The designer says: "The new highlights are the yellow, orange, mauve, clear blue, and not least the greens.

These optimistic colours will play an important role in interiors in the years to come. Not only in schools and hospitals, but also in offices where the strong colours supplement the neutral ones and can be used to demarcate an area such as a lounge or a canteen.

See the colours: Argos, Delfi, Digital

Green. Nature has always been taken inside in the form of, for example, pot plants or floral wallpaper.

Now this can be done with the aid of the green colour - a simple and effective way of adding vitality to an interior.

Purple. If an effect is needed, purple is the new basic colour on a par with red and orange.

It can either be combined with more neutral colours such as black, grey or very dark purple – or used to full effect in combination with orange and yellow.

Black and blue. Just as we thought cobalt blue was out of fashion, it has been bought back with the eighties retro-style, this time highly refined in combination with black and grey.

Classic colours. I have also added some classic colours which are always elegant and easy to place, e.g. pale blue, dark mauve and dusted green.” 

New colour scale by Gabriel designer Dorthe Helm