Emerge
Dulux Colour Forecast 2025
An uplifting palette of paired-back pastels, the Emerge palette has a feel-good energy and is filled with soft greens, mauves and a deep red to bring joy without overwhelming a space.
Sweet dreams
Greyed-off lilac of Mechanics Bay with a hint of brown combined with the creative play on the ceiling with Piglet creates a stunning backdrop for lemony accents in this bedroom.
Design tip
Use digital imagery and quirky florals in pastels and bolder hues for focal points in your room.
Ceiling & Wall
Piglet
Ranging from soft subtle tones right through to bright pinks, these happy colours can transform a room by creating a sense softness or energy depending on the depth of the colour. Explore the beautiful range of dusty rose pinks to brilliant and dark moody tones to find your perfect colour.
Calming hues
The beautiful muted colours of the Emerge palette are grounding and provide a warm, welcoming feel to any space in your home.
Design tip
Introduce this trend in your space by selecting decor and furnishings in colours from the Emerge palette shades.
Ceiling
Hagley Park
Hagley Park is a soft and cheerful yellow that creates the feeling of sunshine. It is perfect for providing more light reflectance in a south-facing space and is an ideal partner for warm whites such as Southern Alps and Cardrona Half.
Crowd pleaser
The muted Emerge palette features uplifting almost-pastel shades with its greyed-off purple blues to be a new colour direction in 2025, stepping away from clean and brighter shades.
While each colour in the palette is conducive to walls, soft furnishings and fabrics or appearing as accents in decorative objects and artwork, the warm orange-based pink and biscuit shades, including Nile Street and Kereta or the greyed-off Vintage Lilac are stunning backdrops to accents such as Hagley Park and purple-based blue of Lake Tarawera.
Select your favourite colours from the Emerge palette below to order sample pots and A4 swatches.
Get the Dulux look for your home as inspired by the Emerge palette below with Nile Street and Kereta on the wall and Waiau Bay Quarter on the ledge.
Kicking back
Yellow-green colours such as Cornstalk are emerging as a key trend, which is sure to add a relaxed feel to any room.
Visually, this trend features soft rounded forms and expressive collections of decor crafted with modularity and curves. These shapes and free-flowing lines add to its light-hearted nature and whimsical atmosphere.
Furniture forms are playful and inviting so add coloured boucle, soft velvet and buttery suede to set a cosy mood in your space.
Citrus delights
Cheerful biscuit yellow, warm orange-based pink and terracotta provide an uplifting and playful vibe in open spaces that emphasises joy and creates a lighthearted mood.
Design tip
Look to soft rounded forms and expressive collections of decor to ignite feelings of optimism.
Wall
Piglet
Ranging from soft subtle tones right through to bright pinks, these happy colours can transform a room by creating a sense softness or energy depending on the depth of the colour. Explore the beautiful range of dusty rose pinks to brilliant and dark moody tones to find your perfect colour.
Scheme Emerge colours with confidence
View the uplifting and soothing colours of our Recollect and Still palettes.
Driven by our need to appreciate things in the slow lane the Still palette has a calming effect that can create a nourishing and comforting environment.
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As a response to seeking comfort and security, the moody Recollect palette evokes a sense of nostalgia, reflection and sophistication with yellow-based greens and deep olive shades paired with rich wine shades.
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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.