With the release of my book Stencil Décor 101 in 2009, I had the privilege of working with Benjamin Moore. Since then, I have used their paints for many of my installation jobs including the Ace Hotel and of course, at the Benjamin Moore headquarters.
In addition to naming a color of the year, Breathe of Fresh Air, The Benjamin Moore Color Trends for 2014 palette includes 23 carefully selected Benjamin Moore paint hues that harmonize with one another to create that perfect envelope for any interior design style. These are the 23 colors:
- Breath Of Fresh Air 806
- Distant Gray 2124-70
- White Dove OC-17
- Peach Parfait 2175-70
- Fruit Shake 2088-60
- Coral Essence 2007-40
- Clay Beige OC-11
- Sparrow AF-720
- Castleton Mist HC-1
- Elemental AF-400
- Van Alen Green HC-120
- Palladian Blue HC-144
- Caribbean Teal 2123-20
- Wickham Gray HC-171
- Normandy 2129-40
- Van Deusen Blue HC-156
- Mt. Rainier Gray 2129-60
- Flint AF-560
- Lavender Mist 2070-60
- Iced Mauve 2115-50
- Super Nova 1414
- Nightingale AF-670
- Black Satin 2131-10
To highlight these highly usable and invigorating colors, we created a fun installation at the Benjamin Moore HQ under the direction of CMO David Melançon and Creative Director Ellen O’neill. Upon entry, you are greeted by a mural of dripping WET PAINT signs, each painted in one of the 2014 colors. I loved doing this and was happy that Benjamin Moore, despite being a historic company, have a youthful vision. As you continue down the hall, we painted large color swatches on the wall in the same colors. They not only help showcase the new colors, but they also function as modern art within the white (Dove White, to be exact) halls.
As a paint company, it seemed only right that we also hand stenciled multi layer Benjamin Moore logos in the main meeting room. The Benjamin Moore team also requested we stencil a 6 foot ampersand on the wall to go along with their branding of the parent company being Benjamin Moore & Co.
You can read more about the colors and creative director, Ellen O’Neill, here.
