Showcase your creative flair and enter the 2026 Resene Total Colour Awards

26 Nov 2025

Homeowners, designers, architects, decorators and colour lovers – it's your time to shine. And your last chance to enter with entries closing on 19 December 2025!

The Resene Total Colour Awards celebrate the bold, the innovative and the beautiful use of colour in design. Whether your project is residential, commercial, interior, exterior, big, small, built or conceptual… if colour plays a starring role, we want to see it.

With over NZ $15,000 in prizes up for grabs, including NZ $1,000 for each category winner and NZ $2,500 for the prestigious Resene Total Colour Nightingale Award, it's more than just an accolade, it's an opportunity for your work to gain national recognition.

Winners will receive:

• $1,000 for each category winner and $2,500 for the winner of the prestigious Resene Total Colour Nightingale Award
• A Resene Total Colour Award sculpture
• Promotion across Resene's digital, print, and social media platforms throughout the year
• Automatic entry into the Colour Master Nightingale Award the best of the best award selected from each category winners (excluding the Lifetime Achievement award).

To see the different categories, learn more about the Resene Total Colour Awards, and to enter: Click here!

Main image, Resene Total Colour Awards residential winners 2024/25 (clockwise from top left):

• Winner of the Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Colour Maestro Award - Crinkle Cut by Liz Tjahjana, Aaron Paterson and Steven Lloyd, Pac Studio Ltd. and Steven Lloyd Architecture. Image by Simon Devitt. Finished in Resene Half Pot Pourri and Resene Alabaster.
• Winner of the Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Award - Iconic Wellington Apartment by Hannah Ferens and Joneen Rodgers, Hello Home Interiors. Image by Anna Briggs. Finished in Resene Albescent White, Resene Lichen, Resene Weathered Orange and Resene Ipanema.
• Winner of the Resene Total Colour Neutrals Colour Maestro Award - Arney Road Residence by Abri Architects. Image by Katrina Weiner. Finished in Resene Foggy Grey and Resene Wan White from the Karen Walker Paints collection.
• Winner of the Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Colour Maestro Award - Shades of Hydrangea by Marlene Hudson, Marlene Hudson Design. Image by Tracey Scott. Finished in Resene Dusted Blue, Resene Alabaster and Resene Sea Nymph.

Published: 26 Nov 2025