I graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1987 with a Masters of Arts Degree. I have since worked in the design industry specifying contemporary furniture, lighting and art work for public and private projects. I specialise in restaurant interiors and have become increasingly interested in the use of colour as a powerful design tool. I designed a colour palette, “Fauvism 55″ for VALTTI paints which was awarded a “Living etc Loves” logo in 2010. I am particularly interested in colour placement and interaction and enjoy designing home wares for my brand, unifiedspace.
The excellent northern light here in Scotland supplies colours that inspire me every single day. I digest colours wherever I am, all the time. If I am lucky I will see a combination of colours that make a perfect day.
“colour is life, for a world without colour appears to us as dead” Johannes Itten.
I hope you enjoy colour as much as I do and I look forward to hearing your comments, thank you.
Niki Fulton.
I’m nuts about color….Do you know (or like?) the colors of Farrow & Ball paint? I really like them and have one in my home — Gervase Yellow.
Yes, Farrow & Ball is very popular here in the UK and as most of their 132 colours are broken tints they sit well together which gives their customers the confidence to choose colour schemes for themselves. I think their Estate Emulsion works so well because it is flat matt and therefore gives a lovely depth to a wall. Sometimes people forget that it’s not just the colour that they need to think about when buying paint but the ingredients as well. The higher quality paints tend to have more pigment and less water in them (and are heavier if you lift the cans) whereas some of the cheaper paints have a lot of water and nasty binders in them that result in the paint looking shiny when it’s applied – which in turn affects the colour. I knew Farrow & Ball had arrived in USA as I saw one of their showrooms in Soho NYC last year but as it wasn’t quite open I didn’t see their US colour card. I wonder if they have modified the colours for the US market or if it’s the same as the UK colour card? There are of course other high end paints in UK such as Little Greene and Valtti.
Thank you for visiting my bog, good to meet another colour junkie, I look forward to seeing your posts
oh dear, I meant blog LOL
Congratulations on your recent nomination by the Island Traveler for the Hope Unites Globally HUG Award. To learn how to accept the award and begin sharing it with others, please read the Guidelines at http://ahopefortoday.com/2012/01/14/hope-unites-globally-hug-award-guidelines/. Blessings, Connie at A Hope for Today.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love colours – soft tones or wild riots. And I agree, Iceland is a great inspiration. My camera never sleeps when I am there.
Hi Niki, I was wondering, when you have a minute, could you tell me briefly how you developed the line of paints? I would love to do that but don’t know how to approach the paint companies or get started. My e-mail is patriciacanfield@decamville-design.com. Thanks!
Hi Niki, I’ve nominated you for the beautiful blogger award. ~Patricia
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You are so kind Patricia, thank you ever so much, that’s so exciting