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A winning mural at the Raglan Club

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Q: Will Resene Half Tea and Resene Quarter Tea go with grey?
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I am thinking of doing my rebuild in Resene Half Tea in the lounge, bedrooms, hallway and stairway, and Resene Quarter Tea around door frames,… more/comment

Resene Half Tea

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Resene Quarter Tea

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Q: We need colour ideas to paint the exterior, which faces north east.
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Our living room walls are Resene Quarter Spanish White and the room opens to a deck via bifold doors. Please suggest colours to paint the… more/comment

Resene Napa

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Resene Half Cougar

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Resene Half Pravda

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Resene Quarter Stonehenge

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Q: Our house is concrete block and wood. Can you recommend colours?
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Our house is concrete block and wood. Can you recommend colours that look good on block? We don’t like white painted concrete block and were… more/comment

Resene Edward

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Resene Bounty

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Resene Hermitage

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Resene Double Pearl Lusta

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Resene Villa White

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Q: Can you recommend an exterior colour that would work with a grey roof colour?
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Can you recommend an exterior colour for the property that would work with a grey roof colour and slate blue/grey window/door frames and flashings.

You could… more/comment

Resene Quarter Grey Olive

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Resene Joss

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Resene Double Truffle

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Resene Perfect Taupe

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Q: What colours do you think are trendy and have some feature for an exterior?
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What colours do you think are trendy and have some feature for an exterior? My painter has suggested weatherboards and soffits in Resene Black White… more/comment

Resene Quarter Gravel

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Resene Half Joanna

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Resene Thorndon Cream

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Resene Tapa

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Resene Triple Sea Fog

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Q: What colours would suit a 1948 weatherboard low-set house with a red roof?
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I have a 1948 weatherboard low-set house with a red roof. What colours would be good for the exterior?

It really comes down to personal preference… more/comment

Resene Quarter Spanish White

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Resene Eighth Drought

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Resene Eighth Friar Grey

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Resene Quarter Bison Hide

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Resene Half Ash

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Resene Villa White

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Q: I have a heritage house in red/brown brick and need to repaint the timber work.
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I have a heritage house in red/brown brick and need to repaint the timber work. The existing colours are a yellowish/mustard and cream. I don't… more/comment

Resene Golden Sand

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Resene Alabaster

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Resene Splash

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Resene First Light

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Resene Rum Swizzle

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Resene Ipanema

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Resene Rice Cake

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Resene Weathered Yellow

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Q: Could you please advise some colours to complement our deep green base boards?
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I am going to repaint the whole house except the deep green base boards. I will use Resene Woodsman stain for the upstairs. Could you… more/comment

Resene Bark

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Resene Bushtrack

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Resene Eighth Lemon Grass

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Resene Titania

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Resene Nutmeg

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Resene Pickled Bean

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Q: We may be painting our home Resene Shark and need a lighter colour for the plaster.
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We are looking at painting the Linea weatherboards on our new home Resene Shark (or similar) and need a lighter colour for the plaster -… more/comment

Resene Double Gravel

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Resene Kensington Grey

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Resene Shark

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Resene Quarter Tuna

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Resene Silver Chalice

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Resene Gull Grey

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Q: We are painting the exterior of our 1970s house, which has a lot of orange/red brick.
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We are painting the exterior of our 1970s house, which has a lot of orange/red brick. What colours would work for the painted areas, to… more/comment

Resene Quarter Thorndon Cream

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Resene Thorndon Cream

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Resene Triple Thorndon Cream

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Resene Half Gravel

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Resene Armadillo

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Q: We would like to make our eight-year-old girl’s room a little funkier.
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We would like to make our eight-year-old girl’s room a little funkier. Our main colour scheme is Resene Quarter Tea ceilings and Resene Half Tea… more/comment

Resene Half Tea

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Resene Boogie Wonderland

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Resene Kumutoto

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Resene Smitten

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Resene Glamour Puss

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Resene Serenity

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Resene Birdcage

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Q: Can you recommend a white for our older beach house?
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We have just bought a beach place and our contractor is starting the painting before we arrive next week. We want the whole inside to… more/comment

Resene Half Bianca

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Resene Quarter Bianca

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Q: What blue would be good for a medium-sized room - light or dark?
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What blue would be good for a medium-sized room - light or dark?

There are hundreds of Resene blues available and they all need to be… more/comment

Resene Breeze

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Resene Meltwater

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Resene Half Escape

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Resene Hemisphere

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Resene Zephyr

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Q: I am trying to find a pale lemon colour to paint the interior of a country cottage.
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I am trying to find a pale lemon colour to paint the interior of a country cottage, to go with white trims. There will be… more/comment

Resene Milk Punch

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Resene Alabaster

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Resene Primrose

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Resene Splash

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Resene Pale Prim

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Resene Buttermilk

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Resene Quarter Pearl Lusta

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Q: Could you recommend any other light colours that might go with dark brown?
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We are repainting three bedrooms and the hallway and need a light coloured paint on the walls that will complement our dark brown carpet. I… more/comment

Resene Eighth Bison Hide

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Resene Eighth Joss

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Resene Quarter Tea

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Resene White

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Resene Albescent White

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Q: My lounge looks out to my beautiful garden. Can you recommend a green for the walls?
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My lounge looks out to my beautiful garden. What is a stunning green I can use for my walls?

Do you want the lounge walls to… more/comment

Resene Double Lemon Grass

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Resene Double Spanish White

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Resene White

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