Our paint colours: a natural, seasonal palette
Nature has always had a big influence on our style and nowhere more so than in our paint collection,...
Colour scheming
Interior designer Emma Sims Hilditch shares nine colour schemes to suit the different rooms in the h...
On Quince by Kassia St Clair
Author of ‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ Kassia St Clair delves into the history behind our Quince pai...
Ways with Quince
Three palettes to help you bring our bright and fresh yellow-green Quince into your home....
How to uplift your interiors with a touch of red
Undaunting ways to use this most powerful of colours at home and bring liveliness to your decorating...
Paint the spectrum: colour theory for your home
An easy and practical guide to using and combining colours in your home....
On Chestnut by Kassia St Clair
In tribute to the rich hues of chestnut brown in decorating today, Kassia St Clair looks back over m...
Ways with Clove
Three colour palette ideas with our newest shade, Clove, at their heart...
Ways with Burnt Sienna
There’s so much creative fun to be had in putting together a colour scheme, but sometimes it can be ...
Introducing Burnt Sienna
About 20,000 years ago, prehistoric artists searched tirelessly for just the right pigment for their...
On Pantone’s 2021 Colours of the Year
This year, as they have been doing since the first year of the new millennium, Pantone have selected...
Going Green
In 2019 visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show saw, alongside polished displays of sculptural grasses a...
Olive's perfect partners
Take a look through our paint collection and you’ll find that our 28 core colours are designed as se...
Trend report: kitchen colours
When it comes to deciding what colour to paint your kitchen, chances are you’re going to fall into o...
Our paint palettes: making selection easy
Everyone’s had the experience at one time or another: thinking you’ve settled on a choice, only to s...
Ways with Ink
Borderline-black shades of grey, abyss-deep blues and greens so dark that it’s only when the light h...
Understanding the colour wheel
Best friend of designers, the colour wheel is an essential starting point in decorating your home. A...
Three moodboards to inspire autumn schemes
Throughout spring and summer, we spoke a lot of moodboards – how to use them and why to use them whe...
Thoughts on Saffron
Michelle Ogundehin, colour and design expert and former editor of Elle Decoration, explores the rich...
Ways to: use Flax Blue in the kitchen
Soft shades of white and grey are amongst the most-loved colours to use in the kitchen. As are, at t...
Painting with dark tones
The move towards using darker colours on the walls in our homes has gathered pace over the last few ...
A potted guide to painting
Paint’s one of the simplest and quickest ways to update your home – the right combination of shades ...