Every year, Dulux colour experts translate global design trends into the new Colour of the Year. The shade for 2022 is Bright Skies TM. It’s a shade that breathes new life into any space, its airy and has a fresh tone that opens up.
Find out how you can use this to transformative shade, plus its four complementary colour palettes to reinvent your home.
Dulux go through a process when selecting Colour of the Year 2022, they gather a panel of international design experts to help understand the mood of the moment and share insights into the colour trends that will share the way we all love. Colour experts then get to work choosing the best colour to reflect those findings, a shade that will feel just right for our homes for years to come.
This year the colour trends discussed were
- Expanding the role of the home
- How nature is essential to our lives
- How the arts can bring us comfort and inspiration
- How important it is to embrace new voices and ideas for a brighter future
The discussion points led to key themes open skies and a breath of fresh air.
Bright Skies TM is a light, airy and optimistic blue that’s good for the soul. It promises to open up and revitalise your home. Dulux have also created four easy-to-use colour palette so your can refresh your homes with different colour combinations.
Here are the four ideas for you to try in your home:
Create a fun and multi-functional space with Bright Skies TM and its Workshop colours.
You may have to constantly reinvent your living room lately switching from social hub to home office, or kids classroom and you need a colour scheme to keep up.
Pair Bright Skies TM with vibrant and joyful colours of paint found within the workshop palette. Take your pick from colour combinations of light, uplifting tones and crate an inspirational backdrop for any activity.
The Workshop colours are:
Bright Skies TM, Healing Spice, Rose Canopy, Golden Cookie
HoM Mosaics to Match
Geo Blush £12.99 per tile, £142.89 per square metre, Porto £13.99 per tile, £153.89 per square metre, Ibiza 14.99 per tile, £164.89 per square metre, Geo Moroccan Bright £14.99 per title, £164. 89 per square metre
Bring the outside in with fresh natural of the Greenhouse Palette
Within the Greenhouse Palette, you’ll discover the trend-led greens and blues that can complement Dulux’s colour of the year 2022, Bright Skies TM to bring the positive effects of nature into your home.
These light, fresh naturals beautifully complement your surrounding especially in a rural location. In an urban space they can make you feel in touch with the natural world.
Which colours to use:
Moon Cloud, Bright Skies, River Valley, Denium Drift
HoM Mosaics to match
Gatsby £14.99 per tile, £164.89 per square metre, Brixton £5 per tile, £55 per square metre, Monocrackle £13.99 per tile, £153.89 per square metre
Escape the everyday with Bright Skies TM and its soft and airy studio colours
The Dulux colour of the Year, Bright Skies TM and its studio colours are the colours to choose if you want to create a soothing space where you can recharge and feel inspired. The colour combination creates a soft and airy space as well as creating a comfortable and consoling feeling.
Which Colours to use?
Bright Skies, Restful Slumber, Birch Root
HoM Mosaics to match
Chelsea £14.99 per tile, £164.89 per square metre, Gatsby £14.99 per tile, £164.89 per square, Petrol Marble Mix £12.99 per tile, £142.89 per square metre
Experiment with Salon colours to create an open space that’s ready for anything
The Salon palettes are a combination of soft whites and light neutrals helps create a home where you feel safe and comfortable to embrace new ideas. When paired with Colour of the Year, Bright Skies TM they create a home that’s ready for anything.
Which Colours to use;
Bright Skies, Rubble Road, Cliff Walk
HoM Mosaics to match
Lisbon £13.99 per tile, £153.89 per square metre, Antwerp £12.99 per tile £142.89 per square metre, Gatsby £14.99 per tile, £164.89 per square metre
With thanks to Dulux
