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Africa using Plascon’s own range of paints,
took as his inspiration a quote by Herbert
Evans, the famous founder of Plascon who
introduced the first-ever ‘ready-mixed’
colour paints in South Africa in the early
20th century, who once said that people
could find ‘inspiration and innovation that
is beyond colour’. For Ngwenya, this quote
encapsulates both the Plascon brand and
the ethos of South Africa.
The dazzling mural spans the whole-
ground floor wall of the Kansai Plascon
head office entrance in Factoria,
Krugersdorp, welcoming visitors with a
burst of iconic faces, flora and fauna, and
proudly South African colours – Nelson
Mandela, Steve Biko and Mahatma
Gandhi; world-record-breakers Chad
le Clos and Wayde van Niekerk, Protea
women’s team player Lara Goodall, and
rugby legend (and Plascon ambassador)
Eben Etzebeth; and local plants and
animals, including the strelitzia, rhino,
zebra, leopard and elephant.
Here, ‘inspiration and innovation that
is beyond colour’ describe both a rainbow
nation that is able to look beyond colour,
and how Plascon looks beyond just the
colour of its paints, into the sustainability
and quality of its brand. dw

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