Hallways and entrances First impressions count! As hallways and entrances are transition areas and you spend only a short amount of time in them, you can usually afford to be a little more adventurous. Ideally hallways should be treated as linking spaces to help give continuity to your interior colour scheme. To make a long hall look shorter, paint the end wall a vibrant warm shade. To make a hallway look longer, paint the end wall a light cool colour. Colour can provide a bridge between adjoining areas. It can be difficult to change colour when adjoining spaces are viewed together, so a feature area of colour may be a good way to create a natural colour break. When visualising a hallway or entrance colour scheme, leave the doors of adjoining rooms open so that you can see how the hallway will work as the focal point. Right: Walls in Resene Gull Grey, door in Resene Daredevil, bench seat in Resene Sunflower, and floor pattern in Resene Gull Grey and Resene Cod Grey. top tip If you wish to paint each side of a door different colours, take care when painting the edges, as the edges of the door will be visible when the door is left ajar. We recommend you paint the opening edge of the door the same colour as the face of the door that opens into the room, and paint the hinged edge to match the other face. This way when the door is left open, the colour of the visible edge and the face of the door are continuous from whichever room they are viewed. Resene Sunflower Resene Eighth Akaroa | 27