Furniture maker Lapalma launches a 16-shade colour system

Furniture company Lapalma has launched a new colour system that lets its seats and tables share one palette. According to Dezeen, which published its showroom feature on 4 November 2026, the collection has nine new shades and seven existing colours that have been rethought.

The project was developed with architect and designer Raffaella Mangiarotti. Lapalma calls it the "New Colour System". The colours are designed to look the same whether they are applied to metal, wood or plastic, so one shade can run across different materials.

Lapalma describes the range as a "chromatic alphabet". The idea is that colours can be mixed across seating, tables and accessories, much like letters combined into words. The company says it intends the system as a practical design tool, so that chairs and tables can share the same look.

The launch also covers several existing pieces, which Dezeen showed on its showroom page:

• Kipu Club is a new outdoor chair. It is a version of Anderssen & Voll's original Lapalma design, built to cope with weather.
• Kili is a family of tables by Mario Ferrarini. It is named after the cone-shaped profile of Mount Kilimanjaro, and comes in several sizes and tabletop shapes.
• HUB is a modular seating system by Francesco Rota. It can be rearranged to build seating areas in open-plan offices and other large spaces.
• Plus is Rota's modular outdoor seating system. It now includes extra sun loungers.

For anyone furnishing a home or office, the practical question is how the colours will work together. Because the same shades span seats, tables and accessories, a buyer can match pieces without mixing finishes from different ranges. Lapalma has not published prices for the new colours.

The colour work also points to how furniture is made and sold. A single palette that works on several materials means a manufacturer can keep fewer separate finishes in stock. It also means a customer can add a table in January to a chair bought the previous year and expect them to match.

Lapalma's own news page refers to the project by the same "New Colour System" name.