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Keep your home fresh with the latest Colour Trends from Dulux

A bedroom with a dog next to the bed, a rug under the bed, and paintings in frames on the wall.
The Dulux Colour Forecast is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. In this article we'll explore three colour palettes to help transform your home in line with the latest trends for 2024.

Solstice

Designed to transform your home into a soothing retreat, the Dulux Solstice colour palette of rich and organic hues, can cocoon us and help to evoke feelings of strength and joy. This palette is influenced by the pared-back Scandinavian design style with the added warmth of colours inspired by the Mediterranean and desert landscapes. 

A bedroom with brown walls, a bed and a side table in it.

Solstice can create joyful, cosy spaces to provide comfort and form the perfect backdrop for gatherings and entertaining spaces that are complemented by highly textured fabrics and curved elements.

Lounge room with brown walls, a cream couch, lamp on a stand, a coffee table on a rug and a painting on a wall.

Journey

This colour palette is the story of an interior – from bringing together global influences from travels to reflecting on the history of our ancestry through objects and items handed down through time, the trend is maximalist with an eclectic palette to reflect this. 

A dining room with a wooden table and chairs on top of a rug, with a side cabinet and pot plants in it.

Embracing the importance of preserving traditions and treasuring heirlooms, Dulux Journey colour palette calls to weaving together the past with the present. The palette brings together rich midtone hues, with yellow-greens, such as Dulux Tarras and Dulux Te Horo, and blues like Dulux Murrays Bay and Dulux Te Ānau, alongside rich reds and plum, including Dulux Carmen and Dulux Bruised Burgundy for contrast.

A hallway with a dog in it, burgundy walls and wooden floors in it.

Muse

A trend that strikes the perfect balance between nostalgia and modernity, resulting in spaces that are timeless and contemporary, with a strong '70s influence and modern twists, Dulux Muse colour palette pays tribute to the design icons that have come before.

A bedroom with blue walls, a bed with a rug under it, a couch and a pot plant in it.

The palette's colourful array of hues creates a distinctly modern interior fused with nostalgic design references reminiscent of the '60s to the '80s, in addition to the textures and glamour from the '70s. 

A dining room with light green walls, a dining table with chairs on orange carpet.

How to use the Dulux Colour Forecast in your home

Midtones work best when used on all four walls, mainly in bedrooms and living spaces. For smaller spaces, you can use less volume on either one or two walls. Don’t forget ceilings and areas such as picture rails or dado rails, which also work well in midtone colour schemes.

Keep in mind

Before choosing colour schemes and soft furnishings, it's crucial to consider elements you can’t change easily such as carpet, tiles, laminate or stone, and/or curtains and blinds that you will need to ensure work with the new colours chosen.

For colour accuracy, simply head in-store and order a sample pot or visit the colour wall to explore the swatches in your chosen colours to view them in your home’s natural light conditions.

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Photo Credit: Dulux Colour Forecast 2024

Photo Credit: Lisa Cohen

Health & Safety

Please make sure you use all equipment appropriately and safely when following the advice in these D.I.Y. videos. You need to be familiar with how to use equipment safely and follow the instructions that came with the equipment. If you are unsure, you may feel it is safest to consult an expert, such as the manufacturer or an expert Bunnings Team Member.

Grave health hazards are linked to asbestos, which may be in homes built up to 1990. Health hazards may result from exposure to lead-based paints in older materials and copper chromium arsenic (CCA) treated timber. For information on the dangers of asbestos, lead-based paint and CCA treated timber and tips for dealing with these materials contact your local council's Environmental Health Officer. You can also use a simple test kit from Bunnings to indicate the presence of lead-based paint.