OUR GUIDE TO CHOOSING PAINT COLOURS

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1 OUR GUIDE TO CHOOSING PAINT COLOURS

2 Contents 1. Introducing Colour 2. Colour Theory, Colour Mixing, and the Colour Wheel - Primary Colours - Secondary Colours - Monochromatic - Analogous - Complementary - Split Complementary - Intermediate 3. What Colours symbolise - Reds / Red-oranges / Oranges - Yellows - Greens - Blue-Greens / Blues / Blue-violets - Neutrals 4. About Colour & Paint 5. About our unique colour testing system: The ipatch 6. Our colour collections - Mr & Mrs Smith At Home - Liberty Art Fabric Paints - The Nantucket Trading Company - Fleur Italian Designer Paint

3 Introducing Colour Our design team and colour experts have put this together to help you understand colours better. It will enable you to complement and contrast colours in a way that will enhance the dimensions and feel for any room. By arranging colours into groups that correspond to the colour wheel and showing you how to use it with ease. We hope it will provide you with the inspiration to create the effect and colour scheme you are looking for. Colour affects our lives in all sorts of ways. It has the power to transform our moods, unleash our creativity and give us a profound sense of well-being. It is also astonishingly subtle. We encourage you to experiment and have fun designing your home always test your colour choice with our ipatch. This will allow you to experiment with a number of colour schemes.

4 You can combine any set of colours together according to personal taste there are no absolute rules. However you may find our colour wheel helpful in trying out colour schemes and design ideas. It helps to show how the primary colours of red, blue and yellow can be combined with secondary and tertiary colours to create a variety of room layouts, Here are three different ways to use the colour wheel to combine colours. Enjoy experimenting until you find a colour scheme that suits you. Watch the ipatch video Special introductory offer: As a thank you for downloading our colour guide we will give you 10% off any paint purchase. Enter this promotional code at the checkout: 10%OFFPAINT Visit: colourandpaint.com

5 Colour Theory, Colour Mixing, and the Colour Wheel The Colour wheel offers the easiest way to visualise how hues relate to each other. Traditionally designers have defined red, yellow and blue as the three primary colours from which all others on the wheel can be mixed. Although this is technically true, a designer can't actually derive a pure green or purple from the primaries the intensity of the mixed colour won't equal that of the parents. For decorating decisions, however, you need only be aware that purple relates to both red and blue and that green derives from yellow and blue. Those relationships mean the colours will harmonise with each other.

6 The Colour Wheel PRIMARY TERTIARY TERTIARY SECONDARY SECONDARY TERTIARY TERTIARY PRIMARY PRIMARY TERTIARY TERTIARY SECONDARY

7 Primary Primary colours are those that cannot be made from mixing other colours. Instead, primary colors are the source of other colors. The primary colours are red, blue, and yellow. Mixing red and blue makes violet, while mixing red and yellow makes orange. Mixing yellow and blue results in green. Usually primary colours are too strong to be used full strength in a colour scheme, but as an accent, they can be striking.

8 Secondary Colours Secondary colours are made by mixing equal parts of primary colours. For instance, green is a secondary colour made by mixing yellow and blue. Orange comes from mixing red and yellow. Violet results from mixing blue and red. These colours are less strong than primaries, but they are more pleasing when mixed with white to make a tint.

9 Monochromatic This is the easiest colour scheme to create. Choose any shade, tint or tone of one colour, for example violets to create a simple colour palette based on the lighter or darker variations of violet. You could also add neutral colours such as white and grey for extra visual interest.

10 Analogous This approach is useful when you want to combine colours together. The idea is to mix either a primary or secondary colour with one or two tertiary colours. Simply choose two or three colours lying next to each other on the colour wheel. For example combine blues with blue-greens and blue-violets. The colour effect could be subtle or striking depending on the shades, tints or tones you choose.

11 Complementary Here you could create a colour scheme with the greatest colour contrasts. Choose two colours that lie opposite to each other on the colour wheel such as blues and oranges as the main colours in your colour scheme. The result could be a vivid clash of tones, full of energy and uplift, depending on the strength of colours chosen.

12 Split Complementary Split complementary colours are the two colours adjacent to the complementary colour. This means, if red is the complement of green on the colour wheel, red-violet and red-orange along with green will make the split complementary colour scheme.

13 Intermediate Intermediate Colours Also known as Tertiary colours, are produced by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colours. Intermediate colours are located between the primary and secondary colours on a colour wheel

14 What Colours symbolise The meaning of colours can vary depending on culture and circumstances. Each colour has many aspects to it. Colour is a form of non verbal communication. Image: special thanks to Pantone

15 Reds / Red-oranges / Oranges Red has more symbolism than any other colour. For early man it was the colour of blood and fire, for the ancient Greeks the token of love. It is the colour of romantics and extroverts, universally associated with danger, emotion and heat. It is an advancing colour: it will make a room look smaller, but also cosy and inviting. It is dramatic on feature walls. Traditionally red was used in dining rooms and picture galleries. More recently it has come into favour as an accent against shades of white and grey. Orange is a sociable colour, it can be both restful and stimulating at the same time. It encompasses the palette of fruit and spices, from pale apricot to deepest paprika. When diluted to a soft peach tone it has proved extremely popular. Amber and terracotta work well as warm, earthy colours in kitchens and living spaces.

16 Yellows In many Eastern religions, golden yellow is a sacred colour. It is a symbol of creation, sun and light. It has been used throughout history to represent power and glory. Deep yellow is the colour of intellectuals and idealists. Sandy golds and ochres have become popular in recent years as more complex, richer shades of strong Mediterranean yellow. Yellow is an optimistic colour. It is the colour of sunshine, flowers and fruits. It suggests summer days and sandy beaches. Always bright and positive citrus yellows will brighten a room and provide a playful and fresh feel, while softer creamy yellow tones provide warmth and relaxation. Yellow stimulates mental and physical energy and works to positive effect in offices, kitchens and living rooms

17 Greens A colour inextricably linked to nature. It evokes lush grass, verdant forests and dewy leaves. It has come to symbolise the environment. It is a restful colour, a balance between opposing red and blue both of which it works dramatically with. With its cool, fresh tones, green makes a popular ambience for relaxing and dining. Our Liberty range range has a beautiful palette of greens inspired by their classic floral Art Fabrics

18 Blue-Greens / Blues / Blue-violets Turquoise and aquamarine are cool, passive colours. Egyptian temples had blue ceilings decorated with stars and green floors to evoke the banks of the Nile. Nowadays aqua hues are matched with neutrals and blue greys to create calm living spaces. Blue is the colour of sky, water and ice, of the Mediterranean and the Arctic. Once the most highly-valued pigment was Ultramarine from the semi-precious stone Lapis Lazuli. Tranquil and spiritual, blue is a receding colour which makes rooms seem bigger. Its watery connotation have made blue popular in bathrooms, but it also has a meditative, reflective feel

19 Purple / Violets Purple was the choice of Roman emperors. Its rich, velvety tones were difficult to synthesise from nature and give it a regal cachet. The colour of the philosopher, the dreamer and the visionary, purple combines the two extremes of the spectrum, red and blue. Light purple and lilac are easier to use in a contemporary setting. They are space-enhancing, light-providing colours which combine well with pinks, as well as whites and greens. Lilac is a colour that shifts with the light, from soft silvery grey to pale blue. It is ideal for rooms flooded with strong natural daylight.

20 Neutrals The most popular and versatile colours of all, neutrals provide an easy to live with backdrop. They are especially useful for creating a sense of space, to enlarge and brighten small rooms. A white ceiling will reflect up to fifteen percent more light than a tinted one. Create drama with an accent colour on one wall. Alternatively, combine a satisfying, subtle palette of greys, taupes and creams. Greys are extremely popular with architects and interior designers. Our Nantucket Trading Company neutrals range is inspired by this beautiful Atlantic island

21 About Colour & Paint Colour & Paint is an innovative new online paint retailer created to revolutionise the way that paint is chosen, tested and bought. We work with designer brands to develop and launch exclusive premium paint collections. Our experienced design team, along with colour consultant Professor Clare Johnston of the Royal College of Art, work closely with each brand to develop both classic and contemporary colour palettes that reflect each brand's unique character and vision and are designed to work together as collections within the overall brand palette. Our paint is produced exclusively by Craig & Rose, the oldest independent paint manufacturer in the UK. Craig & Rose was founded in 1829 and has impeccable credentials. Their heritage and specialist premium paints have been applied on everything from the Forth Bridge to palaces, grand houses, royal yachts to iconic modern architectural buildings. Visit

22 About our unique colour testing system: The ipatch The innovative ipatch is a world first in home colour testing. The ipatch is a sheet of real paint with a low-tack backing that can be fixed and peeled off numerous times without cracking, flaking or losing adhesion. Its smart design means it does not cause damage or leave marks, yet it can be applied to multiple surfaces, including walls, picture & dado rails, skirting boards and architraves. Easily portable, the ipatch makes comparing paint colours in shops with fabrics, cushions, furniture and accessories, in store, effortless. The ipatch eliminates the need for tester pots, which are time-consuming to apply, create an unsightly after-effect, and are a real nuisance to paint over. Each ipatch is made to order to ensure an exact colour match. Watch the video of the ipatch in action AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE UK & NORTHERN IRELAND

23 colourandpaint.com Promo code: 10%OFFPAINT Mr & Mrs Smith At Home Inspired by our travels both at home and abroad, Mr & Mrs Smith s At Home paint range is a hand-mixed palette of 28 colours, divided into three collections: Coast, Country and City. Although each collection is designed to form a coherent and complementary group of hues, they are intended to be combined as you like to create the ideal interior, whether classic or contemporary. So, if you want to blend the soft stone tones of Edinburgh New Town with the rich yellows of a Keralan spice market, you can. After all, there s a world of colour to explore View the palette on line, for more information click here: Mr & Mrs Smith palette AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE UK & NORTHERN IRELAND

24 colourandpaint.com Promo code: 10%OFFPAINT Liberty Art Fabrics Paint Since 1875, Liberty Art Fabrics has pioneered creativity within the world of textile design, each season creating original fabric collections for apparel and interiors. World renowned for their use of colour, it seemed only natural to use the rich heritage of fabric print designs as inspiration for the first Liberty interior paint collection. Flowers, plants, trees and minerals are an infinite source of inspiration to the designers at Liberty Art Fabrics, hence naming each unique colour within the paint palette after the most beautiful and inspiring of nature's creations. View the palette on line, for more information click here: Liberty Art Fabrics palette AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE UK & NORTHERN IRELAND

25 colourandpaint.com Promo code: 10%OFFPAINT Fleur Italian Designer Paint The Fleur Rich Italian Matt emulsion range is the leading premium paint brand in the Italian designer paint market and is now available exclusively in the UK through Colour & Paint. The range offers a collection of stylish colours and carefully selected shades which are perfect for decorating both classic and contemporary interiors. The exclusive formulation of the range was born from over 200 years' experience of creating paint for the professional decoration, and restoration, of historic palaces and grand houses. View the palette on line, for more information click here: Fleur Italian Designer Paint AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE UK & NORTHERN IRELAND

26 colourandpaint.com Promo code: 10%OFFPAINT The Nantucket Trading Company, Original Colours of New England The Nantucket Trading Company is new to the UK. It is an exclusive brand of high quality paint with a light and natural colour palette inspired by the historic homes, iconic lighthouses, open harbours and dramatic beaches of Nantucket island. These are the "Original Colours of New England" that are always popular here. A colour palette of sun-bleached whites, cranberry pond reds, sea grass greens, grey and sky blues and soft neutrals. The buildings have windswept weathered finishes with interiors that are a reflection of the natural elements outside such as wood, wicker and sisal which are reflected in this perennial collection View the palette on line, for more information click here: The Nantucket Trading Company AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE UK & NORTHERN IRELAND

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