How to make a mood board on your iPhone

A mood board collects the look of something before it exists: a room, a wardrobe, a party, a project. On an iPhone you can build one from the photos you take and save, and keep its palette with it.

Collect first

• Take photos as you go: a fabric in a shop, a wall colour, the light in a room at a certain hour. Save screenshots of things you like. An album in Photos keeps them together.
• Aim for a range: one photo that sets the mood, a few for materials and textures, a few objects, and the colours.
• Photograph samples in daylight. Paint and fabric look different under lamps.

Build it in Pin & Print

1. Start a board. Tap New board and choose a mood board template, Interiors or Personal style, or a blank board.
2. Add your photos from Photos, Files or Paste. Make the photo that sets the mood the largest.
3. Take the palette from it. Select that photo, open Style and tap Put this photo’s five colours on the board. You get a strip of paint chips with their hex codes, ready to take to a paint shop or into a design app. The eyedropper picks single colours for the paper, the words and the stickers.
4. Cut out objects. Style › Cut out the subject turns a photo of a chair, a lamp or a pair of shoes into a cut-out with a sticker edge.
5. Label things. Use Text for names, sizes or where to buy. Stickers, washi tape and pins give it a scrapbook feel.
6. Pull it together. In the Board sheet under Design, Make it cohesive brings every photo towards one palette: Warm, Calm or the colours of one of your photos, at Light, Gentle or Strong. Arrange for me offers three layouts if you want a starting point.

Keep it, share it, print it

• Put it on your Lock Screen while the project lasts: Share and print › Wallpaper.
• Print it at home on Letter or A4, or export a poster file. See how to print a board as a poster.
• Export a board file to keep a copy in Files or move the board to another iPhone.

Tips for a room

• Start from the room as it is: a photo of the space, then what changes.
• Five colours are enough: two neutrals, one main colour and two accents.
• Mix finishes. A photo of wood, linen or stone next to the colours shows what a swatch can’t.

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