Transform your home with this year's most popular colours 

Eve Kelliher consults Cork interior designer Jane Dennehy on how to add vibrancy to any space with a pot of paint 

Jane Dennehy believes colour can brighten up any space.

A LICK of paint has always been the ultimate way to transform a room. It can refresh its look and recharge the atmosphere — and these post-lockdown times have inspired many of us to get more creative than ever before with a pot of emulsion and a brush.

First off, a quick snoop on Instagram for a bit of inspiration, aspiration and straight-up interiors envy…and scrolling done, we’re left asking, what’s the most “Instagrammed” paint colour of 2020? The people at home and interiors website Homehow.co.uk (https://www.homehow.co.uk/) took it upon themselves to find out, and commissioned research into the number of hashtags posted on the social networking service for different shades, by different brands.