Painting by Numbers: Dulux Trade makes colour selection as easy as 1-2-3

It is becoming increasingly common for clients to expect Project and Facilities Managers with little or no design experience to specify a colour scheme for a commercial build or refurb. Dulux Trade knows that not everyone can be a design expert, so with this in mind, it has developed a new colour card to take the guesswork out of choosing and combining colours - allowing non-specialists to create beautifully coordinated and inspiring design schemes that will be a hit with any client.

Selecting a colour scheme that will delight both the client and the building's users couldn't be simpler. With over 12,000 Dulux Trade paint colours on offer, it is easy to be overwhelmed by choice, so the Dulux Trade Colour Specifier guide has narrowed down this selection to a much more manageable number and grouped the shades into two simple palettes.

Arranged in an easy-to-read grid, each palette groups coordinating shades together using the 'Language of Colour' principles. By following a few simple rules, great colour combinations for any scheme can be selected - whether the desired look is simple understated elegance, or bold, bright and vibrant. There are even some example colour schemes for inspiration.

The colours have also been cleverly set out to enable at-a-glance selection of contrasting shades with a difference in light reflective value (LRV) of greater than 30 points, to comply with DDA guidelines (Building Regulations part M).

The new colour card from Dulux Trade is a complete guide to specifying colour in commercial environments, so Project and Facilities Managers can recommend colour schemes to clients with absolute confidence.