We’ve had yummy-sounding paint names for decades now, but this seems to be trending. There are food based cosmetics and beauty trends named after food. The first one is about sustainability, when food discards become part of skincare or hair care products. The second one, however, is more about going culinary when naming beauty products.
According to Carly Witteman in the CR Fashion Book, “The history between food and makeup can be traced back for thousands of years. One of the earliest recorded instances of using food in makeup was when ancient Egyptians created Kohl, a dark eyeliner popularized by Cleopatra, often made using galena (a lead-based mineral) mixed with other ingredients like burnt almonds, copper ore, and ash. Ancient Rome and Greece also used berries as lip and cheek stains, while Ancient China and the Edo Period in Japan saw rice powder as a common cosmetic ingredient used to achieve a pale complexion. Often tied to rituals, ceremonies, and cultural traditions, various indigenous cultures around the world used natural pigments from plants, fruits, and minerals to create decorative body paint and makeup.”
As for us at Boysen, we’ve been using food as inspiration for decades and have used food-related paint names. However, I still yet have to see paint called Adobo Delight to describe a brown color, or Gising Gising Green. This post about Butter Yellow does validate the yummy trend. There are three yellows there that you could use to butter up your walls with.
Yummy-Sounding Paint Names
Foodies are all around us. You may even be one of them. Just see all those content provided by pseudo food critics in your news feed and you’ll get my drift. Even if you’re not a foodie, it does not really matter. We all have a relationship with food, and may therefore, be able to draw on our own experience to understand a paint color.
But for those who need to have something more digitally concrete to hold on to, here is a color palette of five paint colors that have food-related names that work very well together, or in combination.
Warm, laid back. and welcoming, these colors would look great in a homey home. It’s a friendly color palette that would fit living spaces where people love to gather and connect…over food, preferably.
Banana Punch | V-5B
Banana Punch is a wonderful pale yellow that can bring a soft glow into your home. It’s a gentle hue that brings a lightness to a space without calling attention to itself.
French Pear | BCP-0415
The grayish green French Pear can be described as sweetly mellow as the fruit. What’s great about this color is that it can act as a neutral hue to balance the color palette you choose for your home, just as it does with the palette above.
Martina Olive | BCP-0795
Martina Olive is very much in fashion. Read about the trending greens in this post. The olive color is a dark green with tones of yellow and brown. This is a muted and sophisticated color that when used well could elevate the look of any space.
Caramel Candy | BCP-0051
Caramel was a treat in my childhood, never mind about the caries that you could get with all that sugar goodness. Today, it is as popular as ever with the added enhancement of salt. The paint color Caramel Candy has hints of brown and amber. Who knows, maybe there will be a Boysen paint coming out with the name Awesome Arnibal.
Peach Dream | V-32A
Peach is a darling hue of the beauty industry because it goes very well with most skin tones. It’s that youthful look of being lit from within so why not on your walls, right? Do you want a room that glows? Try Peach Dream.
Yummy Color Palette
While each color is beautiful as a stand-alone hue for your living space, think of how you can use the whole palette in your home. Its balanced and warm ambience can impart the same vibe to your abode.
You can either do color blocking to demarcate spaces in open living quarters, or you can also use combinations of the colors throughout the house, changing the primary color from room to room.
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