What is the Dulux Promise?

Over the past 18 months, our lives have been turned upside down, but we’ve also had time to rethink the way we live and reassess what’s really important. This year, our discussion went digital and we talked about colour trends, including:
- The expanding role of the home
- How nature is essential to our lives
- How the arts can bring us comfort and inspiration
- How important it is to embrace new voices and ideas for a brighter future
It’s these discussions that led to our key themes, open skies and a breath of fresh air. And from here, we were able to choose the Dulux Colour of the Year 2022.
Bright SkiesTM is a light, airy and optimistic blue that’s good for the soul. It promises to open up and revitalise your home. Around it, we’ve created four easy-to-use colour palettes, so you can refresh your spaces with different colour combinations.
Here are four ideas for you to try in your home:
Create a fun and multi-functional space with Bright Skies™ and its Workshop colours

If your living room is constantly reinventing itself, switching from social hub to home office to kids’ classroom, you need a colour scheme that can keep up.
Pair Bright SkiesTM with vibrant and joyful colours of paint found within the Workshop palette. Take your pick from colour combinations of light, uplifting tones and create an inspirational backdrop for any activity.
Find more Workshop colour ideas and wall painting tips for a do-it-all space, here.
Which colours?
Bring the outside in with the fresh naturals of the Greenhouse palette

Within the Greenhouse palette, you’ll discover trend-led greens and blues that you can combine with our Colour of the Year 2022, Bright SkiesTM, to bring the positive effects of nature into your home.
In a rural location, these light, fresh naturals beautifully complement your surroundings. In an urban space, they can make you feel in touch with the natural world.
Find more indoor painting tips and techniques when using Greenhouse colours, here.
Which colours?
Escape the everyday with Bright Skies™ and its soft and airy Studio colours

If you want your home to be a soothing space where you can recharge and feel inspired, choose our Colour of the Year 2022, Bright SkiesTM, and its Studio colours. Together, these soft and airy shades can help you escape the everyday and give a room a comfortable, consoling feel.
Plus, if you try painting colours in horizontal stripes, like we have in the image above, you can create an inspiring and inventive focal point, too.
Discover more Studio palette ideas, as well as expert wall painting tips, here.
Which colours?
Experiment with Salon colours to create an open space that’s ready for anything

Your home should be somewhere that you feel safe and comfortable to embrace new ideas. Within the Salon palette are a combination of soft whites and light neutrals that can provide the perfect blank canvas for your daily life. And when paired with our Colour of the Year 2022, Bright SkiesTM, they create a home that’s ready for anything.
Want more Salon colour ideas and indoor painting tips and techniques? Find inspiration right here.
Which colours?
Bright Skies™
Rubble Road
Cliff Walk
Want ideas for zoning a room with different colours? Find inspiration in our how-to video.