Color Trends for New Homes

If you have been following my recent articles, you know that I have been writing about what we saw and learned at the International Builders Show. This week we’ll talk about color. Emerald, there I’ve said it. That is the color of the year according to one of the paint companies. Not all agreed. As you probably can imagine, all of the major paint companies were there. PP&G, Sherwin Williams, and others had booths at the show. Instead of placing the focus on a specific set of colors, this year the emphasis was on color palettes. See the links below for more on palettes.

There is a new Dry Erase Paint from Sherwin-Williams. Paint your kids walls, give them dry erase type markers and let them express themselves, It easily wipes off and is ready for the next artistic effort. Dry erase paint could maybe find a place in your office or kitchen for jotting notes. While at the Sherwin Williams web site click on their Color Visualizer and you can paint a house on line to see what a selected color will look like on that house. 

Go to the Color Sense Game on the PPG website to find the color that matches your personality. The game will ask you questions, one of those do you like kitties or puppies type profile, and then tell what colors best works with your personality. Actually it was fun to do, give it a try. Who knows it might point you in the right direction for color selection. PPG also has a Color Visualizer option. It will allow you to import your house picture and then try out different color schemes.

All of the paint companies are rolling out or improving their Low Volatile Compound Paints. Low VOC paints have been around for a while, but now some companies are offering no-VOCs. This puts less harmful vapors and smells in the environment.

Many of the companies offer an APP that will display colors on your tablet or phone. Simply pick the color you would like to check out, display it full screen and hold it up to the wall. 

If you would like more information about this article or any of the articles we have written, just give me a call. Also if you have a topic you would like for me to cover then email or call.

Next week we will talk about a seminar that Suz and I attended called 90 Ideas in 90 minutes. You will get the abridged version.

www.sherwin-williams.com 
http://www.ppgpittsburghpaints.com/ 

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Ronnie@RGodfreyHomes.com or call 817 988 0149.

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