptionally well as a kitchen yellow. Very unusual thaqt a single color can span both directions, when you think about the way a color reads outside compared to inside.
Yet, if you look at it in relation to the color chip rack or fan deck, you might think it’s too peachy at first. But get it off the rack, and the color really starts to shine. Of course, there are other great yellows, too! Some of my favorites include: C2 ‘Moxie’, ‘Polenta‘, ‘Shine’ and ‘Sugar Cookie’ when you want that pretty pale hue.
When looking at any color, don’t forget to try the color in the environment it will be used – ultimately, it’s the relationship of your new color with all the other factors that make it work.
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Inspiration for color and color combinations happens in the most unusual places sometimes.
This weekend I had to haul myself across the country to Tampa, FL for two nights. It’s not a trip I recommend for the faint-of-heart – especially considering that those 7am business breakfasts really happen at 4am Seattle-time! Ouch.
However, as I was traveling home I found some really beautiful uses of color. Specifically, when I was going to Terminal E at the Tampa airport, I noticed a large WPA mural (originally painted in the 1930′s by artist George Snow Hill. They were restored decades later by the artist himself) over the security line. The subject of the mural was the first flight landing in Tampa – but it was the use of color that really stood out.
The colors were all from a palette that was both colorful and muted at the same time. There were reds, blues, browns, golds and such, but none of the colors were “pure” or “clear”. It created a harmony between all the colors and let the artist use a large variety of color without it looking like a mish-mash.
The same skills can be applied when using color in a home. This is how some people are very successful in having different colored rooms that all seem to flow together harmoniously. If the colors were “acid” or “bright”, they would stick out like a sore thumb and not feel very good to live with.
My other experience happened on the airplane. The movie “Evening” was the selection on the way home. Starring Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Toni Colette and Natasha Richardson (whew! what a cast!).
I chose not to watch the movie (too tired for an emotional film), but I ended up watching the colors used in the different scenes. They skillfully used color to help define the different times and eras that took place in the film.
I got sucked into looking at the color combinations, without the sound. It was pretty cool to watch a movie without being involved in the story. You certainly notice different things.
The scene where Meryl Streep’s character visits the dying Vanessa Redgrave character is all done with white. White suit, white pearls, white sheets, white nightgown, white light and white hair. In unskilled hands this would have been the most boring, washed-out scene imaginable. But every white was different and again, there was no “pure” white – it was all rich and warm. Tough to pull off, but very pretty.
I love these greens. I love the whitewall tires that aren’t icy white. I love the intense light on the actors from the sun. A feast for the eyes.
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