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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The mood boards are exhaustive.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Then, Swift played into the joke and whipped out a mood board featuring several photos with Colbert's face on them.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The SoHo store is not a blueprint for what will be rolled out across the broader base of the retailer’s nearly 2,000 stores, but more of a mood board.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
Garnet Hill excels in the kind of cabin-core, heirloom print, and quilt-like styles that are dominating designer mood boards.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Then, Swift played into the joke and whipped out a mood board featuring several photos with Colbert's face on them.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The SoHo store is not a blueprint for what will be rolled out across the broader base of the retailer’s nearly 2,000 stores, but more of a mood board.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
Garnet Hill excels in the kind of cabin-core, heirloom print, and quilt-like styles that are dominating designer mood boards.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
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 17 Dec. 2025.
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