This article first appeared in the May 2018
issue of Pro Builder.
Heron is the 2018 Color of the Year from Pratt & Lambert. The midnight-blue shade is inspired by current cultural trends including the desire for mindfulness and tranquility, the exploration of nature, and humanizing technology. Designed to offer visual calm, Heron mixes well with crisp whites, soft grays, and metallics, and materials such as concrete, whitewashed wood, burlap, and terra-cotta.
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