mood board
noun
variants
or less commonly moodboard
plural mood boards also moodboards
: a collection of objects, images, etc. that is assembled often on a flat surface and used as inspiration for something (such as a design or goal)
Anna Sui treats her mood boards a bit like shrines. A focal point in her new studio …, four separate panels, each bordered in a trompe l'oeil Art Nouveau frame, set off photographs, fabric swatches and illustrations by Mary Blair …—
Ruth La Ferla
Ruth La FerlaOftentimes clients give him a lot of creative freedom, he said, because they like the style of other projects he has done. He will then create a mood board, with images and phrases to inspire his creation.—Rachel Spacek
Rachel SpacekThe producer came to London to my house to have a meeting with me. They brought me the script and this strange kind of moodboard with pictures and drawings …—Noomi Rapace, quoted at yahoo.com
Noomi Rapace, quoted at yahoo.comExamples of mood board in a Sentence
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Selena Gomez’s Old Hollywood wedding bob, which earned a permanent spot on our mood boards after her September 2025 nuptials.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2026
Any designers hoping to infuse their collections with cues from the zeitgeist-y movie, will most likely have Margot Robbie’s tour wardrobe pinned to their mood board.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
What ensues is a clash of mood boards.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
This A-frame tiny home looks like it was plucked straight from my Pinterest dream mood board.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
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Grace McCarty, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2026
Any designers hoping to infuse their collections with cues from the zeitgeist-y movie, will most likely have Margot Robbie’s tour wardrobe pinned to their mood board.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
What ensues is a clash of mood boards.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
This A-frame tiny home looks like it was plucked straight from my Pinterest dream mood board.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mood board
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“Mood board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mood%20board. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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