CLEVELAND, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With the holidays just around the corner, consumers will be spending more time in the kitchen cooking, baking and celebrating the season with family. To help consumers break away from basic neutrals and put a fresh spin on their kitchens, Glidden(TM) paint is offering its Top 10 Just Baked Kitchen Colors.
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Featuring a mix of warm and bright classic shades and modern hues, the Top 10 Colors are designed to encourage homeowners to explore different colors to spruce up one of the most-frequented rooms of the home. This is a part of a series of Top 10 Colors from Glidden intended to help simplify color selection and make it easier for consumers to "get going" on painting projects. The Top 10 Just Baked Colors are now featured on-line at Glidden.com and are available as take-away cards at The Home Depot®.
"The holidays are a time of year when consumers are able to show off their home to family and friends, and paint is an easy way to freshen and warm up the kitchen" said Rob Horton, vice president of marketing for the maker of Glidden paint, Akzo Nobel Paints LLC. "The Glidden brand gets consumers going by making the color selection process simple and fun, which is particularly helpful during the busy holiday season."
The Top 10 Just Baked Colors include:
Candy Apple - a bright red reminiscent of valentine hearts, sprinkles, and candied cherries. It reminds us of crisp apples on a cold fall day.
Warm Gold - a sunny interpretation of gold. Think buttered corn and a field of sunflowers smiling on a breezy day.
Onyx Black - the darkness of a midnight sky with stars glistening millions of miles away. Pepper, coals and liquorice all come to mind when we see this color.
Granny Smith Apple - count on this bright lime green to bring thoughts of a basket of Granny Smith Apples or miniature green chrysanthemums to rejuvenate a long day.
Tropical Lagoon - a soft blue, Tropical Lagoon is a soothing and restorative tone. Imagine yourself sipping a cool glass of tea while gazing at the horizon from your favorite beach.
Bright Black Raspberry - plums, raspberry parfaits, and homemade jams make Bright Black Raspberry a luscious color. Rely on this scrumptious bright burgundy to bring warmth to your space.
Cinnamon Stick - it's spicy, it's warm, it's Cinnamon Stick. This dark mid-tone color is suggestive of autumn leaves and rich ground seasonings.
Soothing Green Tea - a soft value that can comfort your home with fine touches of nature inspired elements. This tone is evocative of new spring buds.
Ripe Apricot - delights anyone's tastes to add a hint of energy into the atmosphere. With a touch of melon, this color radiates a comforting warmth.
Warm Caramel - stimulates our wish to incorporate neutrals into our environment. It resembles camel, coffee with cream and soft wet sand on a beach.
In addition to the Top 10 color cards, Glidden paint offers a variety of new tools designed to make choosing colors easy and fun, including a palette of 282 timeless colors - so consumers aren't overwhelmed by thousands of color options; ready-to-go paint testers with a built-in brush for only $2.97, to allow consumers to try any color; and larger color chips with coordinating accent colors on the back.
Available at The Home Depot stores nationwide, Glidden paint has made significant investments in improving the formula of its base paint to give consumers premium quality paint at an affordable price. Backed by a "guaranteed results" warranty, Glidden paint offers to replace the paint or refund the money to any consumer who is not satisfied. For more information about the new Glidden paint, visit www.glidden.com.
About Glidden Paint
The Glidden paint brand offers a rich tradition of innovation and color inspiration, having consistently embodied quality and performance for generations of customers. From the first latex paints that were developed and marketed under the Glidden brand decades ago, to today's broad assortment of versatile paints serving consumers and paint contractors alike, the Glidden brand continues to reach new heights. Glidden paint is part of Akzo Nobel and is a category leader in the company's portfolio of internationally respected paint brands.
About Akzo Nobel
Akzo Nobel is proud to be one of the world's leading industrial companies. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we make and supply a wide range of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals - 2008 revenue totaled Euro 15.4 billion. In fact, we are the largest global paints and coatings company. As a major producer of specialty chemicals we supply industries worldwide with quality ingredients for life's essentials. We think about the future, but act in the present. We're passionate about introducing new ideas and developing sustainable answers for our customers. That's why our 60,000 employees - who are based in more than 80 countries - are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow's Answers Today(TM).
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