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Taking a little breather from various types of color charts and theories; do you ever wonder why whilst you are watching your Game of Thrones marathon, why is the screen so blue? or when you are watching a movie like Baywatch or Step Up why the screen is so orange? The answer is temperature. Not the heat of the screen, the color temperature. Contrary to cultural associations attributed to colors, in which "red" is "hot", and "blue" is "cold".  Blue occurs at higher temperatures, whereas red occurs at lower temperatures.  Think of the flame in which glass is moulded at,...

Upon hearing the word "Goth" many might think of Dracula's lair and Halloween or a brief period in their teenage years where all clothing was black. Although goth could be used to describe those mentioned above it is also a beautiful type of interior design. 1. What is Goth in interior design? Gothic Interior is based on interior from the Victorian era which was later introduced in Cathedrals. The term Gothic is generally applied to medieval churches starting in the 12th century. Gothic churches were celebrations of light and incredible beauty, Identifiable through features such as stained glass windows, pointed...

We've decided how to plan out the floor plan of your restaurant, now we need to decorate it. Here are a few tips and tricks to really bring out the personality of your place! The Basics: Color, Light, Mirror Starting with the basics, let's talk about color, light and the use of mirrors real quick. The way your place is painted can stimulate hunger or shift your guests mood through the subconscious. Interested in how color can shift your mood?  Read a little more on it here but basically there are a few colors that can really help boost the mood...

A fasinating fellow, the creator of what was previously, and very briefly mentioned in the last blogpost, the Munsell color system. How we're going to go about this in attempts to easily understand The Munsell color system is by breaking it down in a few bullet points and steps and a few pictures.   1.Understanding the 3 dimensionsThe Munsell color system breaks color downbased on three dimensions:hue, value(lightness) and chroma (color purity) Hue?Hue is the color such as red, green, blue, etc. In the Munsell system these are given letter codes, i.e. Red (R), Yellow-Red (YR), Green (G), Green-Yellow (GY) and...

When thinking about home renovations or sprucing up, the hallways in the house are often most neglected. Its common to focus on bedrooms or the living room/ recreational areas but when you think about it, hallways are usually what people visiting your home see first. First impressions count now dont they? Why not focus on the little area between rooms to create a lasting great first impression. Recently inspired by the bland and quite empty hallway at home, today's post will revolve around 5 ways to spruce up and make your hallway at home a little more interesting. 1. Color....