Waving and Smiling: A New Paint Collection from Cassandra Ellis

[{"selector":"#anim-f910173e-3c9f-4220-ac93-7436711985b8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Photography by Kalina Krawczyk via Atelier Ellis

New Zealand-born, UK-based designer Cassandra Ellis has a poetic way with color—so it’s no surprise we are taken by her newest paint collection: the cheerily named Waving & Smiling, just released from her own Atelier Ellis. Take a look.

The 12 new colors “encourage us to connect and celebrate individual choice at home and of place”; shown is the Totara hue.

[{"selector":"#anim-fa9ef620-c2d0-47c4-a752-4b078a5c87a1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Jam, “a dark and deliciously blackened red.”

Amrita’s Green is “a curtsy to storyteller Amrita Sher-Gil,” the Hungarian-Indian painter.

[{"selector":"#anim-bf0b2820-f609-4827-9296-893de3f42a00 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Block Print Yellow is handmade, calling on natural dyeing techniques.

[{"selector":"#anim-422d2d98-e57e-4893-b2ea-b3a0d499fddc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

A hutch is painted in the lush, ripe Summer Pudding.

[{"selector":"#anim-e2ad508e-9d86-42d3-bd37-f22aebf63c57 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

And Cass, “a use-everywhere neutral tone.”

[{"selector":"#anim-7d26ad21-cd51-4eac-866a-478dbfc71b75 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]