It was a much awaited treat to be able to celebrate the winners of the Resene Total Colour Awards in a colourful awards night at New Zealand Fashion Week

About Resene Palm Green: It’s an old college green, traditional and mossy. How to use it: Choose this colour to bring a rich, luxurious vibe to interiors and add drama with a feature wall in a lounge. Go bold in a study on all four walls, for a traditional and comforting vibe. Complementary colours: If you’re looking to a complementary colour for deep green, Resene Rustic Red is a deep blue-based maroon red, robust enough to counter the strength of Resene Palm Green.

In recent decades, there has been a strong trend towards boxy, minimalist and largely white interiors. While some may feel this look is ‘clean’, these spaces are far removed from our natural surroundings. Studies have shown that spending too much time without access to nature can have a significant impact on the mental and emotional wellbeing of the building’s users. As more and more designers have become aware of these effects, it's no coincidence that biophilic design – which increases…

There’s a Resene green to suit to every person, every style and every room, but, if there’s one iteration of green that is really having a moment right now it’s spring greens - and they’re not just for spring. #resene #green #resenegreen #greenroom #palegreen #biophilia

Our sixth Resene Colour Home Awards finalist give the wall-to-wall wood in their home a modern makeover to create a homely environment

Tessa and her family's house was a sea of beige and yellow and required a more colourful colour scheme.

Arna and Dave say when it comes to picking colours and styling a home, don’t overthink it. Choose what you love and you can’t go wrong. This meant bold and exciting Resene colours for this couple, in rich, earthy tones like Resene Waiouru and Resene Desperado. “We wanted to add interest with colour without being blindingly bright.”

When it comes to colour in 2023, the trend is decidedly warmer than previous years, which marks a breakaway from the cooler, more neutral and biophilic tones

Resene Merino is a light and versatile off-white with a green oxide undertone.

As much as we’d like to believe that white is a ‘one size fits all’ colour choice, it can actually be one of the hardest hues to specify. While Resene White is a paint option that certainly does exist, in reality, it’s not a colour that very many people would want to be surrounded with day in and day out in their home or workplace. If used from tip to toe in a space, most will find it to be too bright and could cause headaches from glare depending on the direction, source and temperature of…