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Be creative WITH COLOUR

Try… colour blocking

Give your walls extra punch with this bold and eye-catching paint treatment

* ADD IMPACT In its basic form, colour blocking is simply combining a variety of block colours in one area. It can be used as a technique to highlight a room’s features, such as doors, window recesses, trims and furniture or can liven up a blank wall in the same way as a coloured canvas or piece of art.

* COMBINE COLOURS While colour blocking works particularly well with bold colours from opposite spectrums of the colour wheel creating a strong visual contrast, there are no hard and fast rules. If you’d prefer a less impactful look, calmer pastels or tonal shades can work equally well as

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