Expertise
Colours are not neutral. If you aren’t directing them, they are directing you.
Gillian C. Rose
The Science of Color®, Founder
Gillian Rose’s unique practice allows her to provide the following services through both of her practises. The Science of Color®, and Gillian Rose Colour®.
Goethe’s Chromatic Wheel
Residential
Private Colour Consultation
A deeply personal exploration of your Primal Colour responses—the hues that resonate instinctively and support balance, ease, and inner calm.
Collaborative Colour Advisory
– Moves beyond preference to measurable human response
– Integrates client insight early, informing design decisions upstream
– Positions colour as infrastructure rather than finish.Custom Colour Creation
Custom colours developed through a proprietary methodology, responsive to light, form, and inhabitation.Interior Design Services
Colour articulated as emotional intelligence—designed for balance, continuity, and shared life experience.
The Science of Color is Gillian Rose Colour’s custom paint collection.
Cultural / Commercial / Hospitality
Motivational and Intentional Colour Design — New Construction
Define and establish Motivational and Intentional Colour Palettes that align architectural intent with human response from project inception.Motivational and Intentional Colour Design — Existing Properties
Provide colour analysis and design solutions that recalibrate and strengthen existing environments through intentional palette development.Architectural Finish Packages
Curate interior and exterior FF&E finish packages aligned with the project’s Intentional Colour Palette and material logic.
Nasher Museum of Art at Gallery Entrance
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Speaking and Engagement
Elevates Design to Instinctive Luxury
Gillian has a deep efinity to teaching and engagement; she is an accomplished speaker and panelist. She has headlined numerous events within the design community, addressing the emotional, behavioural, and environmental impact of colour through topics including:
Colour: The Ultimate Influencer
Establishing Emotional Harmony Between Colour and Architecture
Integrating Client Insight Prior to the Design Process
Her talks invite audiences to move beyond preference—positioning colour as a strategic, instinctive force that elevates design to luxury grounded in human experience.
Excerpts from “Creating Personal Sanctuary” at The Pacific Design Center, 03.25.2021