FAQs

How can I find out about new colour trends?

At Taubmans our mission is not only to keep you up to date on the latest colour trends, but also to help you integrate them into your décor by defining the character lying behind each of these trends. Every year the Taubmans Colour team work directly with the Colour Marketing Group (CMG), an international association of colour experts, to identify the direction of colour trends that will be appearing in the years ahead. We then translate these colour forecasts into trends suitable for decoration before bringing them to your attention. To find out more about this year's trends, please see the Tips & Trends section.

I would like to use more than one colour in my living room, but I'm unsure how many colours I should use and in what proportions?

The colour team at Taubmans have a simple and effective way of coming up with a balanced palette, starting with three base colours. This involves the famous 60:30:10 rule, whereby approximately 60% of the space is given to the dominant colour, 30% to an intermediate colour and 10% to one or more accent colours

I can't make a final decision about colour for any rooms in my home. How do I know which colours are best for me?

At Taubmans we have developed an incredible Explore Your Colour Options colour tool to help you try and see which colours work for you.

My sister says yellow helps improve memory. Is this true?

A number of specialists working on the psychology of colour do indeed affirm that the colour yellow has some virtue in regard to memory. It is interesting to look at the effect of colour on our emotions, but you also have to take cultural elements into account, as these also affect our perceptions.

My bedroom faces south and does not receive much natural light. I'd like to make it look warmer, do you have any suggestions?

The light which enters a room influences the colour and atmosphere of that room in a number of ways. By understanding how this works, it becomes possible to counter certain tendencies by using the right colours, in the right degree of saturation and value.

We need to redo our home office; my husband and I both use it, but we don't seem to be able to agree on colour. How can we find colours that will please both of us?