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The Colour Edit.

Explore the deeper meaning behind every shade. From the science of how colour influences our senses to the stories that shape our palettes, here we delve into the emotional, psychological and cultural dimensions of colour. Expect thoughtful reflections, synesthetic insights, and a closer look at how colour informs the way we live, work and feel.

How Synesthesia Shapes Colour: YesColours Co-founder Emma Bestley

How Synesthesia Shapes Colour: YesColours Co-founder Emma Bestley

By Emma Bestley on Jun 12, 2025
Scandinavian bedroom with white boucle furniture and warm, pale blue walls

What Blue Paint Does to the Mind: The Science, Emotion and Design of Blue Interiors

By Elena Koycheva on Jun 20, 2025
landscape photography of a paint pouch reading 'YesColours surrounded by various decorating tools and objects painted in royal blue, all photographed on a clean royal blue background

YesColours Achieves B Corp Status for Sustainable Paint

By John Stubbs on Jun 16, 2025
Why Beige Is Back: The Modern Neutral Colours Designers Are Using

Why Beige Is Back: The Modern Neutral Colours Designers Are Using

By Ariana Ruth on Jul 14, 2025
What Wimbledon Can Teach Us About the Art of Subtle Colour

What Wimbledon Can Teach Us About the Art of Subtle Colour

By Elena Koycheva on Jul 09, 2025
June Design Highlights | London’s Most Captivating Exhibitions and Installations

June Design Highlights | London’s Most Captivating Exhibitions and Installations

By Rebecca Harkness on Jul 04, 2025
The Best Lilac and Purple Paint Shades for Modern Interiors

The Best Lilac and Purple Paint Shades for Modern Interiors

By Emily Harnasz on Jun 30, 2025
Coastalcore in 2025: The New Hamptons-Inspired Interior Design Trend

Coastalcore in 2025: The New Hamptons-Inspired Interior Design Trend

By Emily Harnasz on Jun 25, 2025
Scandinavian bedroom with white boucle furniture and warm, pale blue walls

What Blue Paint Does to the Mind: The Science, Emotion and Design of Blue Interiors

By Elena Koycheva on Jun 20, 2025
spacious restaurant with strong natural light coming in from the windows on the right, lime-wash painted olive green walls and natural orange-toned chairs

Inside Jolie Studio: How Colour Shapes Atmosphere and Emotional Impact

By Jolie Studio on Jun 19, 2025
landscape photography of a paint pouch reading 'YesColours surrounded by various decorating tools and objects painted in royal blue, all photographed on a clean royal blue background

YesColours Achieves B Corp Status for Sustainable Paint

By John Stubbs on Jun 16, 2025
How Synesthesia Shapes Colour: YesColours Co-founder Emma Bestley

How Synesthesia Shapes Colour: YesColours Co-founder Emma Bestley

By Emma Bestley on Jun 12, 2025
Complete Guide to Bedroom Paint Colours: Ceiling to Skirting

Complete Guide to Bedroom Paint Colours: Ceiling to Skirting

By Emily Harnasz on Jun 11, 2025
How Kevin Haley Uses Colour to Shape Emotion and Space

How Kevin Haley Uses Colour to Shape Emotion and Space

By Kevin Haley on Jun 09, 2025
Transform a Small Bedroom with Colour: Designer Tips to Visually Expand Your Space

Transform a Small Bedroom with Colour: Designer Tips to Visually Expand Your Space

By Elena Koycheva on Jun 06, 2025
Wes Anderson Colour Palette: Phoenician-Inspired Paint Colours You Can Use at Home

Wes Anderson Colour Palette: Phoenician-Inspired Paint Colours You Can Use at Home

By Emma Bestley on Jun 02, 2025
6 Design Highlights From Clerkenwell Design Week 2025

6 Design Highlights From Clerkenwell Design Week 2025

By Rebecca Harkness on May 27, 2025
Pistachio to Matcha: The Green Leading Modern Interiors

Pistachio to Matcha: The Green Leading Modern Interiors

By Emily Harnasz on May 19, 2025
colour drenched hallway in a pale yellow colour decorated with white home decor accessories and white flowers on a console table

How to create a delicious butter-inspired colour scheme

By Emily Harnasz on May 04, 2025
bedroom interior image with a muted yellow wall and photographed olive green bed, bright orange chair, white round bedside table and a bright orange night lamp

How to decorate your bedroom on a low budget

By Emily Harnasz on Apr 08, 2025
a vertically arranged collection of paint sample jars and painting accessories and tools, photographed on a bold dark red background

How to use the YesColours Iconic Collection in your home

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 27, 2025
close-up of a paint-drenched paint roller with paint drips coming down from it in a warm brown colour photographed on a warm brown background

How to use Pantone's Colour of the Year 2025 — Mocha Mousse — in your interior

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 20, 2025
a vertically arranged collection of paint sample jars and painting accessories and tools in soft pastel colours, photographed on a warm white background

How to use the YesColours Restful Collection in your home

By Emily Harnasz on Feb 25, 2025
close up of a living room wall and a narrow hallway in dark and light green decorated with a nature-inspired sea painting, small artworks and a leafy plant in a large teal plant pot placed on a wooden light green sideboard

Top 3 winter colours and how to use them

By Emily Harnasz on Jan 11, 2025
white neutral background surrounded by brown autumn leaves, an orange decorative pumpkin, decorative brown pine cones and a dark blue wool shawl

How to create an autumnal colour scheme

By Emily Harnasz on Sep 24, 2024
forest green painted kitchen cabinets and kitchen island, surrounded by tall wicker chairs in white, overlooking an airy dining room with table and chairs

How to pair the YesColours paint colours with metallic hardware finishes

By Emily Harnasz on Sep 10, 2024
dark living room painted in a bronzy brown orange colour, with a small dark forest green sofa, tv and artworks on the wall placed next to an artificial light

How to choose colours for north-facing rooms

By Elena Koycheva on Aug 13, 2024
a fluffy dog in cream and black sat on a brown leather sofa and photographed in front of a warm neutral wall, surrounded by green plants

How to use warm neutral colours in your home

By Emily Harnasz on Aug 08, 2024
spacious dining room with dark teal walls, abstract fine line drawing artworks, wooden dining table and chairs and pampas grass decorations

How to use teal colours in your home

By Emily Harnasz on Jul 16, 2024
bright and airy living room with light minty aqua-coloured walls, wooden shelves and bench and neutral decoration

How to use aqua colours in your home

By Emily Harnasz on Jul 16, 2024
https://yescolours.com/blogs/news/3-bridgerton-inspired-interior-colour-schemes

3 Bridgerton-inspired interior colour schemes

By Emily Harnasz on Jun 25, 2024
Small kitchen utility room painted in a light mint green colour with matching square tiles and kitchen cabinets

Top 5 paint colours for a cosy kitchen

By Emily Harnasz on Jun 12, 2024
bright and airy kitchen with kitchen cabinets and utility storage painted in mint green and a vibrant kitchen island painted in bubblegum pink

How to use vibrant green colours in your home

By Elena Koycheva on Apr 16, 2024
photo of a nursery with walls painted in lilac and wooden panelling painted in mint green colour, with a sleeping cot on the right side, mint green radiator in the middle and a wooden dresser on the left

5 paint colours that put the ‘Dopamine’ in ‘Dopamine Decor’

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 26, 2024
small utility room painted in a warm peach colour, with two big washing machines, grey carpet and wicker baskets

5 tips for decorating utility rooms

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 13, 2024
A bright and airy bathroom painted in a pale cool lilac colour and decorated with yellow bathing accessories

How to paint bathrooms: step-by-step guide

By Iona Bower on Mar 12, 2024
photo of a spare bedroom decorated in pink, yellow and blue

5 colours to paint your ceilings with

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 11, 2024
dark hallway corner with a wall painted in a teal green colour, wooden mid-century built in sideboard, vintage accessories placed on top of it and a geometric artwork in white and blue on the wall

How to use colour to make your dark hallway brighter

By Emily Harnasz on Mar 05, 2024
home office interior setting with a wooden desk with metal legs, white chair with a faux sheep skin throw, gallery wall and dark teal painted wall behind the furniture

5 paint colours for a cosy home office

By Emily Harnasz on Feb 27, 2024
close up of a stand mixer in iridescent blue and lilac colour, photographed on a kitchen worktop surrounded by food supplies and small decorative items

Pop of colour: how to infuse personality into your kitchen space with KitchenAid

By Elena Koycheva on Feb 08, 2024
photo of a living room with a rounded warm neutral sofa, peach coloured cushions, peach walls and an abstract artwork in peach and pink

How to use Pantone's Colour of the Year 2024 — Peach Fuzz — in your interior

By Elena Koycheva on Jan 23, 2024
close-up of a flower with lilac petals, photographed on the right side of a bright green coloured background

Veganuary, home decor edition: Are interior paints vegan?

By Elena Koycheva on Jan 16, 2024
3 Timeless Christmas colour palettes

3 Timeless Christmas colour palettes

By Elena Koycheva on Dec 08, 2023
image of three artificial skulls in blue, green and pink and with wavy lines and dots decorated on them, stacked on top of each other next to a tall candle, small tea candle, leafy plant, all photographed in front of a magenta coloured purple pink wall

How to take colour inspiration from Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday

By Iona Bower on Oct 27, 2023
Decorating your home in the style of a Wes Anderson movie

Decorating your home in the style of a Wes Anderson movie

By Emily Harnasz on Oct 25, 2023
photo of a navy blue teal sofa photographed in the middle of a teal wall, with an orange ladder and life ring on the right and a sign saying 'warning no lifeguard on duty' on the left

How to use Wes Anderson’s films for interior inspiration

By Iona Bower on Oct 25, 2023
photo of olive green wall with a dark velvet green curtain showing on the left, with a pale skin hand coming out of the corner with dark green long nails, holding an olive that's dripping green paint onto a cocktail glass

How to create a spooky colour scheme for Halloween

By Emily Harnasz on Oct 20, 2023
How Bridgerton inspired our home decor

How Bridgerton inspired our home decor

By Iona Bower on Oct 13, 2023
a minimalist kitchen with dark green painted cupboards, integrated oven on the left side, white kitchen cupboards in the middle and a concrete blacktop and countertop with a white Smeg mixer and small vase placed on top

How to paint kitchen cupboards

By Iona Bower on Sep 29, 2023
photo of a philodendron surrounded by geometric shapes in orange and a hanging lamp with stripy lampshade in orange and white and a muted orange background behind everything

YesColours, houseof. and Plants By There on how to decorate more sustainably

By Elena Koycheva on Sep 27, 2023
photo of a large rusty orange terracotta wall, with a wooden bench placed on top of it, decorated with green and orange cushions, pampas grass on the left and rain boots and umbrella to the right, with a round mirror above it

How to add an autumnal colour palette to your home

By Emily Harnasz on Sep 15, 2023
photo of a white pouch with a logo that reads YesColours, surrounded by a paint brush and roller and green coloured ball, all placed on a green painted ribbed side table and photographed in front of a forest green wall

YesColours paint: child-safe, pet-safe, planet-safe

By Iona Bower on Sep 13, 2023
photo of a children's bedroom cover with a vintage wooden desk, white and rattan chair as well as a plush bunny toy, crayons and a table lamp placed on top of it, surrounded by a dark teal colour on the walls and a peachy pink colour on the ceiling

3 paint colour combinations for a children's bedroom

By Elena Koycheva on Sep 13, 2023
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