Paint the walls in your foyer Lemon Pound Cake and the look is sunny and appetizing. Choose Marilyn's Dress for your walls and it sets the stage for a sophisticated entrance. The process of coming up ...

When picking out a paint color (or, for that matter, a beauty product), you've probably marveled at the interesting color names, ranging from the poetic (like Ashes of Roses) to the mind-boggling ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Share via SMS (Opens in new window) Ever wonder how paint colors get their names? If you’re shopping ...

Joa Studholme, color curator for Farrow & Ball, was sitting on a riverbank watching her mother-in-law fish one day when she noticed that the metal weight on the fishing line was the exact color of the ...

Several years ago, I painted a bathroom in my house a rich, smoky blue. Everyone who sees it asks for the color name. When I answer, “Benjamin Moore’s Gentleman’s Gray,” the questioner inevitably ...

Research scientist Janelle Shane recently tasked a neural network with an interesting challenge. After feeding it the names and RGB values of paint colors, the AI came up with new colors and names of ...

For Dutch Boy’s 2026 color of the year, the brand went with a butter yellow -adjacent pick, Melodious Ivory. It’s technically ...

Behr Paint Company announced its 2022 Color of the Year, Breezeway MQ3-21, an approachable but noticeable color. The silvery green shade with cool undertones, part of the Behr 2022 Color Trends ...

You can tell a lot about parents by the names they bestow upon their children, whether they’re classic choices, family names or trendy monikers that have nothing to do with their own heritage or ...