Compass Color Rose™

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July 10th, 2010 |

Author: Lori Sawaya |

Posted in Color Theory |

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Marketing your own paint and palette? Want to know how your color collection can be aligned and customized for specific light exposures? Give me a call.

Compass Color Rose™ shows you how to select wall color based on quality of light in order to coax mood and construct atmosphere — literally out of thin air!

Everyone wants to know how to partner paint color with various qualities of light. Because… that’s the secret to HOW you produce mood and atmosphere. Keep reading here on Color Budz and I will show you how using quality of light is the most effective way to choose perfect paint colors. Best of all my method works with every single paint brand out there!

Compass Color Rose™ is a guide to specific characteristics of color that are best suited for an interior room’s exposure of natural light. The geographic direction of fenestration matters when it comes to choosing paint colors because windows and doors allow natural light to illuminate the interior and grants each space its own quality of atmosphere.

Read about Compass Color Rose™ on Garden Web.

It really is a unique and highly innovative idea and I’ve been talking about it for years on the decorating forums. My online tribe {well, funcolor’s online tribe} will be thrilled to know we have arrived.

Rose is finally going to have her time in the sun.

Stay tuned to learn more.

• What the heck is a “tribe”?
• Mr. Godin explains tribes, change, and what it means to lead.
• Heretic? I kinda like it.
• Pay close attention and funcolors, Color Budz, ColorPodz will all make sense.
• I can answer all three questions with wicked articulation, by the way.

10 Responses to “Compass Color Rose™”

Lynne Whiteside
9:48 pm on July 10th, 2010
There is no color without light….the more information I get the more informed I am for my clients. Yes, Yes, more info on light, and, THANK YOU.

Lynne
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Paula Doelling-Lynn
4:07 am on July 11th, 2010
Light = Color/ Color = Light/………..

Hue’ve really outdone yourself this time Lori!!

I Absolutely Love It!!
Kelly, Arte Styling
4:22 pm on July 13th, 2010
“Opposite and complementary is not exclusive to the level of contrast that is hue, like blue-orange, green-red. Vibrant juxtaposed to dull is a level of color contrast that’s available to you to use as well”

This is such a great point, Lori. Really, really great.

Can’t wait to see more of Rose!
Elizabeth Brown
5:07 pm on July 13th, 2010
Hey Kelly, that’s what I was going to say!

Lori, Enjoy your posts. I always come away with something I a can use in my own practice. Thank you.
Lori Sawaya
5:11 pm on July 13th, 2010
Elizabeth, Kelly, Paula, and Lynne – thank you for your comments!

I have always insisted that it is possible to mix clean and dirty colors. Kind of professed it to the point of ad nauseam on the Garden Web over the years.

As I said in that old post, Mother Nature mixes ‘em and so can we!

I think I’m going to have to separate the discussions of mixing clean and dirty / vibrant and dull from Rose’s method of partnering characteristics of paint colors with qualities of light — two distinct color strategies to understand and utilize. I love it when color offers us choices!

Thanks for all the input and comments everyone!! Moore nooks and crannies are planned for Color Budz. There will be something here for everyone. ALWAYS lots of FREE stuff and pretty soon a “Members Only” section too.
Donna Frasca
11:46 am on July 24th, 2010
clean + dirty
lights + darks
neutrals + strong hues

It all equals out to beautiful color schemes but having the right combination always helps. I like to follow Mother Nature too – other then the Duck Billed Platypus, she’s always right on!
Lori Sawaya
2:07 pm on July 24th, 2010
Donna, you’re such a hoot! And, yes, I did Google Duck Billed Platypus just to see what it looks like!

Incorporating multiple layers – and levels – of color contrasts is something Mother Nature does like no one else.

As a color consultant/designer she is the quintessential roll model. Buy ya just don’t wake up one day with mad color skillz like her. It takes time. Focused, ongoing study. It’s about an authentic dedication to honing the craft of color. Having a passion for color is good start, but it’s hardly enough. Passion, in fact, is just a small portion of of what makes for a truly informed and skilled color expert.
Lynne Whiteside
4:08 pm on August 18th, 2010
Please point me in the direction of effects of natural light on wall color. North, South, East, and West all have their own reflective color and I need more information. Thanks a million.
Color Complete Training and Education
8:38 pm on September 4th, 2010
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