b'colour trendsResene colours look great at 60. A veritable kaleidoscope of amazing shades, from the stately traditional to the fabulously funky modern, has dominated the history of New Zealands homegrown paint company, which has always raced ahead, pushing the limits with colour style and production.TherstfactoryinanoldstableonWellingtonsI provide the technical basis, so that the colour designers Tinakori Rdproduced a basic range of about six colourscan produce the Resene shades. For example, we need to in Stipplecote, a cement-based paint. Today, with twoknow if a new red paint will cover an existing blue wall Wellington-based factories, a string of Resene ColorShopsin two coats, or if it will fade or still be true to colour in throughout Australasia and its Resene Total Colour System,seven years time.the palette on offer is almost endless. And this Total Colour System delivers an elegant product,In the very early days, whites andwhich is right up there with the worlds best, accordingoff-whites reigned over the charts.toResenetechnicaldirector,ColinGooch.Describing himself as a Ten Pound Pom, who arrived in this country in 1963 knowing squat-all about paint, Colin has beenIn the very early days, whites and off-whites reigned overResenea major player in the companys development.the charts, along with some lead-based yellow pigments,Billy Tand maybe a couple of reds and a blue.ReseneAfter working in the related eld of resin manufacture, heCe Soirjoined Resene as chief chemist in 1970, and within threeYou were very fortunate if the colour on the wall lookedReseneFruit Saladyears, was promoted to his current position; a role thatlike the one on the chart, and no one expected anything Resenecovers all the technical aspects of the paint production.different, Colin laughs.Lipstick56 |'