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Choosing Colour
Sometimes the hardest step in painting is deciding what colours to choose!
If you're looking to try something new but don't know where to start, try working through these 3 questions:
- What mood do you want to convey?
Poring through fashion & design magazines and online photo galleries can help pinpoint the mood that most inspires you.
- What colour palettes inspire you?
Colours you love could come from a beautiful silk-screened paper, or even a vintage scarf. Start to gather a collection of photos or real items that inspire you. Put them all together to see what colour patterns emerge. With colour inpiration, anything goes!
- What furnishings and accessories will be in the space?
Gather colour samples of what items will be in the space – bedding and window treatments for example. Include the colour of a dinner plate you love, or start with a sofa. Add a vase, side chair or floor lamp to create your own personal mix.
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Benjamin Moore Colour Testers
Sampling a colour at home ensures you will achieve the most accurate sense of how the colour will actually look in the room. Sampling paint colours is a great idea to help you:
- Experiment with several different colours before deciding on a colour scheme for a room.
- Decide between several shades and tints of a particular colour and compare how they affect the feel of the room.
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- Experience how a particular colour is enhanced by lighting conditions.
- Determine how a particular colour works with other colours in the room and whether or not they will flow with the colours in adjoining rooms.
Benajmin Moore offers Colour Testers, a collection of our most popular, fashionforward and designer-endorsed colours in convenient two-ounce containers that can cover a 24 inches square area with two coats of paint, offering an idea way to test your colour selections.
Benjamin Moore
Personal Colour
Palette & Big Chips
It can be a challenge to visualize how a colour will look on
your walls. Introducing a colour confidence tool that comes in two sizes, both based on the Benjamin Moore Designer Classics Collection:
- The Personal Colour Palette features all 231 colours on individual chips in a neat portable case. Each chip gives you over 12 square inches of colour.
- Benjamin Moore's Big Chips stretch the "chip" concept to the max, with each measuring 18 inches square. Big Chips come on a special material that can be taped to the wall – even around corners – to let you observe how the play of light affects the colour. Then you can simply roll up your Big Chips and bring them shopping with you!
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Colour Capture™ 1.5 for iPhone®
Capture your colour inspirations wherever you go with the latest version of Benjamin Moore Colour Capture app, available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. With the tap of a key, snap a picture and instantly find its match among Benjamin Moore's more than 3,300 paint colours. Coordinate colours, share your favourites, and much more!
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