Benjamin Moore Colour Palettes and the Colour of the Year
Soulful...
A global balance is being achieved as communications technology shrinks the oceans and miles between us, and as what once was foreign blurs into familiar. On the style front, this is visible in "ethnic glam" designs, pattern-on-pattern, map motifs and hand-worked decoration.
Spirited...
The antidote to stress is anything that makes you feel happy, joyful, and playful. In fashion and furnishings it's reflected in spirited designs featuring geometrics, stripes and cubes, dots and curlicues. Riotous colours are juxtaposed with lots of gray, black and white.
Dreamy...
Reality can be jarring, and is best countered by a dreamy odyssey where wishes are nurtured. Translated into a design perspective, that means transparent and sheer materials, blurred decorative details, softened textures, and hues that are pale, frosted and opalescent.
Colour of the Year: Vintage Wine (2116-20)
Benjamin Moore's colour designers have chosen vintage wine as 2011's Colour of the Year. It is an anchoring, rich hue with a deep brown base and a hint of smoky violet. vintage wine is the perfect foil for the latest wood finishes, leathers, linens and other textiles.
