P icking the right paint color can be tricky, even if it isn't your first time. We've all come home with handfuls of paint swatches, creating a patchwork of chaos on our walls. However, paint ...

The power of red is undeniable, particularly when it’s the right shade of red. We asked a suite of architects and designers for their favorite red paint color and an example of the shade in-situ.

A page from Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau e-corpus.org. Long before paint swatches lined the walls of hardware stores, people were still fascinated by color. In 1692, one ...