Bring balance to your home with seashore colours

A bedroom with dark blue walls topped with lighter stripes

Create a harmonious, joyful space with Dulux Colour of the Year

13 September 2022

Inspired by tides, waves and the natural rhythms of the earth, the Flow palette can help create a feeling of continuity and balance. Try these four decorating ideas to help your home feel in step with nature…

In today’s high-tech, high-stress world, it can be challenging to do what we know is best for our wellbeing. Achieving better balance comes from feeling in tune with the regular rhythms of nature and, at home, we need a space that reflects that natural momentum.

Our Flow palette is made up of soft, fluid tones that are inspired by the seashore – shell pink, pebble grey, sea blue. Used alongside Dulux Colour of the Year, Wild Wonder^TM, they are ideal for creating a space with a sense of balance.

A mix of light and dark shades, the Flow palette offers endless potential for experimenting with paint effects and colour-blocking and, because these are warm seashore tones, they work well even in rooms with little natural light.

Create a balanced living room

The fluid tones in our Flow palette can bring clarity to a busy family space, such as a living room. Creating a split wall effect that tops pale lilac with a soft white brings instant balance, while a thin band of Dulux Colour of the Year, 2023 Wild Wonder^TM, adds warmth and visual interest.

Which colours?

17GY 68/005
50YY 49/191
30BB 53/012

A split wall effect with a dividing line in a living room; large window on the right

Open up a small bedroom

Be clever with colour in a compact bedroom to make the space feel bigger. Walls painted in soft neutrals from our Flow palette help make this room feel expansive, while a horizon line in Wild Wonder^TM draws the eye upwards to create the illusion of space. These are tones that work brilliantly with natural light, bringing warmth and balance, whatever the time of day.

Which colours?

30YY 56/060
50YY 49/191
30YY 46/036

A bedroom with a painted split wall effect and straw-yellow around the window.

A vertical split wall in a living room using blue and straw yellow in a light and airy living room

bedroom with deep blue walls and a checkerboard pattern

dark blue wall with a round table and small black lampshade

Kitchen with blue and straw yellow shelving

Looking through a doorway into a kitchen, with walls painted in pale grey and straw yellow

Use colour for zoning

It’s easy to experiment with zoning when you’re working with one cohesive palette. Here, alongside a wall painted in a soft blue, a lighter shade is used to define the kitchen area – an effect emphasized with a stripe of Wild Wonder^TM. Because the colours are toning and complementary, the scheme feels fluid and balanced.

Which colours?

14BB 55/113
50YY 49/191
10BB 55/065

A kitchen area with white topped wooden units defined with a painted square of light grey blue.

Experiment with colour-blocking

The tones in our Flow palette are perfect for colour-blocking – offering you exciting combinations that feel balanced. Here, a soft blue feature wall reflects the natural light, while a pale lilac and Dulux Colour of the Year, Wild Wonder^TM, add warmth and visual interest.

Which colours?

14BB 55/113
30BB 53/012
50YY 49/191