Our yellows really do bring the sunshine in and whether you prefer mellow to bold we will have the perfect colour for you. Positive Paints only! Embracing colour and choosing the right shade and tone for your room, whether it is facing North, South, East or West, can revive your home and help you breathe new life into your interiors. Edward has explained the use of yellow and why a lot of us resonate with it being a ‘happy’ colour, ‘one of the most iconic yellow rooms was the one decorated by tastemaker Nancy Lancaster at 39 Brook Street in the 1950s, its success was in the way the colour was applied, being built up in glaze over a white ground colour. Its still inspiring to this day.’ 'Lute' The designer’s go-to warm neutral, Lute, which is neither yellow nor brown, more of a timeless warm and uplifting neutral, made using red and yellow pigment. The pigmentation of this colour is from where it gets its name (before the Civil War apparently) as it comes from the Latin adjective luteus. I love its robust character, it will instantly proclaim a Georgian residence of the middling sort and it is a real friend to an interior with good architectural bones. We offer Lute in three lighter shades. 60%, 40% and 20% lighter shades, we make historical paints for period properties so the walls can maintain their breathability for the next 200 years. Designed by Max Rollit and photography by Christopher Horwood Designed by Max Rollit and photography by Christopher Horwood Lute Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Fawn Order a Sample Tea Green Order a Sample 'Persian' This is a strong brown yellow that will work well with polished timbers and high contrast trim colours/whites. It is warm but bold and will stand up to eye-catching furnishings. The name comes from the use of Persian buckthorn to create strong yellow dyes many centuries ago, although often it was superseded by other names when processed into pigments – even Dutch Pink! Like our Persian, all our natural paints are so much more than beautiful colour, they are created to avoid the harmful impact on our health. Persian in this utility room designed by @kitandco_ Persian & Garter Blue designed by @rocktheheirloom and photography by @cathy.pyle Persian at Lorfords Antiques Persian at the Van Gogh House London Persian designed by @quineandlooncottage Persian designed by Edward Bulmer and photography by Paul Whitbread Persian Order a Sample Patent Yellow Order a Sample Mummy Order a Sample 'Quaker' “Earth pigments mixed with white were used to make Quaker tints in the early 19th century. Basically they were coloured off-whites. I have made 50/50 raw umber and yellow ochre shade with a hint of chrome yellow to give it a sunny disposition. A great hall colour and can be used on woodwork to compliment strong colours. Equally at home on wood or plaster. With all our finishes, we are leading the way in producing a truly earth-friendly paint range and supplying an honest declaration of our ingredients.” Edward Bulmer Quaker designed by Carlos Garcia Interiors Quaker designed by Carlos Garcia Interiors Quaker Order a Sample Portland Order a Sample Welmish Blew Order a Sample 'Trumpington' “An earthy tobacco shade can work really well in rooms you want to feel warm, rich and intriguing. It is a fabulous backdrop and can be used in a great variety of rooms. As with all our tones it is based on earth pigments and iron oxides. Funny that such a life-giving tone should usually be named after the killer weed; but we have put tried to put a positive spin on it by naming it after the late Baroness Trumpington who claimed to be partial to a cigar after making love!” Edward Bulmer Trumpington has such unrivalled depth which can only be created with earth and mineral pigments, kind to nature and kind to period properties, our natural paints do not cost the earth and they allow the walls to breathe. Thinking of going yellow but. not sure whether to brave it? Trumpington is a perfect way of adding colour if you do not want to do a complete yellow interior takeover. Trumpington designed by Katy Cronk and photography by Bob Gagovski for The English Home magazine Trumpington - colour consultancy by us and decorating project by @build.nine Trumpington - colour consultancy by us and decorating project by @build.nine Trumpington Order a Sample Cinnamon Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Drab Green Order a Sample We knew that part of the Forge would be painted in a yellow but all the samples that we tried were disappointing: too grey, too flat, too insipid, too primary. The bones of the Forge are C12th so we needed a colour that felt 'old' and serious whilst still being unusual and warm. Trumpington is the colour that everyone comments on; it is sophisticated and enveloping yet also exciting - I have never seen a colour like it and I couldn't be happier. Claudia Waddam 'Naples Yellow' An eruption of colour – Naples Yellow literally as this name came about through a belief that it originated in the volcanic area around Naples! It is a strong colour for those brave enough to couple it with other gutsy colour tones and individually designed pieces. It will wake up the senses and lift the spirits, appealing to the architect designer as well as the confident home owner. Naples Yellow designed by @cassidyhughes Naples yellow designed by @lucindakdesign Naples Yellow Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Chocolate Order a Sample Ochre Order a Sample I knew I wanted to paint the ceiling yellow the minute I saw this room, and specifically this colour, Naples Yellow. it is the most hopeful and happiest colour, and makes me think of Positano beach umbrellas - particularly as I can see the sea from the window. It’s my bedroom ceiling, so it's a very uplifting start to the day. I often write lying in bed, so this room really needed to be somewhere I was going to enjoy spending a lot of time, and I do - and a lot of that is due the ceiling (and the matching curtains!) Fiona Mackenzie Johnston, writer 'Warm Stone' “Another Carlton House colour, where it was used as a ceiling colour but I tend to use it on walls where a yellowy hue is desirable but you don’t want to use a full yellow tone. It has a simple pigment mix to give a colour that sometimes looks yellow, sometimes white and sometimes stone – a versatile mainstay in my decorating repertoire. Warm Stone is created in a carbon neutral environment with no toxic waste produced.” This soft buttery yellow goes with everything and makes a charming cottage wall colour, as seen below at the home of colour consultant, Emma Diaz. it is equally at home in a hallway of larger architectural proportions and can help tonal flow throughout a house when using bolder choices in other rooms. Warm Stone in a project by Edward Bulmer Warm Stone designed by Emma Diaz Warm Stone Order a Sample Paris Grey Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Red Ochre Order a Sample
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Petra Palumbo: Homeware in the Highlands Petra Palumbo creates gorgeous homeware products designed with the environment in mind, Petra’s signature carafe and tumbler set was created as a stylish plastic bottle alternative and her eponymous homeware company followed. Petra opened her first flagship store late last year, it truly is a haven for homeware.
What are microplastics and how can we reduce them in mainstream paints? Microplastics, microbeads and nano particles are so tiny (measuring 0.006 to 1 millimetre, but they can be up to 5mm) that they are now everywhere! We are probably all inadvertently responsible for this as it is not mandatory to be told when they are used in a product and only a small number of their uses has been outlawed. Furthermore, plastics that are dumped in soils or water are being broken down to become microplastics.
Introducing The Orange, the Pimlico public house filled with natural colour A Q&A with owner and creative mind and hotelier behind The Orange, the beloved Belgravia public house and Cubitt House, Georgie Pearman. We talk through British Brands, entertaining friends and family and the community on The Pimlico Road.
