Warm and cool colours Cool – Blues and greens can introduce a cool mood into a room.The level of coolness will depend on the intensity of the colours. Cool colours may also be used to change the appearance of a room, pushing back walls and furnishings and making the room appear more spacious. They look best in a room with a sunny exposure, where the colours counteract some of the strength of the direct sun.They should be avoided in shaded rooms. Warm – Warm colours, such as red and apricot, have an opposite effect, closing in the walls of a room. If the room is large, its dimensions seem decreased. Warm colours look their best in a not so bright room with southern light, so that the bright effect of the sunny colours is not too overbearing. Left:Walls in Resene RoadTrip (try Resene Cement for another option), floor in Resene Colorwood Bark wood stain, fireplace in Resene Dark Side (try Resene Indian Ink for another option), ladder, basket and picture frame in Resene Truffle, side table and round tray in Resene Gumboot, coffee table in Resene Castaway on Resene FX Crackle Glaze, tall vase in Resene Castaway and logs in Resene Calibre, Resene Castaway, Resene Entourage and Resene Alpaca. Right: Walls in Resene Coriander, vanity in Resene Colorwood Black Pepper wood stain, floor in Resene Colorwood Walnut wood stain, stool in Resene Paddock, and slatted bathmat in Resene Seaweed, Resene Scaramanga, Resene Secrets and Resene Coriander. 12 |