Dreaming Up Color

I have been conjuring up color combinations in anticipation of re-doing my son's bedroom. He wants grey (or black). I am thinking of adding some kind of green as accent, but haven't told him yet, it will be subtle! He wants grey and creme walls, opposite, this is his idea. And black furniture, no black anywhere else.

Paint companies have made it easy to paint rooms in wild, vivid colors without lifting a paintbrush with these handy tools -- Glidden Home Paint Visualizer, Benjamin Moore Paints' Personal Color Viewer to paint a wall, trim and ceiling with subtle or not-so-subtle differences. And my favorite, Behr, Smart Color for inspirtation.

Better Homes and Gardens has 2005 color forecast or Paint Quality Institute has color trends archives. Pantone has a newsletter Let's Talk Color, color trends, fabric trends and style watch. If you have 700 or so dollars you can purchase this PANTONE® View Colour Planner-Fall/Winter 2005/06. I would love to own it, but not in my budget. Then for those of us that need to go back to the basics there is Basic color overview from SeeMyDesign.com. Then there is ColorMix, a place to create color, color swatches and store them online.

And the masters of color in creating one-of-a-kind furniture would be Sticks Furniture.