Inspiration
Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113), Dulux Color of the Year 2022, is a light, natural blue that brings the feeling of fresh air and open skies straight into your home. It’s also incredibly versatile, working alongside four different complementary palettes to give any room an instant sense of light and space, whatever its size.
It’s not just the combination of shades that works, but how and where you use them. Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113) can lighten and brighten a large expanse of wall or ceiling, but it’s also an effective accent color, drawing attention to parts of a room or creating a focal point. And its four accompanying palettes bring you endless scope for combining color in many different ways.
Here are four easy ideas for transforming a room using Dulux Color of the Year 2022 and its palettes. Watch the video for more inspiration.
1. Add a feature with a painted ceiling
Look up and create your own skyscape with a ceiling painted in Dulux Color of the Year 2022, Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113). This revitalizing shade can help bring a feeling of openness to any space, as well as a welcome connection to the great outdoors. Combined with light complementary tones or just used on its own, it will also make the most of natural daylight.
Which colors?
Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113)
Purest Frost (71YY 90/027)
City Life (44YY 65/034)
2. Match walls and cabinets
Give your kitchen a new lease of life by repainting both cabinet doors and walls in Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113). Not only does this airy and light revitalizing shade bring freshness, it will also boost daylight, making your kitchen feel more open. Painting the walls in the same color creates a seamless effect that brings the look together.
Which colors?
Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113)
3. Try two-tone walls
Painting walls in two complementary shades can add visual interest to a space. Using a deeper shade on the lower half and a lighter tone above can also boost the feeling of height by drawing the eye upwards. An easy and clever trick, it will instantly make your space feel more open.
Which colors?
Horizons (10BB 73/039)
Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113)
Brooding Storm (87BG 27/077)
4. Refresh your workspace
Dulux Color of the Year 2022, Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113), makes the perfect backdrop for busy everyday life, giving an airy feeling of limitless space to any room. Its light blue tone can bring clarity in a busy home, as well as a welcome connection to nature. Used around windows, Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113) can also help to pull in the feeling of fresh air and to maximize daylight.
Which colors?
Bright Skies™ (Blueberry Mash, 14BB 55/113)
