Ombre effects have become popular for their soft melting effect. As a gradual transition of colour from dark to light, an ombre feature will add whimsy to a room. You can also use the effect on smaller items, like pots and baskets. Creating an ombre effect is easy with Resene paints because many of the Resene colour charts and palette cards are grouped into similar shades of colour, and normally range from dark at the top to light at the bottom. So you are able to choose, say four or five blues or greens or whatever from the one palette card that will work well blended together. Use Resene Paint Effects Medium or Resene Hot Weather Additive to make blending easier with a brush, or use a spray unit. If you want a simpler, stronger effect you can use stripes of graded colour going up the wall instead. Resene Alabaster Resene Gravel Resene Stack Resene Breathless Resene Smitten Resene Frozen Resene Solitude ombre top tip If bold colour isn’t quite, well, bold enough, check out Resene FX Fluoro. It gives you the highlighter look and is fabulous in the dark when blacklit. From far left: Exterior wall in Resene Solitude, Resene Breathless, Resene Frozen and Resene Blue Moon. The chair is Resene Smitten. Pots in Resene Gravel, Resene Stack and Resene Alabaster. Basket in Resene Spitfire, Resene Merlot, Resene Coral Tree and Resene Paper Doll. Staghead wall in Resene Sambuca, Resene Papier Mache and Resene Martini over Resene Sandtex. Resene Spitfire Resene Coral Tree Resene Sambuca Resene Papier Mache Resene Martini Resene Merlot Resene Paper Doll Resene Blue Moon Resene Spitfire Resene Coral Tree 14 | | 15