Dulux has unveiled its annual Colour Forecast for 2025, which sees uplifting and soothing colours come to the fore within our homes and commercial spaces as a response to recent periods of uncertainty.
Distilled into three distinct palettes Still, Recollect and Emerge demonstrate how colours with warm, brown undertones play an important role in evoking a sense of nurture and positivity. In 2025, Dulux predicts that rich burgundies and wine hues will become more prominent throughout residential interior design, alongside an increased use of green including olive, sage and vibrant yellow-green.
Led by the Dulux Colour Team, comprising of Colour and Communications Manager Andrea Lucena-Orr, Colour Manager Lauren Treloar and Colour Forecaster Stylist Bree Leech, the annual Dulux Colour Forecast is based on year-round research into the latest global and local trends that are predicted to influence Australian interior design and how we live – and has been doing this since its inception in 1999. ?As part of this research, the Dulux Colour Team engages global and international brands, attends seminars, catwalks, product and design launches, and events such as Milan Design Week, and reviews customised research and insights sourced through Dulux?s extensive networks across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. As members of the Colour Marketing Group (CMG), the team also analyses current and future trend reports, including Color Hive (Mix Magazine) and LS:N International.? Treloar e...