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.
Selected Inspiration
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Read more: A bathroom in Copenhagen
A bathroom in Copenhagen
The bathroom is conceived as an architectural interior rather than a functional room. Set within a classic Copenhagen apartment, the space is defin...Read more -
Read more: House in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
House in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
In Cathrine de Lichtenberg’s Frederiksberg home in Copenhagen, colour functions as a material. Surfaces are organised into calm tonal fields, with ...Read more -
Read more: Kitchen backsplash in Troense, Denmark
Kitchen backsplash in Troense, Denmark
In this kitchen, Muller Van Severen’s Vanilla tile introduces a gentle sense of warmth to a room defined by steel and clean surfaces. The soft vani...Read more -
Read more: Apartment in Vesterbro, Copenhagen
Apartment in Vesterbro, Copenhagen
The apartment in Copenhagen unfolds as a sequence of considered rooms. Spaces are generous without feeling formal, defined by warm materials, soft ...Read more
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.
Everywhere is Colour Caps
Blēo’s statement Everywhere is Colour is expressed in a series of caps, a simple expression of colour as something fundamental.