Spend a few minutes browsing through a local home and design magazine or website and no doubt very quickly see the fondness Filipinos have for spaces that feel maaliwalas. Darling…
Viva Magenta, Pantone’s color for 2023, is bold, energetic, and in-your-face. There’s nothing shy, subtle, or restrained about this color so if you’re that then move on. However, if you…
As another year approaches, reflection on the one we just had is unavoidable. Was it everything you hoped it would be? But, after a bit of looking back at 2022,…
Did 2022 treat you well? We look hopefully for an even better year ahead with Pantone’s Color of the Year 2023, Viva Magenta. We’re happy to show you a few…
We’re racing towards the end of November and the jolly good tidings of Christmas have the Philippines in a tight vice grip. It’s time for some fun, food, and festivities…
A lot of things happen when the clock strikes twelve. Are you still up working on a project? Or is there someone running through your mind, keeping you up at…
Have you ever come across the term “manifesting?” If you’ve been an active lurker on TikTok, you’ve probably come across this buzz word already. The act of manifestation is basically…
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Pantone chose Very Peri as the color to represent 2022. It’s a blue hue with red-violet undertones according to Pantone, a color that they felt was fitting for the times…
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The category Color Inspirations offers countless ideas on how to use colors to express yourself through your homes. Color is emotion, expression, mood. It is a powerful tool to use when you want to tell a story, when you want to heal yourself, when you want to connect to others, when you want to surround yourself with something that pleases you.
Paint Colors
Boysen has thousands of colors that you can choose from. It comes also in different finishes like gloss, semi-gloss, satin, matte, flat. The different kinds of finishes has different functional properties so you can also choose what kind of surface you would put the different sheens.
Colors are factory-mixed for bulk orders or could be mixed in the Boysen Mix and Match Stations which are usually found in home depots. Another way to come up with a color, especially one which you would like to be unique to yourself, would be to do your own mixing of paint and colorants. We also have tutorials on how to do that. But colorants can only achieve pastel colors. If you want dark ones, it is best to buy the colors already mixed.
Color Theory
Color Theory teaches you about the color wheel, warm and cool colors, tints, tones and shades, and how to use the different colors in your home to create a balanced design. There are also tips on what colors to use in the different rooms in the house.
Boysen Color Trends
Since 2015, Boysen has been creating the annual Color Trend. Every year, there are 25 new colors divided in four color palettes.
The color palettes are informed from the different trends seen in the world today on the socio-political, economic, and cultural fronts. First these are identified and analyzed, then colors are brought into discussion for each color palette. The result for each palette are 6 well-curated colors that combine very well with each other. Using 2 or 3 of these colors in any combination can create different atmospheres in your home.
Start with finding the color palette that appeals most to you. Then choose your colors individually, as well as the combination.
There are so many interesting things you can learn about color. Reading this category will teach you so much.