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Denver-Based Architectural Consultant Says Color Distinguishes the Home.

By Chryss Cada, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 2--In the stroke of a paintbrush, a house can become the showplace of the neighborhood.

"Nothing makes as dramatic a difference as the color of your house," said James Martin, president of the Denver-based architectural color consulting firm The Color People. "It transforms a nice house into something really special." Martin is an architectural colorist, a new breed of construction consultant.

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