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DULUX
In contrast to Pantone taking inspiration
from dusk, the colour experts at Dulux
looked to the morning sky when deciding
their colour of the year for 2020. Tranquil
Dawn is a versatile shade of green which
provides homes with a warm human
touch. Again, inspired by a desire for calm
surroundings, this versatile shade of green
can be used to create spaces for care or
for play, to find meaning or for creativity.
This cool-tone shade of green is a nod
towards an increasingly hectic and digital
modern society. “A new decade heralds
a new dawn and the hazy pale green
tones of Tranquil Dawn are calming and PHOTOGRAPHS: DULUX
comforting just when we need it most
in our lives,” says Marianne Shillingford,
Creative Director at Dulux UK.

FARROW & BALL
Duck Green is one
of Farrow & Ball’s The experts at Farrow & Ball have “We want to use colours that make
colours for 2020 identified several hues that they expect us feel proud of our homes, and
to be popular colours of 2020 and blue increasingly, that’s coming to mean tones
and green shades feature prominently that are bolder and more saturated.
in their suggestions. Duck Green is a “Strong colours suit rooms that we tend
wonderfully strong and deep yet subdued to use at the end of the day, a time when
shade, while their choice of Sap Green we want to relax and be comforted, but
is an earthy tone, inspired by nature. this sense of wellbeing is also a wonderful
Stiffkey Blue is another of their side effect of surrounding ourselves with
selections. Named after the Norfolk village colours found in nature. As we become
of Stiffkey, this navy shade is inspired by increasingly environmentally aware, we’re
the blue clays that make up the coastal collectively craving a connection with the
landscape. Other colours which were natural world, which is why deep Duck
highlighted by the experts at Farrow & Green and earthy, organic Sap Green
Ball include grey shades Ammonite and feel perfect for the home in 2020.
Purbeck Stone, grey-brown Mouse’s Back “While these colours feel fresh for a new
and grey-green Treron and Pigeon. decade, there’s also an air of nostalgia to
Joa Studholme, Colour Curator and them, which can be immensely comforting
tastemaker, said: “The most important and grounding. These are colours that
aspect of using colour in 2020 is to anchor our homes, remind us of our
create spaces that are warm and childhoods, and are perfect for family
welcoming for our friends and family. life – traditional, but with a twist!”

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