Housing in Southern Africa August 2016

Paints, Coatings, & Sealants

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simplicity and is a response to how oversaturated our lives feel because of all the things that surround us in the world. The palette combines a lighter blue, green and pink with deep pur- ple, blue and black. Metallic-inspired shades complete the look and add a sense of depth to the theme. These colours are soothing and calm, giving us space to pause in a busy world. Bringing this story to life is all about creating anatmospheric feeling with colour. We’re seeing aweightless use of colour for aminimal simplicity, and interest being createdwith décor techniques like two-toned walls to ground spaces. Colour Story Two: Terrain Terrain is an earthy theme inspired by desert landscapes and colours. It takes the raw forms of these places

from the world we feel under our feet and the worlds we create in our minds,” Roselt says. She explains that we’re seeing a more minimal approach to interiors. “Not that ev- erything is going back to white,” she says. “It’s just that the use of colour is more pure and single-minded – some- thing we’re seeing in the bold wall treatments and colour combinations this year.” She explains that this year we’re seeing everything fromperspec- tive geometrics to very subtle colour gradations, colour-blocking and everything in between. Colour Story One: Anonymous Anonymous is about the freedomyou get when you strip right back tobasics and embrace the softer things in life. It’s a new kind of neutrality – beyond a specific gender, identity, place or even style. This approach embraces

and interprets them into a warm and easy-to-use palette made up of oranges and yellows balanced by warm neutrals and a mineral green and blue duo. The trick to using Terrain in a space is to be sparing with the yellow and orangemost of the time. Concentrate on the greys and neutrals first to pro- vide a subtle backdrop and then use the other colours as a more energetic accent. In terms of styling and bringing Terrain to life, this theme is all about using bands of colour to create bold statements on feature walls. Neutral

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