Designers rely on colour to add life and personality to a room and to set the mood for the spaces we're working in. There are the basic principals of colour and design - for instance, horizontal lines to widen a space or bring the ceiling down, or a dark or intense wall of colour at one end to make a long narrow space less so.

Colour trends are almost always related to current lifestyle perceptions and general concerns and values. Amid the gloom and despondency that has surrounded us recently the trends for the rest of 2009 and into 2010 is to look for brightness and light to help us accentuate the positive.

Bright coloured high gloss doors used as accent colours with traditional whites and creams will lead the trends going forward and whatever the colour, we will also be using lots of texture, creating a sort of less processed look that once again takes us back to nature and comfort.

Certainly the trend toward a new contemporary is an opportunity for these colour schemes and finish materials to gain ground.

We seem to wish for a simplification of life in general, and that will probably translate to colour choices. With the backdrop of the new neutrals, vivid and pure colours are showing up as accents throughout our homes in lighting, paint finishes, soft furnishings and wall papers and I can't see taste being any different when it comes to our kitchen and bedroom doors.

Thankfully with the many great offers out there at the moment we are all spoiled for choice.

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