How to use the Dulux Ambiance trend colors in your home

Our team of world-class color experts have carefully curated a beautiful palette of premium quality Dulux Ambiance shades around Spiced Honey, our Dulux Colour of the Year 2019. Spiced Honey is a warm and versatile color that can create a whole range of moods, depending on how you use it. Its rich earthy shades can come together to create stunning looks from laid-back and tranquil to something more polished and luxurious – with many intriguing styles in between.

These rich neutrals play off each other beautifully when two or three are combined in a room. Consider adding bold accents with vertical and horizontal bands to bring polish and impact to the scheme and create a mood of calm sophistication.  

Which colors?

MN.00.86 / 90GG 83/011
F0.06.64 / 20YY 43/083
E4.22.49 / 00YY 26/220
A3.20.13 / 78RR 06/137

A subtly sophisticated bedroom

The look of relaxed elegance in the bedroom shown above is achieved with a balance between grounded colors and a crisp polished finish. An earthy palette of greys, minks and ochres is given definition with a slim painted strip of burgundy. Strong horizontals bring a luxurious sense of flow to the adjoining room, with the lower walls painted in darker tones that contrast with the lighter shades above.

The simple, natural color scheme is given a luxurious edge with Mid-Century furniture and lighting, featuring warm rosewood, brass and smoked glass. Tactile velvet bedlinen completes this inviting look.

A welcoming living room
 

The warm honey color of these walls is topped with stripes of warm grey and blush pink, linking to the light cream of the ceiling, to create an interesting layering of transitional tones. This combination of shades creates a rich and sophisticated backdrop for the smart but comfortable furniture in its palette of greys and warm mulberry pinks.

Pieces in dramatic black, like the arching light and coffee table, bring definition, while terracotta pottery adds an earthy element to the look.

Which colors?

EN.02.81 / 90YR 73/029
F0.06.64 / 20YY 43/083
D8.06.74 / 80YR 59/089
E4.22.49 / 00YY 26/220

A simply elegant kitchen

Paint is used to create a bold style statement in this simple kitchen. All the glamour of the intense blue cabinets is brought out by painting the walls in a gentle sand shade. The look is given added definition by a painted band of Spiced Honey which takes on an almost metallic quality against the stone grey used above. For a finishing touch, copper accessories stand out beautifully against the darker tones.

Which colors?

MN.00.86 / 90GG 83/011
E4.14.68 / 00YY 48/171
E4.22.49 / 00YY 26/220
T3.04.12 / 30BB 05/022

A low-key luxury lounge

In these adjoining living rooms, clever use of paint creates a look of distinction. In the first room, the Spiced Honey shade is painted up to hip height and also runs in a generous band around the doors, creating a sense of cohesion and enhancing the room’s features.

Using the same color but in a different way in the second room, makes the space feel coherent but gives each area its own character. Here the versatile color is used across the whole wall, taking on a precious metal-quality and is topped by a band of deep plum where it meets the ceiling to add interest to the look.

Which colors?

D8.06.74 / 80YR 59/089
F0.06.64 / 20YY 43/083
E4.22.49 / 00YY 26/220
A3.20.13 / 78RR 06/137

A cozy kitchen

In this casual kitchen, the Spiced Honey shade takes on an intensity when combined with soft white cabinets and accents of rich burgundy that top the upper walls and make a feature of the kitchen island. The impact of the honey shade is also increased by using it on the open shelving to create a more dramatic look. Warm woods and industrial-inspired accessories complete the smart but laid-back effect.

Which colors?

F0.06.64 / 20YY 43/083
D8.06.74 / 80YR 59/089
E4.22.49 / 00YY 26/220
A3.20.13 / 78RR 06/137

Download our free Dulux Visualizer app to see how the warm, sophisticated colors of the Dulux Colour of the Year palette could transform your walls.