We can’t offer a crystal ball to see into the new year and what it will bring, but every year the design world forecasts trending paint colors for months to come. While we enjoy the pleasures of the last few months of 2024, we can look forward to 2025 with color of the year selections, many of which already have been released.
Though we’re still waiting on Carlstadt-based color authority Pantone for its choice, these trusted companies—plus input from a New Jersey designer—give us a taste of what’s to come.
Deep and Dramatic
With Valspar’s pick of the deep blue Encore and Minwax’s selection of rich, saturated Violet, it seems deep and dramatic colors may be on everyone’s mind in 2025. Both shades bring to mind the upward-trending maximalist aesthetic, which is encouraging homeowners to be bolder with their colors. Glidden’s pick, Purple Basil, conjures images of velvet, wine and old-world smoking rooms.
Interior designer Andrea Leone of I&I Designs in Manalapan in agrees. “I see myself sampling shades of aubergine, like Velvet Cloak by Benjamin Moore, CSP-480, or Caponata, AF-650,” she says.
Jewel Tones
Why not make color the crown jewel of your home? Both Behr’s ruby-toned Rumors and Mapped Blue, the pick of Dutch Boy Paints, are bright, high-impact and enduring. Both also put a new twist on classic shades.
How can you use them? Says Leone: “I believe we may gravitate toward incorporating jewel tones for a pop.” They can make the perfect trim or accent wall, or you can use them for a high-impact built-in.
Warm Neutrals
While colors like black and white are still popular, Leone anticipates a slow shift to neutral preferences. “I think we are still on the downswing from all of the grays we have been seeing,” she says, “so I predict people will still be drawn to warmer tones in 2025. We are even seeing this trend in the fashion world.”
And the colors of the year seem are trending that way too. Try Stainmaster’s Truffle or Little Greene’s Mochi, both of which sooth and add an instant sense of history to a space, or Graham & Brown’s Elderton, which conjurers a connection to nature. Caramelized by Dunn-Edwards claims to be the “new neutral,” and will add warmth to any space in your house. Even deeper? Raku by C2 is rich with red undertones, calling to mind centuries-old pottery.
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