Paints & Palettes: Spring Color Scheme - Remodelista
Say no thanks to cloying colors. As an alternative to the Easter shades we see lining the aisles of our local drugstores, we assembled a springtime palette that’s easy on the eyes. Above, top row, left to right: Farrow & Ball Cinder Rose; Valspar Cathedral Stone; Farrow & Ball Oval Room Blue; and Farrow & Ball Elephant’s Breath. Los Angeles designer Alexandra Loew (formerly From the Desk of Lola) chose Farrow & Ball’s Cinder Rose as one of her all-time favorite pinks... ...noting that the color is “pinkish but not girly: it has a muddy, earthy, clay-like pigmentation that lends itself to masculine, organic, and even neutral looks.” For the rest of our favorite pinks, see Expert Advice: The 10 Best Pink Paints. Valspar’s Cathedral Stone is aptly named: it’s a flat, gargoyle gray (and one of the prettiest grays we’ve seen). Farrow & Ball says its gray-green Oval Room Blue appears repeatedly in historic color schemes from the 18th and 19th centuries. Magness painted her own farmhouse kitchen in Farrow & Ball Elephant’s Breath, noting that the color has a “bright but historic feel.” Architect Amy Alper first clued us in to Benjamin Moore’s Cedar Path, a bright spring green. For the story, see The Ultimate Creekside Cabin, Northern California Edition on Gardenista. SF Bay Area landscape architecture firm Pedersen Associates likes Benjamin Moore’s Linen White, a white so warm it’s almost yellow. We used Valspar’s Royal Gray in our Palette & Paints: Coastline-Inspired Blues; though it’s labeled gray, it’s a people-pleasing nautical blue. We like a little metallic in our spring mix, such as Modern Masters English Brown.