As a color expert, Amy is the author of two bestselling books on color including a bestseller that received numerous “book of the year” awards. She is also sought after by national publications frequently as an expert in the world of color and design. Amy has helped with color palette development for major paint manufacturers including Benjamin Moore.

She is also the creator of the award-winning Color911 app and blog.

Amy Wax’s background is that of an artist, she graduated from Syracuse University with an arts degree in illustration. With a love of design, she created her own business focusing on improving the lives of others through the use of color. She has seen the power of color change rooms, homes, businesses, developments and even lives! She’s worked with developers on color and design of new construction, on townhouses, large developments and every style of single-family home you could imagine!

Her specialties vary as much as her client base. She has served as both an interior and exterior color specialist with both residential and commercial clients. On the residential side, her expertise has helped homeowners across the country by creating color palettes to help them fall in love with their homes all over again!

Working with commercial clients, Amy has worked with both residential real estate developments to larger scale commercial projects. She has created color palettes for everything from a strip mall in Oregon to town house developments in Florida to high rises in both Chicago and New York City.

Amy used her knowledge and experience as a color expert to launch the award-winning Color911 app although she recently decided to share color inspiration from Color911 here on AmyWax.com. It is no longer available as an app. Check it out here on the website, you’ll find the color inspiration to be tremendously helpful.