Blēo, from the Old English for “colour, hue, or complexion”, is a Copenhagen-founded, design-led surface brand collaborating with leading architects, designers, and artists to develop architectural colours across paint and tiles. Blēo creates considered palettes that make colour intuitive to use, easier to live with, and richer to experience.

Blēo has received the Wallpaper* 2026 Design Award in the “Best Scene Stealers” category. The award recognises Blēo’s growing universe of paint and tile collections developed in close collaboration with some of the world’s most influential creative voices.

Tiles by Sabine Marcelis

Choosing colour and material can be overwhelming. Blēo simplifies the process through surfaces developed in close collaboration with leading creatives, where both paint and tile are treated as architectural media and sites of experimentation. Each colour is built from multiple pigments, giving depth, nuance, and subtle movement as tones shift with light and context, then formulated as paint or translated into tile.

Our first MINERALS collaboration is created with John Pawson, translating thirteen tones from his Whitescale palette into natural, breathable mineral paints. The colours settle into a matte, tactile surface shaped by Pawson’s focus on reduction, clarity and light.

Tiles by Muller Van Severen is a contemporary interpretation of the Moroccan Zellige tradition — a tactile exploration of colour, material, and craft, handmade in Morocco.

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