Summer colour trends
Bring an uplifting and joyful mood into your own space this summer with colours from the Dulux Colour Forecast 2025 Emerge palette.
Sunny inspiration
Offering inspiration on how to use this palette and bring a sunny mood to your own space, the Dulux team with Bree Banfield, worked their styling magic on a family home. Focusing their attention in the living area, hallway and bedroom which were predominantly white, neutral spaces.
Start your journey in the bedroom
An abundance of natural light made the bedroom feel open and beautiful. Still the addition of warming brown-based pink of Nile Street on the walls and summer-embracing decor completely transformed the space.
A sense of relief and casualness was introduced to the space from the simple still-life artwork to the beautiful Vintage Lilac painted on the cabinetry under the bay window.
Pops of light yellow in the cushions inspired by Emerge palette colour Hagley Park offset the window and ceiling in Waiau Bay Quarter. As a result, the tonal transformation emits a feeling of pure joy without overwhelm.
Joyful colour is key for summer
The light-filled living room was made for entertaining, which allowed the team to create spaces filled with character and connection by painting the walls and ceiling in Piglet.
The adjacent wall provided an opportunity to introduce another burst of colour, so the muted, golden brown of Kereta was chosen to help ground the space and encourage the demarcation of different zones in the room.
Adding contrast to the neutral backdrop, Banfield used bolder colours from the palette in furnishings, curved ceramic objects and coloured glass vessels, including warm, murky greens and muted blues and purples.
Evocative entrance
To add some character and connection to the rest of the home, the team added colour to the hallway using Hagley Park on the ceiling and Cornstalk on the walls and decorative architraves at the end of the space.
“As a home that’s designed for entertaining, introducing colour to this space was an obvious choice to instantly evoke a sense of fun and wonder, draw you into the inviting space and complete the sunny transformation.”
Davina Harper, Dulux Colour Specialist.
Opt for relaxed individuality
Create a relaxed, inviting environment with striped patterns, floral still-life artwork, cushions, and side tables alongside free-flowing lines and organic curves. For individuality, add boucle-textured furnishings, modular furniture, and hand-crafted vessels.
Mix and match
Any mix of colours from the palette can be used to capture the trend of Emerge palette. However, a good starting point is to use larger portions of the warmer shades to inspire wall and ceiling choices and bigger furniture pieces. For accents, reference cooler colours within the palette throughout decorative objects, cushions and artwork.
Need help with colour?
Using a Dulux sample pot is a great way to test your final colour choice at home with the correct lighting. Pick up a sample pot in any colour online or in-store.
Before selecting your paint colour, it’s important to sample it in a range of different lighting conditions. Our A4 colour swatches allow you to test different Dulux paint colours on a variety of walls with just one sample.
Choosing a colour for your home can be tricky. The fastest way to sample colour is with our colour visualisation tool.
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.
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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 Large Colour Swatches.