2023 interiors colour forecast

Fashion may be a key influencer, but interior forecasts for 2023 are less about catwalk and more about creating calming spaces.

Feeling overwhelmed with interior colour choices? You are far from alone as many of us intend to include colour in the home, only to play it safe and end up with accessories in basic hues that are neither in-favour personally or even on-trend.

Making a house a home takes more than filling it with homewares and furniture, and creating a haven that is enjoyable to spend time in is actually harder than most people realise. Unlike fast-fashion, interiors not cheap throw-away items, and in the interest of sustainability, buy once, buy well is a far better way to shop.

Big ticket item may be in classic tones, but you can make an impact with on-trend accessories. Dulux Connect: Styling: Bree Leech Photographer: Lisa Cohen

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So what does that mean in regards to following interior colour trends? Unless you truly love a particular colour, your main furniture pieces may be in a neutral colour, with an accent chair, pillow or throw making a fashionable statement in the colour du-jour.

Dulux Colour Planning and Communications Manager, Andrea Lucena-Orr, says that with so many people renovating and decorating their homes over the past two years, we’ll see subtle shifts of colour and design.

“We can definitely see the palettes remaining predominantly warm and the continuation of a natural colour palette. The Dulux Colour Forecast evolves year on year. We can see subtle shifts from certain colours and a few new added colours that reflect key influences such as fashion.”

The Dulux Colour Forecast for 2023 is broken up in three palettes: Connect, Balance and Revive.

“We are seeing more muted tones, however we still need brighter colours to give us that positive vibe moving forward. The easiest way to incorporate any of these Forecast 2023 colours is to find the colours that work with your space and that you naturally connect to.”

Dulux Balance. Styling: Bree Leech Photographer: Lisa Cohen

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Andrea’s advice on ...

SMALL SPACES

There’s so many ways to use these colours in smaller volumes. Whether it’s one wall behind the bedhead, a study nook, a niche in a wall or the back of a shelving unit. Even your front door is a great place to start experimenting with forecast colours.

STAYING NEUTRAL

Neutrals are mainly warm and welcoming and coming home naturally fits what you would want in this description. Neutrals are also easy and flexible to scheme with and most consumers see many of these natural colours day to day in their environment, so instantly they would feel a sense of familiarity and connection.

EXTERIOR CHOICES

The Dulux Colour Forecast has been curated for interiors, however saying that with the Connect palette there are many natural colour here that would work just as well in exteriors. The Revive palette may lend itself to a modern or modernist style of home however in small

volumes I would suggest any home.

Dulux Revive. Styling: Bree Leech Photographer: Lisa Cohen

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The Connect palette would work with many styles of homes including traditional and contemporary and Hamptons style interiors. The Balance

palette also is quite flexible and would work in many styles of homes such as traditional,

modernist, contemporary and modern.

Dulux Connect.Styling: Bree Leech Photographer: Lisa Cohen

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