Sherman Williams

When you launch ColorSnap, it loads pretty quickly and flashes through a short series of photographs matched with a Sherwin-Williams color. The home screen arrives shortly thereafter and it's ready for action. There are two buttons on the home page, Camera and Library . Library will take you to the photos you've already loaded onto your phone and Camera launches the iPhone's camera. I can't imagine how that could be made any simpler. So say you have an aerial view of a Bahamian beach loaded onto your phone and you want to come up with a color scheme based on the photo. ColorSnap opens ... Read Full Story

If Sherwin-Williams' entry into the color-specifier-for-iPhone market left me rather cold yesterday, I was warmed right back up by Benjamin Moore's more usable variation on that theme, ben . Ben's unveiling was delayed by a week or so, but it was worth the wait. Clearly, Benjamin Moore spent a lot more money on the development and roll-out of ben and I think it was money well-spent. Ben is a very well thought out app and one I'm sure I will use in my day to day life. Ben suffers from the same camera limitations that Sherwin-Williams' ColorSnap does and ben also failed my take-a-photo-of-a-color-chip ... Read Full Story

Third in Sherwin-Williams' 2009 is something they're calling Local Momentum . The colors in Local Momentum are intended to invoke a renewed appreciation for a scaled-down way of life dependant on things found close to home. I'm not so sure about that, but this palette really sings to me. I'd find a replacement for Mesa Tan if it were up to me, but the remaining five colors more and make up for Mesa Tan's shortcomings. So all of the colors in Local Momentum are: Wool Skein Black Fox Lemon Verbena Grandiose Aqua-Sphere Mesa Tan Notice that in the photo at the top of the ... Read Full Story

Sherwin-Williams' final predictive palette for 2010 is what they're calling Refreshed . It's playful and bright and is an opposite direction reaction to the current mood of doom and gloom that will swallow you whole if you let it. It's a welcome diversion and every time I look at this I'm reminded of Kelly James from Design Ties . I don't think anything could get that woman down. Right Kelly? From Sherwin-Williams' website : Refreshed exuberant, fresh, optimism Tropical blooms. Sunny days. Playful exploration. It's time to take a vacation and let our cares melt away. Happy spaces are here again, bringing fresh florals, bright juicy ... Read Full Story

Well since it's October already, that can only mean one thing, it's time for out pals at Sherwin-Williams to roll out their color forecasts for next year. As they are wont, the color team at Sherwin-Williams has come out with four primary palettes. These are by no means definitive, but are meant to act as a springboard for designers to take and personalize these palettes. I see a lot of these forecasted trends happening already and I'd say that Sherwin-Williams is right on. For the next couple of days, I'm going to run their selected palettes. First up is what they're calling Rooted. Here's ... Read Full Story