Paint Colors ktcolorusa

Thanks to Timothy of Chocolove introducing studioLEMONADE to Kt.Color we now have a favorite paint selection to add to the design toolbox. Spoke with Aronson's out of NYC today and have a few fan decks headed to the studio. The color selections are inspirational and are based Le corbusier's LC series.

Handmade by Swiss specialty paint manufacturer

kt.COLOR, these exceptionally hued and beautifully textured

paints expand upon the discerningly curated range of floor

coverings Aronson’s offers to architects and designers.

At core of the 106-color kt.COLOR collection are two palettes

chosen by Le Corbusier for their spatial and physiological effects.

The LC 32 series consists of forty-three pastel hues from the

monochrome 1930s Salubra wallpaper collection, which he used

against the white background of the purist architecture of the time.

The twenty powerful colors of the LC 43 series, introduced in the

1950s, provide dramatic contrasts against natural materials such

as lime plaster, raw concrete and wood.

kt.COLOR founder and chemist Katrin Trautwein, inspired by

her work with artist pigments and wishing to offer architects a

palette of colors as rich as those available to artists, licensed the

exclusive rights to manufacture the original Le Corbusier colors

from Fondation Le Corbusier in 1999. Working with samples

from the Salubra archives, Trautwein re-created the shades

from the same pure mineral pigments used by Le Corbusier in

contemporary, environmentally safe binders and first offered them

in Europe in 2000. kt.COLOR has since added other histo

rically

important colors, such as Yves Klein’s Ultramarine Blue, and

developed new colors, including a stunning array of subtle

variations on white.

The extraordinary vividness and depth of color found in kt.COLOR

paints is the result of combining more than 100 vibrant and

sometimes rare pigments traditionally used by artists, without

the usual addition of black. By comparison, the commercial paint

industry uses just fourteen industrial pigments to create all colors.

About kt.COLOR

kt.COLOR, located in the foothills of the Swiss Alps near Z

ürich,

is a highly specialized manufacturer of fine paints for interior

use. The company combines pure mineral pigments in modern,

environmentally safe binders, to create a range of 106 beautiful

Aronson’s Introduces Le Corbusier Architectural Paint Palettes

from Swiss Manufacturer kt.COLOR to the US

colors, including the sixty-three that comprise Le Corbusier’s

LC 32 and LC 43 series. kt.COLOR also offers custo

m color

consulting to create or match colors outside the collection.

Founder Katrin Trautwein holds a PhD in chemistry and has 20

years of experience formulating high-quality paints.

About Polychromie Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier’s sophisticated color theories, outlined in his

Polychromie Architecturale writings, were influenced by his

experiences as both an artist and an architect. The color

palettes he selected for Salubra were systematize

d in chromatic

‘keyboards’ with accompanying cut-out cards to isolate color

combinations. The LC 32 series are organized into groups based

on mood, from which a smaller palette of three to five harmonious

colors can be selected. The stronger colors of the LC 43 series

appear on one page, with color proximity a

nd the cut-out cards

enabling selection of two to three vividly contrasting colors. A threevolume

set of Le Corbusier’s writings and color selections, edited

by Arthur Rüegg, was published in 1997 and updated in 2005.

About Aronson’s

Aronson’s is a niche leader in the floor covering arena with

a history and presence in New York City for more than140

years. Having transformed over the last decade into a boutique

architecture-and-design-focused enterprise, Aronson’s works

closely with architects and interior designe

rs as well as with

manufacturers and artisan fabricators to provide custom

design solutions for retail, commercial and residential projects.

Aronson’s floor covering collections feature natural fiber

s

and rapidly renewable materials, reflecting a commitment to

sustainable and environmentally friendly products. Owner Carol

Swedlow is a licensed architect, member of the USGBC

and

is working to complete LEED certification. She has helped to

change the conversation about design materials, artisanship and

sustainability in the field through her relationships with architects

and designers, her work with artisan materials fabricators around

the world, and her workshop series on the subject for architects

and designers.