Colour

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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Batik Blue named interior design colour of 2016

Robert Allen, an interiors industry mainstay due to the company’s use of colour in textiles, furniture and design services, has announced that Batik Blue has

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New program aids in colour selection process

Canadian paint brand, Delux, has launched a first-of-its-kind program to help health care and educational institutions add colour to their spaces.

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Colour trends for 2014

With fall in full swing, 2014 is not far-off and it's going to be colourful year. Here's where the contract colour palette is headed over the next 12 months.

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Getting white right

More than 70 per cent of paint sold is white and approximately 50 per cent of the time it is used wrong. Here are eight things to know about this tricky hue ...

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Colour trends for the kitchen

This year's overarching theme will focus on clean vertical and horizontal lines, using shades of grey and touches of vibrant colour.
Sharon Grech, Janice Lindsay

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On the pulse

This video report looks at 2013 colour trends in commercial and residential design. Commentators: Benjamin Moore Canada's colour and design spokesperson, Sharon Grech, and Janice Lindsay, principal at Pink Colour & Design.

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Beyond the colour wheel

Effective use of colour must always be motivated by a clear design rationale that can be related aesthetically to the built form, functionally to wayfinding or branding, or psychologically to the needs of the end user.
Sharon Grech, Gary Belfall

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In living colour

This video report looks at 2011 colour trends for the commercial and residential markets. Commentators: Benjamin Moore Canada's colour and design spokesperson, Sharon Grech, and Para Paints' senior brand manager, Gary Belfall.