Saturday, October 18, 2025
With over six paint brands — Berger, EdgeChem, Lanco, Painter’s Select, Sherwin-Williams, and the True Value-manufactured EasyCare — over 11,000 colours, and a paint bar that mixes just about any colour, H&L Rapid True Value remains one of Jamaica’s number one paint destinations. And with the optimal months to complete home DIY projects, renovations, or remodels already here, H&L Rapid True Value, on Sunday, October 12, partnered with Jamaica Observer Design Week Ja 2025 for ‘Bring Colour Home’, an exclusive paint-focused design experience held at the Lane Plaza outlet.
Colour expert Dawn Garrett led a masterclass, unpacking how colour makes people feel, how light affects colour, and how it creates mood. Guests also got inside knowledge of True Value’s 2026 colour story, and colour of the year, which, according to her, may or may not be muted greens: Bermuda Grass and Garden Sage!
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Championing Blue My Time Investments CEO Sonia Tomlinson (left) and chartered accountant Patricia Henry-Brown were in the market for blues.Karl Mclarty
From A Distance Berger Paint Sales & Trade Marketing Representative Tanesha Walsh was out to preview the new paint collections. Karl Mclarty
Portrait Mode Hardware & Lumber Ltd Category Manager — Paints & Finishes Jacquline Wedderburn (right) caught up with colour expert Dawn Garrett. Karl Mclarty
Wheel Of Fortune Cozy Home by Sham founder and CEO Shamika Hemmings-Gordon checked out the artist’s colour wheel, a valuable tool for mastering colour theory, and one of many useful mementos included in the True Value folder guests received. Karl Mclarty
That’s A Wrap! All smiles at the end of the final #DesignWeekJa2025 event were (from left) Jamaica Observer Media Group Deputy Managing Director Natalie Chin-Samuda; Design Week Ja conceptualiser Novia McDonald-Whyte; and H&L Rapid True Value General Manager Pamille Shaw-Blair. Karl Mclarty
Colour Collab Shikima Hinds Events and Concierge Managing Director Shikima Hinds (left) and colour expert Dawn Garrett had a quick confab about paint trends.Karl Mclarty
