Light – whether it be natural or artificial – can dramatically affect how a paint colour appears and therefore needs to be a key consideration when choosing the right shade for the space.
The new Dulux Heritage Lighting Tool has been developed to support decorators, removing any guesswork, so it’s easy to visualise how Dulux Heritage colours will look at every time of the day. The Dulux Heritage lighting tool allows users to see how any of the luxurious Dulux Heritage shades will look under various lighting conditions, from natural daylight to artificial lighting, different room orientations, and times of day.
Light profoundly influences colour perception—natural daylight typically presents colours at their most accurate, while artificial LED lighting can alter their appearance. Warmer light intensifies warm tones but can mute cooler shades. However, cooler, artificial light enhances cooler colours but may cause warmer tones to lose their vibrancy. As such, it’s crucial to test colours under different lighting conditions to ensure they perfectly align with the client’s vision.
The Dulux Heritage lighting tool gives decorators a clear view of how a colour shifts throughout the day, helping them create harmonious interiors with confidence—avoiding a lengthy decision-making process, unexpected surprises, or the need for re-painting. Dulux Heritage is renowned for its ability to create truly beautiful spaces, and now, with its latest innovation, it’s making the colour selection process more seamless than ever. Heritage colours are crafted with exceptional depth and richness, responding dynamically to different lighting conditions to enhance a room’s aesthetic at any time of day.
Dawn Scott, Senior Colour Designer at AkzoNobel, commented: “Colour doesn’t exist in isolation, it constantly shifts depending on the light around it. Until now, demonstrating this to clients has been a challenge for decorators, elongating the colour selection process and adding an element of risk that the client won’t like the final result under certain lighting conditions. This tool is a game changer for professionals as it makes it easy for them to demonstrate more accurately how a colour will appear in a space. Dulux Heritage shades are carefully crafted with exceptional depth and richness, responding uniquely to different lighting conditions.
“Take Dulux Heritage Sky Blue as an example. In natural daylight, it appears as its truest shade while under artificial lighting – especially warm-toned light – it takes on a noticeably greener hue. That’s because cool light mutes its warm undertones, while warm light enhances them.”
The Dulux Heritage range offers a selection of premium paints that provide the perfect blend of modern style and substance. With two stand-out finishes and 113 luxurious shades to choose from, Dulux Heritage is helping professionals, and their clients make informed colour choices with its new lighting tool.
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