Still, COAT’s Colour Curator, Aaron Markwell, denies the possibility of a magnolia revival: "I think to the relief of most, magnolia isn’t making a comeback.

“If there was a defining colour from the 1980s décor, it was magnolia,” says Dulux. “Like an antidote to the vibrant pop art-inspired colour blocking that preceded it in the 60s and 70s, magnolia ...