July 1, 2009
Hudson Paint is the brainchild of decorative painter Arno Cornillion.
His idea of developing a color chalkboard paint has been three years in the making. “It started with a client asking for an orange chalkboard,” Arno explains, “which I was surprised to find didn’t already exist.”
The response from friends, clients and local craft fairs was overwhelming. And Hudson Paint was born. Today it is mixed at a family-owned paint manufacturer in the Hudson Valley.
Hudson Paint’s Color Chalkboard Paint liberates chalkboards from black and green. It has inspired colorful mudrooms, kitchens, restaurants and bedroom walls parents encourage children to write on!
May 5, 2009
As a graphic artist, I use this tool very, very often. Once I have a starting color I can develop schemes based on this handy tool. It will help you develop
- Monochromatic (single color family),
- Analogous (colors next to each other on the color wheel, such as red, orange, and yellow),
- Complimentary color schemes (colors opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green)
- and more.
You can even adjust saturation, brightness and contrast of the color combinations to develop a more custom color scheme (or to tone down or intensify your color choices). When painting my apartment, I also used this tool to develop schemes for my painted walls, furniture, and accessories. It works great and is a unique way to help you design for your home (if you are sick of watching Home & Garden decorating shows, or checking out websites of what other people did).
I find that color can be very inspiring, and sometimes when too many other factors are introduced into the big scheme of things, it can get overwhelming and sometimes just won’t work. Try using the color scheme designer and see what you come up with.
