The Colors That Are Actually Winning
Forget color-of-the-year press releases. We track what seventy working designers are specifying in active projects — by Benjamin Moore, Farrow & Ball, and Sherwin-Williams paint code — and publish the movement every quarter.
Eight Colors Designers Keep Choosing
Color Stories, Not Accent Walls
Deep Forest in a Kitchen
Studio Green cabinets paired with unlacquered brass, honed marble, and a cream upper wall. The combination that keeps appearing in designer kitchens this year — and why.
Read the storyEarthen Brown on a Bedroom
Mole’s Breath on all four walls plus the ceiling, softened with oatmeal linens and warm oak. One of the most-saved bedrooms on our site last year.
Read the storyWarm Ochre in a Powder Room
Small rooms take color better than big rooms. India Yellow lacquered onto all six surfaces (yes, including the ceiling) turns a throwaway room into the showpiece.
Read the storySoft Slate as the New Neutral
Greige is aging. Lamp Room Gray is what designers are specifying instead — warmer than the last decade’s cool grays, quieter than a strong color.
Read the storySoft Black on Millwork
Tricorn Black on doors, trim, and built-ins. The move that makes a mid-grade house feel custom — with the specific sheen and undertone to specify.
Read the storyDeep Terracotta in Dining
Picture Gallery Red walls. Candlelight. Linen. The dining room color making a return in designer projects — and the two rooms where it doesn’t work.
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