Jonquil a good yellow pink so Edward borrowed the name of a colour made with Dutch Pink in the 18th century (Dutch Pink was actually a yellow pigment). It might be called a plaster pink now that we use gypsum plaster for interior walls and has a wonderful soft hue that hovers between pink and yellow/beige. A truly sustainable, timeless colour which creates a wonderful backdrop in a period property as it does in an ultramodern home – it is favoured in every room from kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms to painted furniture. Like all our colours, Jonquil is made with gentle, plant-based chemistry with absolutely no pollutants or harmful toxins. Jonquil (100%) Order a Sample Jonquil (60%) Order a Sample Jonquil (40%) Order a Sample Jonquil (20%) Order a Sample Whiting Order a Sample Spanish White Order a Sample Rose Tinted White Order a Sample Wall: JonquilJonquil full colour. Photo and styled by Nicholas Cox of @periodportraits Wall: JonquilJonquil full colour, at the home of @jessiecutts Wall: JonquilJonquil full colour, at the former home of @clarenceandgraves Deliberating over colours? If in doubt you cannot go wrong with our timeless plaster pink, Jonquil, with enough yellow to stop it from being sugary it hovers between pink and beige with the most exquisite undertone. It is not surprising that this is one of our most coveted colours; it flatters all styles, all light and mostly ourselves…! To find the perfect shade for your room, whatever its orientation, size, or usage you can dial the colour up or down with our Shades – Jonquil is available in 100%, 60% 40% and 20% of the pigment. Jonquil Order a Sample 100 60 40 20 Whiting Order a Sample Spanish White Order a Sample Rose Tinted White Order a Sample
Discover the new ‘Forever Favourites Collection’ Create a scheme from one room to your whole house with soft colours that work together effortlessly ensuring tonal flow and harmony. Our 12 best loved shades together in one pack. Discover the power of natural paint today.
Responsibility Knocks: A column for House & Garden In the first of a new series of columns, Edward Bulmer, the winner of our Responsible Design Award (sponsored by Vinterior) in 2022, lays out why we should all pay attention to responsible design and consumption, and how to become more conscious in the process
What are microplastics and how can we reduce them in mainstream paints? Microplastics, microbeads and nano particles are so tiny (measuring 0.006 to 1 millimetre, but they can be up to 5mm) that they are now everywhere! We are probably all inadvertently responsible for this as it is not mandatory to be told when they are used in a product and only a small number of their uses has been outlawed. Furthermore, plastics that are dumped in soils or water are being broken down to become microplastics.
The ubiquity of plastic in our houses and why we need to cut down Avoiding single use plastic is now accepted as common sense (though it is still not mandatory), but it is just the tip of the ‘plastic iceberg’ when it comes to our plastic addiction. So much of the plastic we buy now is unavoidable. Often this is because it makes up the packaging used to wrap and transport the goods we buy, and just as often it IS the goods we buy.
Why the design world needs to cut its carbon footprint The industrial revolution, or what you might call ‘the dawn of commercial design’ relied on the use of a new energy source – fossil fuels. From coal, to coal tar, to crude oil, to natural gas, their use began to alter the dynamic and the planet increasingly had to store the resultant carbon emissions in the atmosphere rather than in its vegetation, soils and oceans.
