Summer colour trends
Create a natural, warm and positive space in your home this summer with colours from the Dulux Colour Forecast 2024 Solstice palette.
Explore our summer trends 2024 for fresh colour ideas for your home.
Teen sanctuary
This bedroom features the soft and joyful Paekākāriki, a muted creamy yellow shade that’s ideal for a teenager’s sanctuary.
To create a sense of fun we added coloured bedding with patterns such as checks with features like fringing and embroidery. Quirky lamps and scalloped rug detailing show how using objects provides another way to add pops of colour to your space.
Adding warmth
The perfect sandy neutral of Baylys Beach on the walls adds interest to this living room without being overwhelming, making it perfect for open-plan living, especially when combined with Howick Half for an interesting highlight on the ceiling.
Reddish-brown shades on furnishings and the cabinetry in Potters Park add extra warmth and make the room feel cosy. Elsewhere, soft blue accents highlight textures and styling pieces, including cushions, the rug, artwork and sculptural vessels.
Mix and match
The Solstice palette has been curated for you, so you can use the entire palette for inspiration and have fun mixing and matching colour. The palette perfectly captures rich warm hues with a freshness and lightness that isn’t too heavy for the summer months ahead. Select larger proportions of colours you love and add accent or tonal shades through furniture and decorative pieces.
Dulux colours featured below: Baylys Beach (wall) and Potters Park (cabinetry).
Embrace immersive colour
The hues in the Solstice palette are designed to be immersive, so colour was used for the whole space in this home. Architectural features, cabinetry, ceilings and decorative items were highlighted with contrasting or tonal colours such as pale blues, muted yellows and reddish-brown accents to add contrast.
Walls & Ceiling
Handmade Linen Half
Handmade Linen Half is a warm creamy neutral with yellow and green undertones. It's a great choice if you are looking to add warmth and brightness to a room. Pair it with warm whites like Cardrona or rich warm browns such as Waipoua Forest.
Colour confidence
We predict the key Dulux colours over the summer season are set to be Baylys Beach, Paekākāriki and Potters Park as New Zealanders become more confident with colour and embrace warm, tonal hues in home decor and fashion.
“While these shades are well suited to bedrooms and living rooms, the hallway or entrance to your home is another great location to invite colour into your home on a smaller scale. This is the first area that guests see and sets the tone for your home. Small changes like painting a plant pot or adding colour behind a beautiful piece of art along the hallway can make a huge impact.”
Davina Harper, Dulux Colour and Design Specialist
Choose curves
Soft accents and textures
Warm sun-soaked shades work especially well when accented with refreshing pops of lemon yellow such as Mayfield and sky blues such as Blue Pools and Ocean Surf. Also try decorating with soft and lighter textures such as linen and cotton in bedding and textiles, including throws and cushions, to complete the look.
Trying to visualise your new look?
The fastest way to sample colour is with the Dulux colour visualisation tool available on select colour pages. Instantly visualise new colours, browse different palette options and explore how you can bring your next paint project to life.
Visit the colour pages of our beautiful Solstice palette such as Cardrona to view the colours in our home gallery for inspiration and get started!
Love your colour
Dulux Colours of New Zealand
Only Dulux colour mixed with Dulux Wash&Wear® paint gives you exact colour accuracy to create the iconic Dulux Colours of New Zealand colours that look fresh in your home for years.
Deciding on the right colour can be difficult. To help you take on your next painting project, order a 100ml sample pot or A4 swatches to see your colour at home.
Our expert support team can help with everything from choosing colour, what product is the most appropriate for your job or troubleshooting when something hasn’t gone your way.
Book now to have an online or in-home Colour Consultation with a qualified interior decorator.