mood board

[ mood bawrd ]

noun

1. a collage of various items, as scenic snapshots, song lyrics, and mementos, used to evoke a desired feeling, style, or ambience for a project or event, and often fashioned as a starting point from which to create an inspiration board:

   The wedding planner helped us put together a mood board, which set the whole tone for our reception.

mood board

noun

1. a board used by designers on which samples of various colours and textures are mounted to help in deciding which elements complement each other

Word History and Origins

Origin of mood board¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

“We cast a really wide net and put a document together — a mood board — so that vendors would understand the world we were trying to create,” Friedberg said.

From Los Angeles Times

Once I got confirmed for the job after initially getting the pilot episode I then made a mood board and sent that over.

From Salon

Ernest’s mood board for the cover of his new album, “Nashville, Tennessee,” contained a picture of Lauren leaning against a barn with an American flag in the background.

From Los Angeles Times

“But we made the mood board before we even bought our farm.”

From Los Angeles Times

As Rich glue-gunned flowers to Ferrell’s costume, the pair explained their vision, which began as a mood board and manifested as a large animated backdrop of psychedelic trees, flowers, fields and clouds that danced behind Ferrell and her band on stage.

From Los Angeles Times