Original Paint Colors For Your Homes, Businesses & Community Buildings

I help people find the right paint colors and materials for homes, businesses, and community buildings that will help them achieve their goals. Whether your goal is to feel more energized, more peaceful, to improve a property for resale, or to bring more business into your space, the experience of color design that I provide is priceless. We can also find the original paint colors on a historic property or create historic paint color palettes for interiors and exteriors. I save my clients time and money by getting the colors and material selections right the first time.

The Hollywood Theatre Lower Facade restoration wins prize from Restore Oregon

Restored Hollywood Theatre Lower Facade by Art First Colors

Custom Theater Colors for The Hollywood Theatre

New Colors for The Old Church Concert Hall

Paint Colors for Riverplace Condominiums Portland OR

Contemporary Kitchen remodel designed by Mary McMurray

Craftsman style home exterior paint colors

Colors for a Contemporary Craftsman kitchen

Updated Paint Colors for the Irvington Tennis Club

Paint colors for Kitchen in Loft Condominium

Paint Colors for Providence Park Stadium, Portland OR

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"Beauty inspires and heals us. It opens our hearts and nourishes our souls." - Stephanie Austin
”Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful” - Hazrat Inayat Khan

COMMERCIAL paint colors and design for store, showroom, gallery, restaurant, coffee shop, stadium, office, clinic

RESIDENTIAL: exterior and interior home paint color design, walls, lighting, kitchen surfaces, artwork

MULTI FAMILY, colors for condominium, apartments, row houses, townhouses, duplex, courtyard complex

COMMUNITY. Design for centers, colors for Churches, places of worship, schools, education rooms

RESTORATION using historic classic colors appropriate to the era, or microscopic analysis to find original paint

Color Consultations and Design Services

Art First Colors for Architecture provides exceptional services in color and design for homeowners, business owners, sacred spaces, community centers and churches, and all types of structures, both historical and contemporary. Interior, exterior, commercial, and residential, we have a portfolio of beautiful color designs and testimonials to share. We are improving the built environment for over thirty years.

An Expert Color Consultant

Creatrix of Art First Colors for Architecture, Mary McMurray delights in preserving, adorning, and materially improving all built structures. Her career spans buildings of every type, from cathedrals to Pullman train cars, condominiums, and childcare centers to restoration and historic preservation. A lifelong fascination with the power of color, a degree in Art and Art History from Cornell University and Mills College, and a discriminating taste and experience in commercial property colors enable her to provide the best color consultations and design services to her respected clientele.

Satisfied clients write: "Thanks for all your help: getting us going on our project, helping us avoid marital conflict and for being a nice person to work with .. (see more excellent reviews on our Testimonial page)