At last the new Pantone Colour website is up
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Brand new Pantone colour website
April 22nd, 2013Somewhere over the rainbow……
March 6th, 2013Educational Centre En El Chaparral, Granada, by Alejandro Muñoz Miranda. This Kindergarden in Spain is like walking in to a rainbow – amazing coloured windows stream spanish light in to areas……
Possibly the best flower stall in the world?….
March 6th, 2013When Chanel opened a pop-up beauty boutique in Covent Garden, it was such a success they made it permanent. And for the next few days, the fashion brand are opening a flower stall in Covent Garden Market – and just in time for Mother’s Day. All of the flowers on offer feature in the brand’s signature scents. If you buy 100ml of one of Chanel’s perfumes, they will give you a hand-tied posy with a personalized message handwritten by a Chanel calligrapher on a camellia-embossed card. The stall is open from March 8 to March 10.
Luminary autumn winter 2014, now available
March 1st, 2013In AW14 we want to touch colour – every story talks about colours in direct relation to their surface and material, from metallised, to glossy, to fluffy and textural.
With over 20 extra pages, giving a detailed focus on colour usage, key colours and seasonal POP colours
‘Luminary is a fantastic package: a unique, informed and beautiful approach to colour forecasting complete with a generous set of tools to further aid palette creation’
Steff Steen, Head of colour, Marks & Spencer
Please contact us for more details
Mount Etna erupts
February 24th, 2013Amazing image from NASA’a Advanced Land Imager satellite
The Colour Scheme Bible, by Anna Starmer
February 6th, 2013Newly released in paperback, The Colour Scheme Bible, is receiving renewed press across the US. at present.
Articles in January appeard in The Chicago Herald Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, the Tampa Bay Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Orlando Sentinel, The Hartford Courant (Conneticut), News & Observer, The Morning Call (Pennsylvania), & Reading (Pennsylania) Eagle, Ventura Country Star (California). Also there was a separate article in Reno & Décor magazine
100,000 sold in hardcover, in North America alone
It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive look at color scheme possibilities.
–Los Angeles Times
What a cool idea for the color challenged among us… 200 combinations fit for a king and queen and their royal family.
–Booklist
When it comes to decorating, the endless color choices available are enough to overwhelm the most determined home decorator. The Color Scheme Bible solves that problem, and with hardcover sales of 100,000 its value is well proven. This lay-flat paperback edition is sure to be an equally popular choice.
With 200 color scheme ideas to choose from, The Color Scheme Bible is an easy-to-use and inspiring reference to using color in the home. It describes how colors interact and the effects they have on a room. It explains how to choose colors that complement each other for a subdued effect, and which colors and combinations energize a room. The book also includes 50 recommended palettes that can be used with different materials for refreshingly original color schemes.
Features include:
- How color creates ambiance and atmosphere
- How to use color to give a small room the illusion of space and depth
- 200 distinctive color schemes inspired by nature, art, travel, and even a favorite possession
- 50 recommended palettes
- A “How to Use This Book” gatefold.
Chicago Tribune, January 2013
February 6th, 2013A recent article focussing on Colour for the home has published some of our forecasts from Luminary Colour. All copy and images courtesy of Anna Starmer. Including Epicurean – a focus on the all important super-dark shades for walls and textiles in the home….
Elle Magazine, Denmark, February 2013
February 6th, 2013Theory of Colours, with excerpts from Luminary Colour
How are we affected by colors? From mood and health to fashion
and decor – ELLE map the color spectrum influence of Goethe
to Pantone and see what colors the world to be painted in now.
“Anna Starmer (Annastarmer.com), color consultant
in the fashion and interiors industry with clients such as
Ikea and Hugo Boss, explains forecasting further: “Instead
of changing a colour scheme dramatically every six months, today’s color trends are developed
gradually. For example, gray has been on trend for seven years because
it has the potential to develop in our homes and wardrobes. We can
recycle a coat from last year and update it with a bright
yellow scarf and can keep the gray walls in the living room by updating
textiles or accessories to create a new look. Grey is a
single base to build many new stories on. ”
“Anna Starmer goes further to paint an overall picture
of the colors we are going to yearn for in spring summer 2013. The trend
‘Summerhouse’, is about foggy gray, weathered lichen and pale lavender plum.
Whilst in summer, ‘sun-baked earth’ is rich and saturated
with spiced tones of paprika and terracotta, moving upwards
with the more uplifting shades of pomegranate and bougainvillea. ”
Wel it seems, as experts say, then, we have pretty colorful
times to look forward to.
Loving violet hued blues…..
January 28th, 2013
Glow in the dark, so cool again!
January 11th, 2013
