Decorating Ideas

Painting Tips from Hirshfield's

INTERACTIVE PAINT COLOR TOOLS

ABOUT COLOR AND PAINT

Click on the "Color Is. . ." Web-Deck link (above) or photo (at left) to find the perfect harmonies to your favorite Hirshfield's Paint Colors. Enter your color name or color number in the search field and the program will calculate perfect complements, secondary and tertiary colors for your selection.

"Color Is . . . Hirshfield's." Our new collection features the best of time-honored international color systems. This new palette marks the culmination of years spent analyzing the best-selling color trends by world-renowned Color Systems International. Steve Ingerson and Mark Masica of Hirshfield's Edina were instrumental in the development of this palette. You'll find an extensive range of neutrals, arranged in a logical and more meaningful fashion across the bottom rows of the display. This more approachable layout makes COLOR IS. . . easier to use. Color step-downs on the large take-away chips are non-linear progressions (not mathematical) resulting in a more realistic population of the color space. What that means: a greater number of natural coloways that hit the elusive in-betweens.

Past Color Canvas releases

Solutions for adding Color to your Home: Color Wheel Basics

Use the color wheel to learn about color terminology: complementary colors, monochromatic schemes, triadic schemes, warm and cool colors.

ABOUT COLOR AND PAINT: resources from BENJAMIN MOORE

Candice Olson and Benjamin Moore: Partners in Color
Benjamin Moore 2012 Trend Colors
Benjamin Moore Paint introduces Envision Color 2011 with 3 new collections: Soulful, Spirited and Dreamy. view the colors here

Benjamin Moore Regal Matte: Matte Made in Heaven

Benjamin Moore Natura

Benjamin Moore Aura

Color and Light The type of light under which color is viewed makes a tremendous difference in how we perceive a particular hue.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: the paint colors of Wisteria Lane

ABOUT COLOR AND PAINT: resources from PQI

The Paint Quality Design Center takes you though each room of your home and gives you ideas to personalize, dramatize or just bring it up to date. You be the artist and let your home be your canvas.

The Paint Quality Institute is far and away our favorite off site link that offers do-it-yourselfers and professionals alike bucketloads of great information on painting and decorating. The Digital Color Wheel alone is worthy of a visit. A marvelous interactive tool, the Digital Color Wheel will give you confidence to put together color schemes that really work.
Other sections at The Design Center include:

Decorative Techniques
Color Mood
Color Solutions
Digital Color Wheel
Room Inspiration

Each section includes a video (RealPlayer or Windows Media)

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