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habitat plus – colour connection

Welcome – At Resene, our first love may be paint but our second has to be colour. Glorious colour.

Habitat plus 01 - colour connection
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For decades we have focused on helping you discover and use colour for your decorating projects. We regularly collate and launch fashion colour fandecks and palettes as well as update the ever-popular Resene The Range Whites & Neutrals collection. We publish habitat magazine and the habitat of the week email newsletters to inspire you, and we have many resources to help you choose exactly the right colours for your home.

At our Resene ColorShops you’ll find colour and technical consultants, colour cards and testpots for you to try. And we round it all out with exclusive collections of wallpapers and curtain fabrics.

Our latest offering to help you in your colour quest is this, our habitat plus book devoted to colour – from the most vibrant reds and yellows, to soothing neutrals and moody black. We have plenty of examples as well as great advice. So turn the page, be inspired and have fun with colour.

Happy decorating!
The Resene and habitat teams

Search habitat plus articles

I see red

I see red

It’s not just a fashion thing – the colour red seems to be a perennial favourite at this end of the world... more

Think pink

Think pink

Pink is a fairly polarising colour; you tend to either love it or hate it... more

Optimistic energetic orange

Optimistic energetic orange

Happy, fun, sassy, playful, optimistic and energetic... more

Hello yellow

Hello yellow

Happy, sunshiny yellow – it’s the colour of spring and summer, of warmth and cheeriness... more

Green branches out

Green branches out

Green also has obvious botanic alliances and allusions, whether they are realised in a bright floral fabric or elegantly stylised bamboo-motif wallpaper... more

Shades of the sea

Shades of the sea

These crossover greens and blues are a strong and continuing trend which is not surprising in a country with such a lot of coastline... more

Why be blue?

Why be blue?

Apparently it’s the least gender-specific colour around. It’s also one that inspires a feeling of trustworthiness, sincerity and peacefulness... more

The power of purple

The power of purple

Unlike its close cousins, red and blue, purple can inspire nervousness in home decorators... more

The right white

The right white

When you’re decorating, there’s white and there are a slew of other ‘whites’ or off-whites... more

Middle earth

Middle earth

It’s probably the most appealing, easiest-to-live-with part of the colour spectrum – mid-toned neutrals... more

Meet the super neutrals

Meet the super neutrals

Many of us think of off-white as the only neutral paint colour, but neutrals also encompass dark tones... more

Just call it chocolate

Just call it chocolate

In fact, let’s not call it brown. Try these descriptive tags and brown turns from yuck to yum: cocoa, chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, sepia, nut, russet, rust and mahogany... more

How great is grey?

How great is grey?

Like any other part of the colour spectrum, when it comes to neutrals, there is a fashion... more

Black magic

Black magic

We may be known for our love of black clothing, but it seems we also love this colour in our homes... more

Cover look

Cover look

Resene Whizz Bang walls, Resene April Sun table, Resene Outrageous floor. Photograph by Nick Tressider.

Contributing photographers: Daniel Allen, Emily Andrews, Jeff Bass, Tony Brownjohn, Tim Cuff, Nicola Edmonds, Rossi Gannon, Mark Heaslip, Juliet Nicholas, Toaki Okano, Frances Oliver, Sally Tagg, Nick Tressider, Tim Whittaker.

 

Want to get your own free copy of future issues of habitat magazine?

Printed copies of habitat highlights are available from late March 2024 at Resene ColorShops and resellers, while stocks last. You can view back issues of habitat magazine online.

If you have an idea, project or story that you think would suit habitat plus, we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us an email with your details and include photos if submitting a project.

habitat plus are not mailed directly. They are available free from Resene ColorShops and resellers while stocks last and available for viewing online.

 
 

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