You might love yellow, pink or purple – but they’re probably not the type of colour you would paint every wall. They can, however, be modified and used as accent colours in your interiors. Paint a plant pot dusky ochre, add an icy pink cushion, or buy a rug in muted mushroom lavender tones. Keep it simple Just as you would a tonal colour scheme, sticking to one or two families of colour for your accents is wise. Otherwise, your house may end up looking a bit hodge- podge. The exception is for children’s rooms where you might go all out with a colour that you wouldn’t have in your living room. So, if ochres and browns are your thing, let a range of these colours ripple through the house. Try to keep them in the same style of colour, i.e. all rich terracottas and golds, or all pebble-brown and soft suede colours. Likewise, you might use blue-grey accents that range in strength from duck egg blue curtains in the living room to a dusky midnight blue feature wall in the bedroom, and sea-foam blue walls in a study nook. Left: Resene Alabaster and Resene Colorwood Pitch Black walls. with Resene Delta and Resene Half Delta tables. Right: Resene Half Duck Egg Blue walls with Resene Passport shelf. Both styled by Claudia Kozub. Introduce your colour at the front door, then let it flow through the house. You might have only subtle touches in one room (a more formal lounge or master bedroom), then more of it in other rooms (the family room). Use the same principles for any pattern you are using. You might have a tropical wallpaper as a feature wall in one room, and botanical motifs on your cushions in another. The best part about using coloured accents is that you can easily ring the changes, and in small ways. It doesn’t take much to repaint that ink-blue wall into a tranquil watery blue. It will give the room a new look but still fit with your other sea-inspired accessories. Or you can move objects and cushions from one room to another, knowing that the over-riding scheme will allow them to look good. Resene Passport Resene Half Duck Egg Blue | 25