
Popular Interior Trends
Looking for a particular style for your space? Here are some colour suggestions for popular design styles such as Hamptons, rustic, Scandinavian, modern and traditional. Image uses Mt Aspiring Half and Manorburn Double
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Traditional
Traditional interior schemes are decadent and timeless. To create your traditional ambiance, select your favourite antiques, classic artwork and use sophisticated, deeper colours as the perfect backdrop. Colours featured: Dulux Mt Albert (upper walls) and Whangara (lower walls, skirting and trim).
Make it bolder in your home
With a colour palette of deeper hues of blues, rich clarets and burgundy reds, burnished orange and deep greens as well as olive and ginger you can make the traditional scheme bolder in your home.
Colours featured: Dulux St Clair Half (wall) and Te Kūiti (door).
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Pōhutu Geyser
Pōhutu Geyser is an earthy brownish-red that works well for accents and front doors. Pair it with a warm white such as Epsom or a very soft pinkish neutral such as Garston Double. Pōhutu Geyser can make a great addition to a traditional or heritage colour scheme.

Cupboards
Willow Flat
Willow Flat is a beautiful neutral grey-green that can be used as a main wall or feature colour both inside and out. Surprisingly versatile, this timeless colour pairs well with a large range or whites, neutrals, greys and greens.

Hamptons
Soft blues and greens, neutral grey, sand and warm whites, creates a beautiful Hamptons feel.
Colours featured: Dulux Franz Josef (walls) and Cardrona (trim).
For a New Zealand "Hamptons" twist, try Dulux Cardrona or Ōpononi Quarter with Dulux Southern Alps trims. For a soft blue try Dulux Waikanae or for a soft green try Dulux Kohukohunui.
It's all about balance
For an elegant Hamptons style, keep your decorating simple and effective, however not too minimalist - it's all about balance. The layering of textiles and textural objects will create a beautifully elegant look. For a soft warm white try Manorburn Quarter or Cardrona.
Colour featured: Dulux Manorburn Quarter.
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Rustic
The rustic style is alluring in rich and deep reds, warm browns and golds as well as tans and beige. Deep greens can be used for accent as well as mustards and rich blues.
Colours featured: Dulux Cardrona and Glinks Gully (walls).
Layer warmer colours
To create a Rustic style layer warmer colours, such as terracotta, rich natural timber and showcase solid furniture.
Colours featured: Dulux Glinks Gully and Cardrona.
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Door
Halfway Bluff
The coral tones of Halfway Bluff will bring a warm and positive vibe to any room. It is perfect for accent walls and formal rooms as well as striking highlights outside. Try pairing it with warm neutrals such as Optio Bay and Hicks Bay.

Cabinetry
Big Lagoon
The fresh vibrant teal green of Big Lagoon is the perfect colour for accents and front doors. It pairs well with warm neutrals such as Ōpononi, crisp white Ōkārito as well as soft, yellows, blues and greys.

Scandi
Whites are a great place to start for a "Scandi" style. Use a timeless warm white with Dulux Cardrona or Manorburn Quarter and Southern Alps trims. Then add layered raw and natural textiles with antiqued objects and Scandi timbers.
Colour featured: Dulux Ōkārito.
Bolder Scandi look
For a bolder Scandi look, use darker and natural colours in furnishings and layered textiles to add to the overall design.
Colour featured: Dulux Waikanae.
Dulux The Remarkables is a gorgeous charcoal with a subtle blush undertone, which is striking against these soft whites such as Hakataramea.
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Modern
The Modern style has a colour palette of subtle and dark greys, brighter block colours mixed with the cooler most loved Dulux Whites.
Colours featured: Dulux Ngāruawāhia (upper wall) and Amberley (lower wall).
Try Dulux Ōkārito or Dulux Hakataramea along with cooler greys such as Dulux Mt Hikurangi or Grey Lynn. Use a bright white on trims such as Dulux Southern Alps.
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Tīrau Double
Tīrau Double is a classic true grey. This popular shade works well with crisp whites such as Mt Aspiring and Ōkārito as well as greys and charcoals such as Manorburn Double and Rāwene.

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Hakataramea
Hakataramea is a bright, clean and minimalist white that brings a sense of energy and vitality to your home. It has a cool blue undertone making it the perfect white to use in a bright space in a contemporary setting. Try scheming Hakataramea with soft greys such as Manorburn Double and Grey Lynn as well as blue-greys such as Caroline Bay.

Tītī Islands
This muted greyed-off light pink is great for nurseries, bedrooms and features outside. Tītī Islands works well with both warm whites such as Southern Alps and cool whites including Ōkārito.

Taumata Quarter
Taumata Quarter is a soft apricot pastel that can brighten up any space. Pair it with a crisp white such as Southern Alps or Ōkārito as well as cheerful corals and oranges and light apricot-pink Tītahi Bay. Ideal for kids' rooms as well as adult bedrooms, laundries or a study.
Book an in-home consultation with a Dulux designer who will help you find the right colour scheme for your home, considering your furniture and lighting.
Set the entire mood for your space with a fully monochromatic look - a type of colour scheme that uses variations of just one colour.
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Dulux colours featured: Ōkārito, Ashburton, Herd Street, Breezy Half
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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.