Color News

Feb 07, 2019

Color: Stonewall Violet

Our February color was designed for The New York Public Library exhibition “Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50.” Violet celebrates this transformative moment by combining barely visible blue and red spectral extremities to make its color. It symbolizes to us the equally illuminating and poetic power of inclusion. SHOP STONEWALL VIOLET | Shop all Colors of the Month

Feb 01, 2019

92Y Summit: Paint the City

92Y City of Tomorrow Summit: Paint the City Saturday, March 16, 10am A discussion with master colorist Donald Kaufman, who creates custom paint colors for clients from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to art collectors’ homes, to the offices of high-tech firms. He will be joined by author and editor Sophie Donelson to discuss the impact of architectural color past and present. “City of Tomorrow”,...

Jan 30, 2019

Color: Pigeon Breast

A pigeon’s feathers shimmer with iridescence. Similar color scintillations can be seen everywhere: in the flickering shadows on a stone wall; across a rippling puddle skimmed by the breeze; on a carved molding traced by slanting light. Our vision elicits color poetry if we take the time to look. SHOP PIGEON BREAST | Shop all Colors of the Month

Dec 27, 2018

Color: Tiffany Green

In the same way that light imbues an extra glow to the transparent colors of Tiffany glass, light can also impart an extra glow to the apparently opaque colors of painted surfaces. We like to imagine the drama taking place within the layers of our December green as luminous energy penetrates its surface, interacts with the crystalline structure of its pigments, bounces off its white...

Nov 30, 2018

Color: Exoskeleton White

A cousin’s collection of shells reveals the myriad expressions marine animals achieve by their layers of calcium. By orchestrating the interaction and scattering of barely visible pigment particles, we are able to recreate the same magic in our November Exoskeleton White. SHOP EXOSKELETON WHITE | Shop all Colors of the Month

Oct 31, 2018

Color: Cahuilla Thatch

Cahuilla Native Americans used dried oasis palm leaves to thatch the roofs of their brush-walled dwellings. We can imagine how our earthy October Thatch could modulate and animate the desert light filtering through these modest interiors. SHOP CAHUILLA THATCH | Shop all Colors of the Month

Sep 26, 2018

Color: Uccello Pink

We recently rediscovered Paolo Uccello’s “The Battle of San Romano “ in London’s National Gallery. Awed by its pink, created by faded Red Lake layered over gold and silver leaf, we are reminded how effects of light can reside in thin films of interacting pigments. This is what inspires us in tinting paint. SHOP UCCELLO PINK | Shop all Colors of the Month

Aug 28, 2018

Color: Truffle Black

We confess to sometimes loving achromatic colors even more than those exhibiting spectral highlights. Our August Truffles remind us of the infinite range of blacks on the borders of our color vision. SHOP TRUFFLE BLACK | Shop all Colors of the Month

Jul 31, 2018

Our Collaboration with London designer, Rachel Chudley

Our color work in collaboration with London designer Rachel Chudley for this house in Bloomsbury that blends English classicism with cozy quirkiness, is featured in this month’s British Vogue. Read the article here.

Jul 27, 2018

Color: Wash Tub Gray

Textures predominate in nature’s surfaces. Light fractures a gray washtub's crenellations into an endless array of multi-hued depth. Just like ripples at the shore. SHOP WASH TUB GRAY | Shop all Colors of the Month

Jul 24, 2018

An Elegant Southampton Estate

Our custom colors are featured in the July 2018 issue of Architectural Digest for this elegant Southampton estate. The rich watery blue is the perfect backdrop for a large canvas by Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell. Read the article here.

Jul 17, 2018

The New York Times

“Wall paint influences us by its pigment composition... Balancing those parts in relation to the whole is a key to our quality of life.” Read the article here. Photo Credit: Tim Williams