CINCINNATI — Looking through a round rack of colorful silk scarves, Grey Hall explains to her customer the meaning behind the patterns. "This one, for example, is Paris," Hall said. "And what I did, it was almost a Rubik's Cube for the brain because I laid it out geographically oriented to the arrondissement.

" Her sister, Page Stehlar, then explains why another of Grey's designs (this one of flowers), seems so random. "She had the flowers arranged just perfectly," Stehlar said. "I said, 'No, they need to be organic — like you dropped the flowers onto the ground.

'" The two sisters make up the company, Grey Hall Designs. Hall is the watercolor artist, spending countless hours designing, drawing and painting the dogs, buildings or designs that populate their signature silk scarves. Stehlar focuses on building the business that has taken off in the past year.

"We're the perfect yin and yang for right now because she does paint and I can keep everything going — build the business, follow up with our accounts, seek new business," Stehlar said. The business of being creative comes naturally to Hall and Stehlar. Their grandparents were artists.

Their mother is also an acclaimed artist and businesswoman. "My grandmother on my mom's side painted, my grandfather on my dad's side painted and so it's just in the genes," Hall said. "And my mom put a paintbrush in my hand when I was little, and so it's always been something I've been drawn to so it's kind of in the blood.

" The sisters.