Syme then used these as his starting point for the color names, descriptions and actual color charts in Werner’s Nomenclature ...

even if it doesn’t top the paint color charts. In fact, choosing a color that doesn’t speak to you might just be the most cringe-worthy of mistakes, says Michelle Bray, owner of Five Star Painting.

This year’s program also saw a rise in colour-washing as a design device. The program invites architects, designers, specifiers and students from Australia and New Zealand to submit projects that ...