SEASONAL TRENDS

2020

Summer

Achieve a fresh, contemporary and welcoming makeover this summer.

As summer approaches, take inspiration from the Cultivate palette-soft, earthy greens and blue-greens with bold accents from the Dulux Colour Forecast 2020. Refresh your home by taking on our design tips as led by Creative Director and Interior Stylist, Bree Leech.

Cultivating colour

Colour is essential for transforming a bland space to something special. The Cultivate palette invites a natural aesthetic into a home.

Modern white living area for 2020 Summer seasonal trends.
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Two-tone white and green living area for 2020 Summer seasonal trends.
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Styling Tips

Hear from stylist Bree Leech about how to bring the Cultivate palette to life.

Summer Palette

Colours displayed should be used as a guide for your colour selection. To ensure best accuracy, test your colour choice at home by ordering Dulux sample pots and A4 colour swatches.

Set your style

Designing a moodboard helps plan your space and set a vision of what you would like to achieve The winner of our Dulux x Style Sourcebook competition has been announced! Congratulations @oleander_and_finch for your fabulous entry featuring the Dulux Cultivate trend.
"The first step was finding the right accent colours to work with Whisper White, as well as connecting all the existing décor between the spaces,"  – Bree Leech, stylist.

Select your palette

The Cultivate palette evokes a sense of calm and connects us to nature. Green creates a soothing and relaxing environment for us to come home to. The great thing about this colour scheme is that it works effortlessly in both traditional and contemporary homes, and pairs perfectly with both warm and cool whites.

Keeping the upper portion of the walls and ceiling white helps to visually increase the ceiling height.

Focus on colour and accessories

For this home's living and dining space, we wanted to accentuate the natural light and invite freshness inside without making any drastic changes. An eye catching three-quarter feature wall and the addition of some textural accessories creates an appealing look without costing the earth.

There’s only one way to know if you’ve chosen the right colour for your space – and that’s by testing the paint first in your home with a sample pot. All of our colours are available to order in 100ml sample pots.

three samples pots - antique white USA, natural white and lexicon quarter.

Inject unexpected colours such as eggplant and curd alongside warm timbers to add personality and fun to the Cultivate palette.

"To give the dining room its own distinct character, whilst maintaining a connection with the colours in the living room, we chose a soft yellow-green shade for the window wall and the kitchen bulkhead."

Create character and continuity

Select wall colours within the same palette to both connect and differentiate the rooms in your home. Striking tonal contrasts help to connect the spaces, while leafy plants establish a lush, layered effect.

A seamless transformation. How to get the look.

Closeup of dark lamp and green wall.
Space

Add contemporary touches

Closeup of art on green wall.
Style

Keep the style simple

Closeup of pot plants in front of a green wall.
Greenery

Add greenery and potted plants

view of wicker arm chair.
Texture

Mix and match textural materials

View of potted plant and coffee table.
Furnishings

Seek out rounded furnishings

Sample pot 100ml Dulux
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Choosing colour can be one of the toughest, but most important, steps in a painting project. Our sample pots can help you choose the colour scheme in your home with confidence.

Inspiration of green coloured living room
Cultivate

Tonal greens are interspersed with uplifting pops of chalky blue, deep plum and yellow curd. Colours featured: Dulux Pencarrow and Dulux Te Aroha.

Disclaimer

Colours displayed should be used as a guide for your colour selection. To ensure best accuracy, test your colour choice at home by ordering Dulux sample pots, stickers and A4 colour swatches.

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