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SURFACE
SOLUTIONS

Winter’s wondrously

earthy palette,

from Plascon

outh Africa is fortunate to have a
temperate climate with a relatively
Smild winter in comparison to its
extremely hot summer months when
temperatures and humidity soar. The
cooler winter months are a preferable time
to go on safari and visit game parks and
reserves. This is because wild animals tend
to venture forth from the shaded shelter
of trees and bushes during the daytime
and come out into the open to forage,
making them more visible and easier to
spot – game watching is optimal when the
weather isn’t sweltering. Winter is thus a
time that many South Africans associate
with being out in the wild, and being close
to nature, where the expansiveness of the
great outdoors is driven home.
This is why Plascon’s 2022 Winter
colour palette takes its cue from earthy,
wide open spaces, our verdant land with expressed through this sensitive collection (Y5-A2-3), to soft Pear Fantasy (Y5-B2-1),
its fertile soil, and those dramatic skies of colours that responds to the zeitgeist in and golden Plascon Desert Daisy (Y3-B1-2),
and sunsets you only see when you’re a heartening way. you use these natural hues together to bring a
away from the city. Plascon’s new winter Deep khaki green and a rich reddish mood of grounded calm to your spaces.
“Grounded” palette features a bouquet brown are the stronger colours of this The Grounded colours are fantastic
of earth-inspired colours that bring our down-to-earth collection. The rich and to use as stand-alone notes, feature
famed bushveld and savannah landscapes complex earthen Plascon Terra Nova (R6- wall moments of interest, and even in
directly to mind. D1-2) is matched in depth and saturation combination with one another. Those
Connect to the earth beneath your feet by the verdant green of Plascon Garden needing assistance in choosing colours or
with this palette of living nature hues. Seat (G1-E1-1). which colours to use where, can reach out
After long months of disconnection and For gentle balance, Plascon has added a to Plascon’s free colour advice team. dw
isolation, our need to feel grounded and harmonious trio of natural yellows. From
connected in the post-pandemic world is the warm white of Plascon Moon Beam www.plascon.com

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