Color + Inspiration
All Los Angeles Painting Company, Inc.
Choosing color is personal and emotional. Multiple factors go into selecting appropriate hues. They include individual preferences, room size, lighting, existing furniture, art, architectural elements and cognitive associations. This page explores the many facets of color inspiration in various design schemes.
Benjamin Moore Fall Colors
Anything you find beautiful can inspire a room or house color refresh. These warm, welcoming Benjamin Moore fall colors reflect the season’s changing and convey feelings of cozy nights around a fireplace. Fall-inspired colors are appropriate to almost any design scheme. Here are decorating benefits of fall colors: Decorating with fall-inspired hues is a great…
C2 Paint Orange Palette
Orange is viewed as a cheerful and friendly color. Oranges are considered informal hues and are suggested where people gather such as family rooms and dining rooms. The C2 paint orange palette provides vibrant and multi-dimensional colors for interior and exterior spaces. Each of the 492 colors in the C2 Palette is pre-edited and carefully…
Krylon Colors
Krylon Colors come in a wide range of options for convenient color selection. For over 75 years, Krylon spray paint has provided solutions for almost every surface with the best colors and specialty finishes to create, restore and protect what’s most important to you. Use these aerosol paints to turn old new again. It can help…
Colors of the Southeast
Create the perfect design scheme with colors of the southeast. Inspired by the natural beauty of the southeastern United States these palettes feature warm and inviting colors that evoke feelings of comfort and calm. Toned neutrals plus uplifting accents like Deep Ocean blue, Caliente Red and Rainforest Dew can be used in residential and commercial…
Rodda Paint Colors
Anything you find beautiful can be matched in paint and used to inspire a room color refresh. Pictured here are Rodda Paint Colors matched to a sunflower. In less traditional decorating schemes, use these hues for painting accent walls, ceilings, and woodwork, as well as furniture pieces. Nature Greens The Rodda Paint Nature Green Palette…
Behr Venetian Plaster Palette
Wall textures are one of the easiest ways to add an elegant, decorative touch to your home. The Behr Venetian plaster palette provides a three dimensional finish with light and dark tones of the same color that conveys a marble like appearance. SandWash produces a subtle, slightly textured look. Its simulated sand and color finish…
Sherwin Williams Classical Colonial
This 2001 Sherwin Williams Classical Colonial Interior color palette is a collection of historically accurate hues popular during the American Federalist Period. There was little color in the lives of early colonists. Even after simple frame houses had replaced log cabins, interior walls were usually painted with homemade white-wash mixed from lye and water. It…
Colourtrend Colors
Colourtrend Colors were inspired by the rich hues of the Irish countryside and historic architecture. These luxurious tones will give your walls timeless sophistication while providing a beautiful background for furniture and art. These classic, harmonized colors work well in a variety of design aesthetics. Pancake Inspired These Colourtrend National Pancake Day inspired colors can…
Standard Brands Paints
These Standard Brands color charts are from the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Standard Brands Paints was a Los Angeles manufacturer of commercial and discount grade paints that went out of business in the mid 1990’s. Looking for vintage color inspiration? Use 1980’s color brochures like these to reconnect with the feel and spirit of…
Sherwin Williams 1930’s Colors
Pictured here is a sampling of Sherwin Williams 1930’s Colors. Vintage paint store color brochures, like these, provide easy inspiration for creating color schemes that are classic and on-trend. Some of these colors are truly beautiful and would be stunning in any of today’s decorating schemes. Historical color charts are like a time machine that…
Sherwin Williams Popular Yellows
Picking the right yellow is easy when you have access to the most frequently purchased colors. The Sherwin Williams yellow palette displays the most popular yellows based on sales volume across the United States. Yellows stimulate health, patience and wisdom. Sunrise Yellows Design magazines are a great resource for decorating, but the best color inspiration…
Decorating With Little Greene
To create a unique, personalized decorating scheme, look for inspiration in nature’s generous array of hues. Fruits, vegetables, flowers and landscapes convey a sense and connection with the outside world. Decorating with Little Greene colors is a practical way to personalize your home or office with nature’s lovely hues. When seeking inspiration, explore the changing…