The Flare Journal

Colour

3 stories

A sunlit room with the light falling from a window, beside a compass showing north, south, east and west

11 min read

Paint Colours for North-, South-, East- and West-Facing Rooms

A step-by-step guide to choosing paint for rooms facing north, south, east or west: find your aspect, read the light, check LRV and bulbs, and test large samples....

By Gregory TireCraft and materials
A living room with a calm dominant wall colour, a secondary sofa colour and small accents, beside a 60-30-10 swatch bar

12 min read

How to Build a Colour Scheme with the 60-30-10 Rule: A Step-by-Step Guide

A step-by-step guide to the 60-30-10 rule: choose dominant, secondary and accent colours, check value with a greyscale test, and test samples in your own room. Includes a...

By Gregory TireCraft and materials
Stylised bust portrait of Luis Barragán in an arch, with cactus and colour-block motifs

12 min read

Luis Barragán: What a Mexican Master Teaches Us About Colour and Plaster

Luis Barragán (1902 to 1988) was a Mexican architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1980. He used thick planes of strong colour on plain plastered walls and...

By Gregory TireCraft and materials

Who writes the journal

By Joseph van LockeFounder, designer and maker
By Sophia MeredithInteriors and colour
By Gregory TireCraft and materials

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