Welcome – At Resene, our first love may be paint but our second has to be colour. Glorious colour.
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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
Pink is a fairly polarising colour; you tend to either love it or hate it... more
Happy, fun, sassy, playful, optimistic and energetic... more
Happy, sunshiny yellow – it’s the colour of spring and summer, of warmth and cheeriness... more
Green also has obvious botanic alliances and allusions, whether they are realised in a bright floral fabric or elegantly stylised bamboo-motif wallpaper... more
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
Apparently it’s the least gender-specific colour around. It’s also one that inspires a feeling of trustworthiness, sincerity and peacefulness... more
Unlike its close cousins, red and blue, purple can inspire nervousness in home decorators... more
When you’re decorating, there’s white and there are a slew of other ‘whites’ or off-whites... more
It’s probably the most appealing, easiest-to-live-with part of the colour spectrum – mid-toned neutrals... more
Many of us think of off-white as the only neutral paint colour, but neutrals also encompass dark tones... more
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
Like any other part of the colour spectrum, when it comes to neutrals, there is a fashion... more
We may be known for our love of black clothing, but it seems we also love this colour in our homes... more
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.
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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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