Museums & Galleries
When selecting a white shade, consider the undertones within the colour. A blue-based white will make a room feel brighter and cooler, a brown-based white will bring warmth and cosiness to a space, a green-based white will bring a fresh feel to a room and an off-white will provide a more subtle, muted tones, an excellent alternative to brilliant white.
Museum of the Home
A selection of vibrant shades were used in the Home Galleries at Museum of the Home in Hackney, London. Colours like Heat, Yellow-Pink, Canton and Celestial Blue invite visitors to explore the collections which consider the concept of home over the last 400 years.
The Brontë Room, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Our Brodsworth – Consort wallpaper features in The Brontë Room exhibition space at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. The Victorian wallpaper works perfectly in the Grade II-listed historic property, which is situated not far from Little Greene HQ in Manchester.
Forest: Wake This Ground, Arnolfini
Jewel Beetle, Arras and Portland Stone – Pale were chosen for an exhibition at contemporary arts gallery, Arnolfini. These strong colours work wonderfully alongside the striking artwork and themes of Forest: Wake This Ground, which focuses on issues of the environment and sustainability.
Forest: Wake This Ground, Arnolfini
Jewel Beetle, Arras and Portland Stone – Pale were chosen for an exhibition at contemporary arts gallery, Arnolfini. These strong colours work wonderfully alongside the striking artwork and themes of Forest: Wake This Ground, which focuses on issues of the environment and sustainability.
Experience Burnley – Strata: structures, transformation and solidarity, 2018
A new exhibition at Experience Burnley by artists Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan features our ‘Obsidian Green,’ a classic off-black colour.
In the 1970s, ‘Obsidian Green’ provided a dramatic backdrop to natural wood furnishings and khaki.
The exhibition , ‘Strata: structures, transformation and solidarity’, explores themes relating to the region’s social, cultural, industrial and natural histories. The main focus of the exhibition is a video installation, which combines landscape and architectural cinematography with voice-over interviews and archive film, forming an immersive picture of shared experience and collective memory.
Actress, Maxine Peake attended the gallery for the exhibitions launch event, held on the 3rd of February. The exhibition will run from Wed 31st January – Sat 3rd March.
Frans Hals Museum, Holland 2017
The Frans Hals Museum in Holland have used Little Greene ‘Dark Bronze Green‘ throughout their exhibition space.
Collaborating with Little Greene Stockist, De Mooiste Muren, ‘Dark Bronze Green,’ a dark verdant colour which was originally used to paint Victorian front doors and railings was selected to complement the artwork on display.
