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Dangerous colors

By Color Navigator on 3 / 04 / 2018

Categories: Education  |  Color stories  |  Color & light

Throughout history some colors have created destruction. Back then, you had to be a daredevil to use color by times. Read on to know how color is not always that innocent.

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L'Oréal Innovation Day 2018

By Color Navigator on 19 / 03 / 2018

Categories: Innovation  |  Lifestyle  |  Fashion

During the L’Oréal Innovation Day all participants received a personal MyColorPassport scan. This digital color analysis allows them to identify their personal MyCP type, containing all the colors that suit them best.

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The impact of color

By Color Navigator on 27 / 02 / 2018

Categories: What is color?  |  The impact of color

Did you know that a whopping 85% of all purchasing decisions are based on color? Imagine how much power this element can have for your product, brand or company.

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Monochromatic firestations

By Color Navigator on 23 / 02 / 2018

Categories: Architecture  |  Materials

Monochromatic firestations, designed by Pedevilla Architects, known for the simplicity and intelligence in their designs, linking the interior of sites with their exterior and surroundings.

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What is color?

By Color Navigator on 14 / 02 / 2018

Categories: Color & light  |  What is color?  |  Education  |  Reproducing color  |  Measuring color

Color does not exist, but is created in our brains. Read on to know how we perceive, research, use, mix, describe, measure and reproduce color.

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Mask series by Bertjan Pot

By Color Navigator on 9 / 02 / 2018

Categories: Materials  |  Exhibitions

Designer Bertjan Pot has a passion for various colors, patterns, structures and techniques. Most of his experiments arise quite impulsively from a certain curiosity for how something would look or function. From there, Pot takes on challenges with manufacturers to explore possibilities and push boundaries.

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Colorful chocolates to beat Blue Monday

By Color Navigator on 15 / 01 / 2018

Categories: Innovation  |  Food

Don’t let Blue Monday get to you and enjoy the ultimate comfort food: these colorful modular chocolates called Complements. A delicious treat for both the eyes and the tastebuds.

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Multicolored oasis in Copenhagen Airport

By Color Navigator on 11 / 01 / 2018

Categories: Furniture  |  The impact of color

Travel stress will be long forgotten when you travel to Copenhagen. Terminal 2 of Copenhagen Airport has been transformed into a multicolored oasis.

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Reproducing Color

By Color Navigator on 5 / 12 / 2017

Category: Reproducing color

There are billions of colors in existence. Read on to discover how to achieve a consistent color outcome.

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Color psychology

By Color Navigator on 3 / 11 / 2017

Categories: What is color?  |  Color psychology  |  The impact of color  |  Education

Why do we associate love with red? Blue with cold? Green with nature? The reasons behind this are sometimes historically, politically or culturally determined, often also by way of physics or biology.

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Dutch Design Week 2017

By Color Navigator on 30 / 10 / 2017

Categories: Materials  |  Innovation  |  Exhibitions

Check out these snapshots from our visit to the annual design event in Eindhoven.

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Innovation drift 2017

By Color Navigator on 25 / 10 / 2017

Categories: Innovation  |  The impact of color

Color Navigator's Bart Van Tigchelt spoke about the underestimated impact of color at Innovation Drift in Vilnius. He explained how color influences our private and professional lives. Why do we think color is just a matter of taste?

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Real life tetris by Michael Johansson

By Color Navigator on 9 / 10 / 2017

Categories: Furniture  |  Exhibitions

Michael Johansson puzzles, stacks and organizes old furniture and household items from second hand shops and flea markets by color and transforms them into geometric, abstract sculptures.

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Measuring color 

By Color Navigator on 3 / 10 / 2017

Category: Measuring color

The difference between colorimeters and spectrophotometers

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Breathing Color by Hella Jongerius

By Color Navigator on 15 / 09 / 2017

Categories: Furniture  |  Color stories  |  Exhibitions  |  Materials

Our team visited the amazing exhibition by Dutch designer Hella Jongerius at the Design Museum in London. Read on to discover her research on colors, textures and materials.

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Color Navigator workshop

By Color Navigator on 23 / 03 / 2017

Category: Education

Some impressions of last week's Color Training & Workshop at our Head Quarters in Antwerp.

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Intirio 2017

By Color Navigator on 2 / 02 / 2017

Categories: Fairs & events  |  Innovation

How can the right colors make a big difference and boost your business? Our experts explained it at Intirio 2017 in Ghent.

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Heimtextil 2017

By Color Navigator on 14 / 01 / 2017

Categories: Fairs & events  |  Materials  |  Innovation

Trends and textile innovation presented in Frankfurt.

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Color training at University of Antwerp

By Color Navigator on 2 / 12 / 2016

Categories: Education  |  Talks

Product development students are learning how to work with the Color Navigator System at the University of Antwerp.

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Intirio 2016

By Color Navigator on 22 / 11 / 2016

Categories: Fairs & events  |  Talks  |  The impact of color

Keynote presentation by Bart Van Tigchelt about the impact of color in retail.

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