The colour atlas

Every pairing here is computed. A colour’s CIE-LAB value comes from the manufacturer’s own hex; a material’s comes from measuring its swatch. Because both sit in the same colour space, “what goes with this” has an answer with a number attached rather than an opinion behind it.

• Warm whites148 coloursOff-whites with a trace of yellow or red — the whites that keep a room from reading clinical.
• Cool whites59 coloursWhites that lean blue or green, for north light and crisp detailing.
• Greige172 coloursThe grey-beige middle — low chroma, warm hue. The most specified neutral in commercial interiors.
• Greys143 coloursTrue neutrals from pale to mid — no measurable hue bias either way.
• Charcoals and blacks69 coloursThe dark end — near-blacks and deep greys that anchor a palette.
• Beiges and tans234 coloursSand, oat, camel — warm mid-chroma colours that behave like neutrals.
• Terracottas and rusts144 coloursEarth reds and burnt oranges — warmth with real chroma behind it.
• Reds and pinks52 coloursFrom blush to oxblood, the colours that carry the most saturation per square foot.
• Purples and plums42 coloursViolet through aubergine — the hue range that reads formal at low lightness.
• Blues154 coloursNavy to pale sky — the most-specified accent family in workplace interiors.
• Teals and aquas40 coloursThe blue-green seam, where a colour stops being restful and starts being a statement.
• Greens132 coloursSage through forest — the family biophilic briefs ask for by name.
• Yellows and golds137 coloursOchre, brass, straw — high-lightness warmth that lifts a dark room.