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Video – Creating and making colours
July 2021
Video – Creating and making colours
Francesca’s Paints Colour Story March 2021
March 2021
INTRODUCTION From her studio in Battersea, London, Francesca Wezel creates hand mixed, velvety paint, with immense depth and tone that changes with the light of day. To celebrate 25 years of Francesca’s Paints, she has selected nine colours, which capture the essence of the paint created across 25 collections and 236 shades. ‘Each collection tells a story, inspired by art, history, travel and nature’ says Francesca, whose expert eye for colour is underscored by an artisanal approach to paint, using the finest – and often oldest – pigments to achieve a unique, luxurious finish. THE COLOUR STORY Ice House Blue…
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Samsung Project
October 2020
I was asked by colour expert Karen Haller, www.karenhaller.co.uk, to colour match three innovative TVs by Samsung and create three complimenting colours that would showcase the innovative aesthetics of the Tvs. Thus, the limited edition of LivingColour paint selection was born. The 6 colours are stunning, three, perfectly match the TV frames and three, compliment them. These colours are exclusive to Samsung UK. Three Influencers, Kate Watsno-Smyth @mad_about_the_house, Yinka Ilori @Yinka_Ilori and Whinnie Williams @whinniewilliams were then asked to design a set using the paint and TVs and these are the results. All paints were mixed and made especially for this…
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Thank you NHS
May 2020
We have launched the timely ‘NHS BLUE’, a bespoke colour available across all our products, including lime wash, eco emulsion and smart emulsion. 20% of sales (of this colour) will be donated to the NHS in recognition of their outstanding efforts during the Coronavirus crisis.
Colours of My Mind
November 2019
Colours of My Mind – Latest Collection A collaboration between Raffaella Barker and Francesca Wezel. Raffaella explains….. Over the years I have painted many rooms with Francesca’s colours, sending wild pleas to her such as: ‘Could I have something the colour of a bra strap?’ or ‘Here’s a squashed bunch of flowers from my garden, can we work out a match for the petals and leaves before it fades? , or ‘A room of cheerful chaos please, a place where my teenage sons can endlessly play Playstation’.Her colours, with their ability to change in the light, to undulate through space,…
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