Dulux Colour Awards Terms and Conditions

Promotion Name

Dulux Colour Awards

Promoter

The Promoter is Dulux Australia a division of DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd (ABN 67 000 049 427) of 1956 Dandenong Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3168 Australia.

Promotion Type

Game of skill

Promotion Period

The promotion will commence on November 23, 2023, and close on February 23, 2024 (promotion period).

Entry Restrictions

Any Australian or New Zealand-based design professional may enter, including architects, interior architects, interior designers, interior decorators, specifiers, colour consultants and students of interior design or architecture, up to one year of graduation with a minimum of a diploma qualification, that reside in Australia or New Zealand, provided that in each case the entrant can provide evidence that they were officially appointed in their professional capacity to the project in question. Entrants must be able to provide the express approval of the property owner to enter the project.

Entries are encouraged from individuals, groups, partnerships, and those working in larger practices.

A property or project may only be entered once in the competition. If multiple entries are received for the same property, the first valid entry will be accepted and the subsequent entries will be excluded.

Entrants under 18 years of age must get permission from a parent or guardian before entering. Employees (and their immediate families) of the promoter, or any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries or affiliated companies, or any agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter. “Employees” means any directors, management, employees, concessionaires, consultants, officers and contractors or other such people who perform work under the control of another in exchange for payment. “Immediate family(ies)” means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child, parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or first cousin and the persons referred to above includes natural and non-natural relations (in the opinion of the promoter).

Any person who has a contractual arrangement with Dulux (eg. a brand ambassador or contracted influencer) is ineligible to enter.

The promoter is responsible for determining whether a person is an eligible entrant in its absolute discretion.

How to enter

Entry into the Dulux Colour Awards is free.

Projects must be in Australia or New Zealand and must have been completed before entry. Projects can be submitted into award categories as follows:

Commercial Interior – Workplace and Retail

The interior paint finishes of any commercial or industrial building such as offices, studios, factories, retail outlets, pop-up retail and shopping centres.

Commercial Interior – Public and Hospitality

The interior paint finishes of any commercial or industrial building such as education facilities, community centres, healthcare facilities, theatres, places of worship, cafes, restaurants, fitness centres, hotels and accommodation.

Commercial and Multi-Residential Exterior

The exterior paint finishes of any commercial, industrial, education facility or multi-residential apartment building.

Residential Interior

The interior paint finishes of any building used as a private residence including single and multi-residential.

Single Residential Exterior

The exterior paint finishes of any building used as a private single residence.

Temporary or Installation Design

The interior and or exterior paint finishes of any temporary, installation, exhibition, and brand promotion experience.

Student (Years 1 - 6) – Australian entrants

Paint specification by architecture or interior design students who are currently attending or have just completed – within the past 12 months – a course with a minimum of a diploma level qualification at a recognised university or college. Student projects are not eligible for the Grand Prix awards.

Student (Years 1 - 6) – New Zealand entrants

Paint specification by architecture or interior design students who are currently attending or have just completed – within the past 12 months – a course with a minimum of a diploma level qualification at a recognised university or college. Student projects are not eligible for the Grand Prix awards.

Grand Prix – Australian entrants

All Australian projects that have won in the individual categories are eligible for the Australian Grand Prix.

Grand Prix – New Zealand entrants

All New Zealand projects shortlisted in the above categories are eligible for the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Projects must have been completed between September 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, and may not have been previously entered into this awards program. Dulux colours and Dulux paints or coatings product(s) must have been used extensively within the project and must not have been gifted by Dulux.  

Colorbond® and Colorsteel® colours may be used, provided a Dulux paint/coating product was used, tinted to that colour, and provided that the Colorbond® and Colorsteel® colours do not make up the majority of the colours used within the project. The project must feature a minimum of 51 percent Dulux colour.

Porter's Paints colours and products may be used on the project at a maximum of 10% of the total project.

Entrants can submit more than one project. Previous years' submissions will not be accepted.

Submissions must adhere to the guidelines and specifications as detailed in the entry form section on https://dulux.com.au/colourawards and https://dulux.co.nz/colourawards

Submissions that do not conform to the entry form guidelines and specifications will not be accepted.

All entries must be submitted by February 23, 2024 [23:59 hours (GMT +11:00) Australia/Sydney]. Late submissions, additions or modifications to entries will not be accepted. Projects entered will be judged in the first round based only on the images and project description submitted by the due date.

Additional entry requirements

Any entry that contains content that the promoter, in its sole discretion, considers to be offensive or inappropriate in any way or that the promoter considers, in its sole discretion, does or may/ is alleged to infringe any intellectual property rights or other rights of any person, property, corporation or entity, will be considered ineligible. The decision to accept or reject an entry is at the promoter’s sole discretion and no correspondence will be entered into.

If requested by the promoter, the entrant must provide evidence that it has the necessary permissions and consents to enter the project and that entering the project does not infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of any person, property, corporation or entity. If the entrant fails to establish this to the promoter’s satisfaction, the promoter may exclude the entry.

The promoter, its affiliates and agents are not responsible in any way for the content or descriptions included by entrants, nor do they necessarily endorse the content or descriptions. Entries received must be the original work of the entrant. Where any person is depicted in any images submitted, the entrant must ensure that it has the consent of that person (including the guardian of any minors) to use and submit the image. Entries received during the promotion period will be individually moderated by representatives of the promoter to ensure, to the best of the promoter’s knowledge, that content posted is not illegal, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, indecent, libellous, hateful, obscene, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable.

Each entrant indemnifies the promoter for any loss or damage, including legal costs, that may be suffered or incurred by the promoter as a result of any action taken or allegation made to the promoter that any entry infringes the intellectual property rights or other rights of any person, property, corporation or entity, or as a result of a breach by an entrant of any of the warranties set out below, under the heading “Copyright of imagery”.

Judging criteria

Projects submitted will go through two rounds of judging.

Round 1

The first round will be conducted via an online judging platform by a panel of five external judges appointed by the promoter and one employee judge of the promoter. A minimum of three judges will judge each category. Shortlisted entries will be notified by March 21, 2024.  

Final Round Judging

A digital project/material board for each shortlisted project will be requested from each finalist to show the use of Dulux Colour within their project. The project boards will be used by a panel of five external judges appointed by the promoter for the final round judging on March 25, 2024. Judges for each category will meet either in person or via video link to consider the shortlisted entries and select a Dulux Colour Awards winner for each category.

Grand Prix – Australia

The winner of each category will be judged for the Grand Prix prize

Grand Prix – New Zealand

All New Zealand shortlisted entries will be judged for the Grand Prix prize

A winner from each category will be selected and commendations will be awarded if the judges deem appropriate.

The promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No feedback will be provided on non-winning entries.

This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner. Each entry will be individually judged based on the originality and creative merit of their entry, primarily with respect to use of Dulux colour and paint products. The judges may select additional reserve entries which they determine to be the next best, and record them in order, in case an invalid entry or ineligible entrant is selected as the winner.

Notification

The winner will be announced at the Dulux Colour Awards invitation-only event on May 29, 2024.

Publication Details

The winners and finalists will be published on www.dulux.com.au/colourawards and www.dulux.co.nz/colourawards

Prize Details

All winners receive a Dulux Colour Awards winner certificate and a cash prize. The Australian Grand Prix winner receives AU$5000 and the New Zealand Grand Prix winner NZ$5000. Category winners receive AU$500.

Prize winners will receive promotion via our social channels and affiliated paid or unpaid promotional channels. The exposure will give credit to the winning party and any reasonably related parties to the project. The winners will also be announced in various media publications.

Instagram

Australian account following of 135,000; New Zealand account following of 16,400

• In-feed carousel post. Featuring accounts tagged.

• Story featuring project overview. Featuring accounts tagged.

Facebook

Australian account following of 92,000, New Zealand account following of 19,500

• Post to Facebook page.

• Story featuring project overview.

Pinterest

Australian account following of 14,000 followers and 3.6 million monthly views. New Zealand account following of 1,300 and 103,000 monthly views

• Post

• Feature in ‘Dulux Colour Awards 2024 Winners’

In addition, the following category winners will also receive:

Grand Prix winners:

Instagram

• Premier social positioning and post timing.

• Story featuring project imagery and in-depth description of the project. Winner account tagged/mentioned across story suite maintained for six months within the Dulux Colour Awards 2024 Highlight.

• Reel created utilising project imagery

• In-feed post, with in-depth description featuring commentary from judges

Facebook

• Premier social positioning and post timing

• Story featuring project overview

TikTok

• Video created utilising project imagery (Australian winners only)

Podcast

• A podcast on a selected channel to be determined by Dulux (Australian winner only)

Magazine

• Two-page spread in HOME magazine (New Zealand winner only)

EDMs

• EDMs to the relevant country and audience-specific databases

Optional: If you choose you are eligible to participate in the Dulux-affiliated global design competition, the Creative Colour Awards Nippon.

Residential category winners:

• EDM to relevant country and audience-specific databases

Commercial category winners:

• LinkedIn post on Dulux Construction Solutions Australia page

• EDM to the relevant country and audience-specific databases

Student category winners:

• Australian Student category winner receives AU$500 prize money and New Zealand category winner receives NZ$500 prize money

• Optional: If you choose, you are eligible to participate in the Dulux-affiliated global design competition, Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA).

In addition, all New Zealand finalists will receive $1,000 towards travel to the Dulux Colour Awards Gala event in Melbourne ($1,000 limit per studio issued in the form of a prepaid card).

In the case where the winner is a group, partnership, or on behalf of a practice, only one prize will be awarded.

Winners

It is a condition of entry that category winners if requested by Dulux, make themselves available for interview/photo shoots for publicity purposes pertaining to the awards.

Copyright of Imagery

In respect of all material submitted to the Dulux Colour Awards (‘material’), each entrant grants the Promoter a royalty-free licence to do (and waives any moral rights it may have in respect of) the following:

(a) retain and use all material for any purposes relating to the Dulux Colour Awards (current or future), including promotional activities (on Dulux websites, social media and news platforms and otherwise) and for related PR activities. Dulux may sub-licence this right to a third-party contractor of Dulux (such as a marketing agency), for these limited purposes only;

(b) for the purposes of the activities under paragraph (a), crop images to meet layout and space requirements (but not otherwise modify the material) and identify colours used in images;

(c) for the purposes of the activities under paragraph (a), copy any material, cause the material to be seen and/or heard in public, and communicate the Material to the public.

Each entrant warrants that:

(a) It is entitled to grant the licence referred to above and the Promoter’s use of the entry materials will not infringe the rights of any third party nor give rise to any claim by which any of the rights of the Promoter to use the entry could be narrowed;

(b) it has obtained all necessary third-party licences or usage rights (including without limitation, from photographers) and/or made the Promoter aware of the licence life or duration for any third-party material;

(c) it has obtained the written consent of any identifiable person depicted in the material submitted to include their image, and will provide a copy of such consent to the promoter on request;

(d) it has the power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under the terms of this promotion;

(e) it has obtained from all authors and holders of any moral rights (as defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994) in the entry, consent to use of the entry by the Promoter in accordance with the terms of this promotion; and

(f) to the extent that any artwork appears in the photography material submitted, the entrant has obtained the written consent of the copyright owner in the artwork for that artwork to be included and used in imagery for the promotion of Dulux Colour Awards and otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Promotion. This will include, for example, any paintings on walls or other artistic works in which copyright may subsist.

Permission will be sought for any usage in addition to the promotion of the Dulux Colour Awards.

Entry Limits

Entrants may submit more than one project.

Entrants may submit work into multiple categories, however, a project board is required for each submission.

Terms and Conditions

1. Information on how to enter the Dulux Colour Awards and prizes form part of these Terms and Conditions. Participation in this competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

2. All entrants acknowledge that the Promoter can rely on these Terms and Conditions even if the Promoter only learns of a person’s ineligibility after the Promoter has awarded a prize to the ineligible person. Return of the prize of its equivalent value to the Promoter may be required by the Promoter if this occurs.

3. Each entrant is responsible for ensuring his or her familiarity with these Terms and Conditions at the time of participation. The Promoter’s decision not to enforce a specific restriction (whether communicated to an entrant or not) does not constitute a waiver of that restriction or of these Terms and Conditions generally.

4. Incomplete and indecipherable entries and any entry that has incorrectly entered personal information or contact details shall be deemed an invalid entry. No responsibility is accepted by the Promoter for late, lost, misdirected, ineligible or illegible/inaudible entries (including lost, stolen, forged, defaced or damaged proof of entry or things required by the verification requirements).

5. The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspect of these terms and conditions and the promotion is final and binding on every person who enters. No correspondence will be entered into.

6. The Promoter may, in its sole discretion, declare any or all entries made by an entrant invalid, and/or prohibit further participation by an entrant in this promotion or a prize event/activity if the entrant: a. disrupts, annoys, abuses, threatens, harasses or attempts to do any of these things to the Promoter, another entrant or potential entrant of, or anyone else associated with, this promotion; b. submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process; or c. engages in conduct in relation to this promotion that is misleading, deceptive, fraudulent or damaging to the Promoter's goodwill or reputation.

7. If this promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the Dulux Colour Awards, as appropriate.

8. Entries must be the entrant's original work. The Promoter reserves the right to verify, or to require the entrant to verify, that the entry is the entrant's original work. If an entry cannot be verified to the Promoter's satisfaction, the entry will be deemed invalid.

9. An entrant's entry must not include: a. any image or voice of any other person without that person's express consent. Entrants warrant that if any such content is included, they have obtained the express consent of the relevant person; b. any content that contravenes any law, infringes the rights of any person or is obscene, offensive, potentially defamatory, discriminatory, indecent or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate (which includes, without limitation, any content involving nudity, malice, excessive violence or swearing); and c. any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, any audio-visual or sound recording, or any other item in which copyright subsists, unless the entrant is entitled to do so. If an entrant has any doubts about whether they have the right to include any content (for example, recorded music) they must not include it. By including any such content in their entry, the entrant warrants that they have the permission of the relevant copyright owner to do so and that this permission allows the Promoter to use the entry in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

10. The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, edit, modify, delete, remove or take down any part of an entrant's entry.

11. Entries must be received by the Promoter and will be deemed to have been received at the time of receipt by the Promoter. Online and other electronic entries are deemed to have been received at the time of receipt into the promotion database and not at the time of transmission by the entrant.

12. Each entrant acknowledges that there may be inherent risks involved in entering this promotion or taking or participating in the prize(s). Any entrant, prize winner and/or participant in a promotion event may be required to sign an acknowledgment of risk and waiver of liability for participation in the promotion or a prize event and to expressly acknowledge that entry into this promotion or participation in a promotion event or prize may be inherently dangerous and that if they choose to participate they will do so at their own risk. A reasonable level of health and fitness may be required. The Promoter reserves the right to preclude the participation of anyone refusing to sign the acknowledgment/waiver or any person who is suffering from asthma, epilepsy, significant back or neck problems, physical or mental disabilities, or is pregnant or in the Promoter's sole discretion is not able or suitable to participate in any of the experiences for reasons of the participant's own or anyone else's safety.

13. Any costs associated with accessing the promotion website are the entrant’s responsibility and are dependent on the internet service provider used. Entrants must submit their entries and/or claims manually using an internet browser.

14. The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, communication network, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any error, omission, alteration, tampering, deletion, theft, destruction, transmission interruption, communications failure or otherwise, injury or damage to entries or to participants' or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in this promotion. If the promotion is not capable of being conducted due to circumstances beyond the Promoter's control, including due to any technical or communications problems, the Promoter reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the competition subject to approval from any relevant authority.

15. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine the identity of the entrant.

16. As a condition of claiming a prize, the participant may be required to (at the Promoter’s discretion) sign any legal documentation as and in the form required by the Promoter and/or prize suppliers in their absolute discretion, including but not limited to a legal release and indemnity form.

17. The Promoter may communicate or advertise this competition using social platforms. However, the competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with those platforms. Entrants are providing their information to the Promoter and not to the platform owner. Each entrant completely releases the platform owner from any and all liability.

18. The prize(s) and/or parts of the prize(s) is/are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash (unless the prize is cash). If a prize, or an element of a prize, is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute another prize of equal or greater value for that prize, or element of it, subject to the approval of any relevant authority. The Promoter and its representatives will not be liable for any damage to or delay in transit of prizes.

19. The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that allows an entrant to automatically enter the promotion repeatedly is prohibited and will render entries submitted using such means as invalid.

20. Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the Promotion, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or entrant; or (f) use of the prize.

21. The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury, illness or death which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this competition or accepting or using any prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law). Nothing in these conditions restricts, excludes or modifies or purports to restrict, exclude or modify any statutory consumer rights under any applicable law.

22. The Promoter collects personal information in order to conduct the promotion and may, for this purpose, disclose such information to third parties required for the provision of the prize. Entry is conditional on providing this information. The Promoter may disclose the information for those purposes to its related bodies corporate and contractors. If entrants do not provide the information requested, they will not be able to enter the promotion.

23. In addition to the privacy term set out above, if the entrant has ticked the "opt-in" box, the Promoter may also use personal information entrants provide to send information about the Promoter's products and services (including via electronic means) and may disclose the information to its related bodies corporate, agencies and contractors (including call centres, advertising agencies and direct mail houses) the Promoter engages for that purpose.

24. CAUTION: Any attempt to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, whether successful or not, the Promoter reserves the right to refer the matter to law enforcement authorities and/or to seek damages or such other civil remedies as the Promoter may determine from time to time to the fullest extent permitted by law.

25. The Promoter is bound by the Privacy Principles imposed by law. A copy of the Promoter's privacy policy can be viewed at www.dulux.com.au/privacy-policy and www.dulux.co.nz/privacy-policy. To request access to, or to update, personal information the Promoter holds about them, entrants can contact the office of the Promoter.