Shaping Color Moods with Ruxandra Duru

Ruxandra states:

“I want people to discover their own version of beauty, which is very personal”

Ruxandra Duru is the creator of Color Moods, a tool that shows you how to create color combinations but also how color influences your mood. In this conversation Ruxandra will testify to the power of color and the effects it has on our emotions, feelings and decisions. 

Ruxandra Duru researches, documents and experiments with color, beauty and mood.

She currently lives and works in NYC. A third culture person, she was born in Romania, spent her childhood in Morocco, moved during her teens to Canada and in her mid-twenties to Barcelona, Spain where she resided until 2021. 

She worked in the editorial graphic design field until 5 years ago, when she became increasingly interested in how colors, among others properties, can create different atmospheres and improve our well-being in a variety of contexts including graphic design, art and architecture. 

On top of her own practice, she also uses her color knowledge at Google NYC. 

Additionally, she makes music and takes photographs, spaces where mood is also an important element.