Century is more than paint; it’s an experience.

The artisan believes in precision. In keeping strict standards when not surpassing them. And more than anything… in stirring the senses.

Similar to a soft leather glove, the tactile experience of Century’s Soft Touch Matte Finish is not easily achieved.

Our craftsmen bring years of experience and exacting standards to the making of this paint. The formulation is so intricately balanced, it can only be made in small batches.

Every can of Century is produced in the same Benjamin Moore workshop. And to guarantee true colour, each can is delivered pre-mixed and sealed.

Years of research led to a unique resin and coloring system that created Soft Touch Matte Finish.

This innovative finish adds a tactile dimension to walls. It creates energy in the room and an unprecedented depth of colour.

It’s both science and spectacle.

Made for designers, this innovative paint comes in a curated collection of 75 colours with unprecedented depth. The complex blend of art and science creates a paint that stands in a category of its own.

Century is a new dimension in paint and design.

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Hallways & Stairwells | Lobbies & Waiting Rooms | Offices & Conference Rooms | Gymnasiums & Locker Rooms | Restrooms & Fitting Rooms | Service Entrances

See SCUFF-X in Action

Watch how a range of high traffic areas remain scuff-free when protected by single-component SCUFF-X paint.

SCUFF-X Outperforms the Competition

Our test results have shown that SCUFF-X delivers superior scuff-resistance as compared to leading competitive products designed for high-traffic areas.

Unlike the competition, our scuff-resistant formula combats scuffing from the outset, resulting in minimal maintenance.

The SCUFF-X Advantage

• Proprietary scuff-resistant formula
• Cleanable: Withstands repeated washing
• Single component: No mixing, measuring, or limited pot-life
• Provides an easy application and improves touch-ups
• Low-VOC & low-odour
• LEED® v4 eligible and CHPS certified
• Available in thousands of colours
• Contains anti-microbial additives that inhibit the growth of mould and mildew on the surface of the paint film

Hospitality Establishments

In an industry defined by exceptional customer service, extended downtimes due to painting and constant touch-ups are not an option. With its quick dry time and low-odour formula, SCUFF-X allows high-traffic guest rooms, hallways, lobbies, stairwells and dining rooms to be painted and rapidly returned to service with minimal disruption.

In busy hotels, restaurants and hospitality venues where first impressions count, scuff-resistant SCUFF-X helps keep walls in pristine condition.

Educational Institutions

From dodgeball to dorm life, student activities can take a toll on primary, secondary, and higher education learning spaces. SCUFF-X allows high-traffic corridors, lecture halls, gymnasiums, locker rooms and dormitories to be painted quickly with minimal disruption to student learning and resists scuffs and stains to keep walls looking freshly-painted.

Plus, the low-odour, low-VOC formula contains antimicrobial additives to inhibit the growth of mould and mildew on the surface of the paint film and is CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) certified, for the most favourable learning environments.

Healthcare Facilities

For environments in which patient health is of primary concern, maintaining clean, unsoiled walls is key.

SCUFF-X resists scuffing and staining, and the proprietary formula contains antimicrobial additives to inhibit the growth of mould and mildew on the surface of the paint film, making it an ideal choice for busy waiting areas, exam rooms and laboratories in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and therapeutic facilities. Plus, SCUFF-X is low-odour, low-VOC, and eligible for LEED® v4 credit.

Corporate Spaces

Time is money, and repeatedly maintaining corporate conference rooms, offices, lobbies and hallways can be both costly and time-consuming. Low-odour and fast-drying
SCUFF-X can be applied in occupied spaces that can be quickly returned to service for minimal disruption to business.

Its proprietary scuff-resistant formula will continue to resist scuffs and stains long after other paints have failed, potentially yielding lower maintenance costs over time and influencing the bottom line.

Retail Environments

When it comes to the customer experience, a well-dressed mannequin may be as impactful as a well-dressed wall. Protect walls from unsightly scuffing caused by racks, carts and hangers with SCUFF-X, the high-performance coating that resists scuffs and stains caused by everyday people traffic.

Plus, walls wash clean with simple soap and water for minimal maintenance. SCUFF-X helps deliver the shopping experiences customers deserve.

Don’t Believe Us?

See how SCUFF-X for commercial spaces kept this law firm’s walls scuff-free.

www.benjaminmoore.com

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Benjamin Moore’s Affinity Colours eliminates the struggle of pairing coordinating colours together. Have you ever been in the position, where you’re trying to harmonize paint colours, but one just doesn’t seem to mesh well with the other? One of the hardest parts of choosing colours, seems to be matching colours, whether it be between rooms or multiple colours in one room.

The Affinity Collection is not the newest addition to Benjamin Moore’s Colour Palate by any means, however it tends to be looked over when there are so many other known colour choices offered by Benjamin Moore.  While the Historical Collection and Designer Classics are just some of the tried and true colour selections, the Affinity colours deserve some attention.  The Affinity collection offers a service, if you will, within its selection that is unique to solely Affinity colours.  The Affinity colours are built to work in congruence with one another.

The beauty of the Affinity Colour Collection, is there are 144 individual colours that have been specifically formulated to be paired and used in combination of any three and the palate will work.  By ‘work’ I mean it will harmonize from room to room, or in combination within one room.  How is this possible you ask? Well, there are three factors that comprise of how a colour works well together: HVC Hue, Value & Chroma.

The Science behind the Affinity Colours

We’ve all had that moment when we choose a colour and we’re trying to match, one that ‘goes’ with it, but automatically we know they do not blend.  The complete science behind that can comprise the content of an entirely different subject, but the thick of it – without delving too much into the science — is that the Affinity colours are made up of three components, Hue, Value and Chroma H/V/C.

The hue refers to the colour, the difference between seeing red, blue, green or yellow on your walls.  The value indicates the lightness or darkness of a colour.  For example, the colour blue can be dark blue, like the AF-565 Mysterious

or light blue AF-540 Constellation.

While this is of the same hue the value of that one colour is different.  The last quality perceived is the Chroma.  This is a term hardly used in typical colour conversation, however it is certainly one of the most important factors in choosing colours that harmonize well together.  The Chroma represents the dullness of a colour.  It isn’t what many people consider to be how much gray is IN a colour, rather how vibrant or muted a colour appears. For instance, the same colour blue that we mentioned, can appear to be a vibrant, bold blue, or it can be a soft, watery blue.  While all other factors of this blue can be the same, the intensity of a colour can differ from the most vibrant shade of that hue to the dullest shade.

The Affinity Colours share at least one of these attributes to its counterpart colour.  If you were to randomly select any 3 colours, they each share one or more of these qualities, and while I’m not recommending to randomly select 3 colours to employ in your own home, the theory does apply.  In fact, I’ve tested this multiple times, specifically choosing the worst colour combinations I could think of, and while it may not be my first choice of colour pairings, I can agree the colours do flow well from one to another.

How & Where you Can Use Affinity Colours

 The Affinity colour selection can be utilized on many scales; it can become the colour palate for one room, for example an accent wall, trim, and main colour.  While this is one version of how the Affinity could be employed, I’d recommend to take advantage of the service, of the perfect parings, provided within the colours and apply it on a larger scale of your home.  For instance, instead of using three colours in one room, use three different colours in three different rooms, to maximize the flow from one room to another.  The hallway, living room and kitchen could be considered three separate rooms, and by applying the Affinity colours to the majority of the main floor, you’ve ensured harmony from front door to back door.  And why stop there? Technically you can take it further, and apply the same rules to the upstairs.  For example the hallway colour typically drifts up the stairs and becomes the upstairs hallway.  Potentially you can choose bedroom colours off the chosen hallway colour as well. While the Affinity has a great cohesive palate, the 144 colours does not compare to the 1000’s of colours from the Colour Preview section.  While the Affinity palate is limited in the variety of colour selection, it’s a great option for a selection of colours that doesn’t feel as overwhelming.   One of the benefits of the Affinity colours is, it has a versatile collection of neutrals.  The selection ranges from pure beiges to pure grays and all types of greiges in between!  One of my favourite grays from the Affinity collection, is AF-690 Metropolitan.

AF-690 Metropolitan

It’s a slightly lighter version of the well known and loved Coventry gray, which could at times, come across too dark.  Comparably, AF-685 Thunder and AF-100 Pashmina

AF-685 Thunder

AF-100 Pashmina

appears to be similar versions of the popular HC-172 Revere Pewter;

HC-172 Revere Pewter

the Thunder a little bit more gray and the Pashmina leaning towards the beige. Some of the lighter hues include AF-5 Frostine,

AF-5 Frostine

which could be utilized as a crisp white for trims, and AF-65 Fossil

AF-65 Fossil

a soft creamy colour perfect for off white walls.

The Affinity colour chip cards are made slightly larger for easy viewing, and compared to the colour preview chips, they’re presented in single chip colours, versus sharing 3-4 colours on one chip.  Not only does the Affinity collection of colours provide the perfect pairings for three colours, they can also be an excellent choice as a singular colour.  AF-290 Caliente

AF-290 Caliente

is one of my favourite reds from the entire Benjamin Moore collection, as is the warm and cozy, milky brown of AF-155 Weimaraner,

AF-155 Weimaraner

both of which would look phenomenal used on its own.

Affinity Colour Collection Winning Combinations

1.

AF-5 Frostine

AF-515 Exhale

2.

AF-80 Jute

AF-515 Exhale

AF-100 Pashmina

So the next time you find yourself struggling to match colours for your home, or even one room, turn to the Affinity Colour Collection.  These colours have been specifically formulated to harmonize together, no matter what combination of three colours you choose. It’s arguably the easiest way to synchronize colours throughout your home!

Sahra McFarlane
Interior Decorator
Creative Haus Designs

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It used to be that chalkboard paint was only available really in two colours, black and that dark green we’ve learned to associate with professors, suede elbow patches and heavy textbooks.  All that has made way for a much brighter outlook on chalkboard paint.  Benjamin Moore’s chalkboard paint can be made in any colour you can think of.  Its uses and areas of application have also evolved to accommodate a practical but fun product.  Not only can adults use it as an inexpensive décor element, but it’s a wonderful product for kids to be creative.  Any product where kids can draw on the walls and not get in trouble is always a good thing!

Chalkboard Paint for Kids: Go ahead, draw on the walls!

It’s unexpected yet whimsical quality of chalkboard paint, makes it a great product for kids to draw and be creative.  Instead of doing the standard chalkboard square on the wall, try applying it in a unique way, like a strip down the wall, the back of a door or a horizontal stripe around the room at your child’s drawing height.  A dinosaur shape in a pre-historic themed kids’ room would make a fun and easy growth chart to mark. For teenagers who are occupied with being in trend, paint one of their favourite logos in chalk board paint, which doubles as a conversation board.  Kids are far more creative than us, so give them a place where they can express their artistic side.

Chalkboard Paint Applications & Inspiration

The application of chalkboard paint is almost identical to regular paint, just be sure to start with a clean surface.  Allow a day or two for it to cure before drawing.  It performs like a regular paint, so it’s straightforward to apply, and it can be covered up with regular paint just as easy.  Clean up is simple, when fingers don’t cut it anymore, the best way is to use warm water and a cloth.  Another idea to extend the use of chalkboard paint is to pair it with Magna Magic magnetic primer.  Apply the magnetic primer first; the more coats the better, to get a strong magnetic force.  Once dried, you can put any coloured chalkboard paint over top, to create a magnetic-chalkboard in one.  If you have an awkward wall space, give it purpose with a chalkboard drawing area or message board.  Try adding a cuisine menu in the kitchen, frame a chalkboard square patch to make it appear as artwork or even give your furniture a quirky update.  If you have more artistic abilities, consider converting dated cabinet door fronts into chalkboard message doors.

For a more festive touch, you can even use chalkboard paint on pumpkins and candy dishes.  Couple it with some burlap or a lantern, and look at that, you’re right on trend!  For all the newbie DIY’s, chalkboard paint is a great place to start and it becomes addictive.  Be sure to pick up different coloured chalk to experiment with. The best part is you can switch out the theme or drawing as often as you want without spending a dime. Chalkboard paint is an engaging form of paint, so have fun and go nuts with the endless possible ways you can use it!

Benjamin Moore chalkboard paint product details

Creative & Easy Chalkboard Paint Ideas

How to apply chalkboard paint

Sahra McFarlane
Interior Decorator
Creative Haus Designs

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The two most important things to painting contractors I find, are time and money. Purchasing premium quality paint will save you time, which in turn will save you money. When you use premium quality paint, with high volume solids, you are actually getting more “paint” in the can for your dollar. More “premium quality paint” in the can means more coverage. You actually get more square footage out of a gallon of premium quality paint when you compare it to a lower quality product. More square footage per gallon means you need to purchase less gallons for the job. There are many reasons why a gallon of paint can vary in cost, most of the time it’s because you’re actually getting less paint in the can, with poor quality ingredients. Don’t be fooled by the price tag!

Solids are that portion of the paint that will dry or cure to a solid film. They include the resin fillers and pigments remaining when the paint is dry or cured. The balance of the paint consists of solvents that evaporate during spraying, air drying or curing.

Premium Quality Paint & Touch-ups

It is very important to painting contractors that there touch-ups are seamless. The last thing you want to be doing is re-painting a whole wall because you can notice the touch-up you just applied. Aura & Regal Select from Benjamin Moore (both premium quality paint products) have excellent hide and touch-up capabilities.  Saving a few extra dollars at the checkout will only cost  you more in the end, because you will have to
spend another day working at no cost, re-painting walls that are not touching up well.

Premium Quality Paint & Brand Association

Another benefit painting contractors will have when using premium quality paint like Benjamin Moore is, you get to associate your brand with top quality products. This is HUGE, and can offer you a competitive advantage against the others. There are thousands of painting contractors out there, but what differentiates you against the rest? We need to understand that not everything is based on price. The products you use, and the services you provide, are all a representation of the brand you are creating. Customers now are far more educated than before. When they are paying for a service they expect top quality products to be used. Using premium quality paint & products will keep you ahead of the game.

Billy Petrovski
Creative Director
The Paint People

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Top quality paint products use higher quality ingredients (pigments, resins, solvents) when they are manufactured. These higher quality ingredients have added benefits of better adhesion, hiding capability, spatter resistance, flow & leveling, touch-up capability, stain/scrub resistance, and fade resistance. When you are using a top quality paint product you won’t have to worry if your touch-ups are going to show, or if the stains your kids caused will be able to be removed. You can have peace of mind knowing that your walls are protected and will remain in good shape for years to come!

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