British artist Stuart Semple has unveiled the "whitest white paint" in his latest quest to produce the most pigmented versions of colours for painting. More about Stuart Semple develops White 2.0 as world's "brightest white paint"
Finnish plastic-free paint company Cover Story has opened its first shop: a "paint studio" fitted out by interior designer Linda Bergroth to offer customers multiple ways to explore colour. More about Cover Story plastic-free paint shop encourages visitors to play with colour
Dezeen Showroom: integrity and wellbeing are among the themes guiding home finish choices, according to UK paint company Crown Paints, which has released its AW21 Trends collection. More about Crown AW21 Trends collection by Crown Paints
American artist Laura Owens has covered the walls of an exhibition of Vincent van Gogh's works in colourful handmade wallpaper. More about Laura Owens covers Vincent Van Gogh exhibition in colourful handmade painted wallpaper
Design graduate Kukbong Kim has developed a paint made from demolished concrete that is capable of absorbing 20 per cent of its weight in carbon. More about Carbon-capturing Celour paint allows anyone to "participate in CO2 removal in their daily lives"
Researchers at Purdue University have developed an "ultra-white" paint that reflects 98 per cent of sunlight and deflects infrared heat, allowing buildings to cool below the surrounding air temperature. More about "Whitest paint on record" reflects 98 per cent of sunlight to cool buildings
Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming pools with graphic murals, including the pools of two Palm Springs houses and a mural on the deck of a public pool on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island. More about Alex Proba's graphic swimming pools are "a celebration of colour and pattern"
Samsung has released LivingColour, a collection of six paints designed to provide harmonious backdrops to three of the company's television models – The Serif, The Sero and The Frame. More about Samsung launches range of paints to complement its TVs
Colour company Pantone and health brand Intimina have collaborated to create an "active and adventurous" red colour to start a positive conversation around periods. More about Pantone releases taboo-breaking Period red colour
Imperial graduate Nicole Stjernswärd has invented Kaiku, a system that turns plants into powdered paint pigments using vaporisation technology. More about Kaiku turns fruit and vegetable waste into natural pigments
UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint that can reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb and cool cities in the face of climate change. More about UNStudio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities
Stuart Semple has released the "flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world" and banned Anish Kapoor from using it, as the latest development in an ongoing feud between the two British artists. More about Black 3.0 is a "black hole in a bottle" that challenges Anish Kapoor's Vantablack pigment
US company Backdrop is aiming to ease the process of choosing the right paint, through a curated selection of colours and adhesive samples for testing on walls, along with an essentials kit and a redesigned can. More about Backdrop simplifies painting with easy-pour can and stick-on samples
The latest contender in the fight to create the world's blackest black is a paint originally developed for NASA and now made available to the public. More about Nanolab releases own extremely black paint to rival Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
Miracle material graphene – considered the strongest substance known to science – has been used to make eco-friendly paint by manufacturer Graphenstone. More about World's first graphene paint launches in the UK
Artist Stuart Semple has revealed his latest creation in an ongoing colour battle with Anish Kapoor – an "open source" cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor. More about Stuart Semple creates cherry-scented version of Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor has acquired exclusive rights to the revolutionary Vantablack pigment, said to be the blackest shade of black ever created. More about Anish Kapoor receives exclusive rights to blackest black in the world