Color Naming: Practical or Just For Fun?
File this under your “Funny But Possibly True”. I came across this picture on Facebook and couldn’t help but think of the hundreds of fabrics we offer for custom pieces and the thousands of colors they all come in!
When you have various shades of a standard color you can’t just call them all the same thing (or maybe Blue #1, Blue #2, etc.). Pantone has made an entire business of standardizing colors, classifying and naming them. Like this year’s Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango.
Take, for examples, Ultrasuede from Knoll Textiles. There are about four different “blues” but they each have very different names.
When it comes to color, the name hardly matters when it comes to choosing one. What should matter is how that color will play off the others in your scheme or space. Will it be an accent color that you’ll use sparingly or will it play a large role such as a wall paint color or the on the fabric for a large piece of furniture like a sofa or sectional? While color names can be fun, sometimes a blue couch is just a blue couch (though saying your sofa was done in ‘Midnight’ Ultrasuede does sound pretty cool).
Introducing: The Vista Collection
KnollTextiles has introduced three new upholstery fabrics as part of their Vista Collection. Here’s a look at Framework, Grandview, and Zipline.
Framework:
Introducing: The Ink Collection
Designer Abbott Miller’s Ink Collection is his second collection of wallcoverings for KnollTextiles. Each of the three wallcoverings, Drip, Drop and Run, feature the liquid movement of ink as a departure from a highly graphically designed collection.
Drip:
KnollTextiles: The Designers Vision
KnollTextiles heads to the archives…
KnollTextiles’ newest collection reintroduces patterns from their archives. KnollTextiles has been creating modern textiles for over 60 years, so sometimes they like to reach back in time and share some of the designs of textiles past with us. The ‘Archival Collection’ includes…
Cornaro- Originally designed in 1974, Cornaro is a textured solid for upholstery use.
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