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b'This is Convo By Design with a conversation about color. Not the color for any particular period of time but how and why color selection is so important.
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\\nThere is nothing wrong with stating color trends or designating colors of the year, but I have always felt that kind of promotion is a bit gimmicky. Color selection is as personal as the design itself. I believe that. And if that is true, then designating a specific color is antithetical to that entire premise. So, I wanted to have a conversation about color, color selections, choices and ideas by empaneling 3 amazing creatives who know this subject intimately. More to the point, this conversation about color is more that shade, depth, value, hue or intensity. More that just position on a color wheel or what \\u201cseason\\u201d the client thinks they are or matching the heirloom china set that grandma gave them. This distinguished group is breaking down color by all of the above plus emotional impact, historical and social values. By texture, depth and other factors that illicit more than beauty, but feel. An emotional response to the space. We\\u2019re going deep in this one, another installment of the Wellness & Design Thought Leadership Series presented by ThermaSol.
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\\nColor can have a tremendous impact on mood, style, feel and look in any space. With so many \\u2018color of the year\\u2019 promotions, it\\u2019s hard to separate trending from trendy. New ideas emerge from the fashion industry every season that impact color and pattern preferences in the design industry. This is a look not at what the popular colors will be in 6 months, but influences and strategies for finding the right colors for the preferences of the client and historical ideas with respect to color palette and pattern selection.
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\\nAlecia Bailey - Bailey Li Interiors
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\\n\\u201cColor, I do push the limits. I do have clients that say they don\\u2019t like a lot of color and that they like neutrals. So what I do for them is introduce them to metallics, that are neutral. The light hits it in a certain way and it looks very beautiful. So it may look neutral during the day, and then at night when the moon hits it. So I do push it. So when you use a silver, gold leaf, satin or a pearl, it just looks amazing.\\u201d
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\\nChristina Garcia - Layered Dimensions
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\\n\\u201cI think for a long time, people were nervous about adding color to their houses because for so long people felt like they had to be in this niche. They had to be in golds and reds or they had to be cremes and browns and that is what everybody everybody was doing so they felt like that is what they needed to do as well and then we went away from all color completely and started doing whites and grays with a hint of blue, maybe. I think people are starting to realize that it\\u2019s okay to have a personality with my home. It\\u2019s okay for the home to reflect me or my style. They are designing more for themselves than for resale.\\u201d\\xa0
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\\nRocky Rochon - Rocky Rochon
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\\n\\xa0\\u201cColor has a huge range. In our paint collection, we have a lot of colors that are relatively neutral but they go across the whole spectrum. But, when you are doing an interior and you are going to do a whole room in one color, you have to be a lot more subtle. So, we\\u2019ve developed a whole series of textures\\u2026 A soy ink finish or a lacquer finish. The most beautiful room can be the most subtle. The reflection of a pale turquoise light that you don\\u2019t know is discernible as a color until you envelope the room in it. The textures make a huge difference. I think when we talk about color, we\\u2019re talking about what the whole range of color is, and those ranges are what create the emotional responses.\\u201d\\xa0
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\\nThank you Christina, Bailey and Rocky.'