Welp, we didn’t suppose we’d be beginning this round-up in AUGUST. However alas, the primary 2026 Colour of the Yr was introduced on the finish of July of 2025 (!!!), so right here we go:
The annual Colour of the Yr bulletins are one in every of our favourite traditions to observe (and predict, with various levels of sucess). Annually, a whole lot of the biggest paint producers choose a hue and/or palette they consider “captures” and/or “forecasts” design tendencies. Some are daring. Some are boring. Some are straight-up bonkers (who remembers the colour we affectionately dubbed “scorching canine”?). So we’ll proceed to replace this put up because the 2026 COTYs are introduced over the subsequent six months. And you’ll want to take a look at our 2024 and 2025 round-ups as a recap!
Like we did final yr, we’re additionally exhibiting you every firm’s picks over the previous couple of years proper right here on this put up, as a result of it’s a enjoyable approach to see how kinds shift and types swing from year-to-year. And you will discover our predictions on the backside!
What’s the 2026 Colour of the Yr?
There isn’t one single “coloration of the yr.” As a substitute, a number of corporations like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and Pantone, declare their very own particular person coloration. There are totally different strategies for a way every model makes their selection, however the objective (apart from advertising) is to touch upon what they’re seeing or predicting within the design world. Typically in addition they use it to symbolize bigger tendencies or client moods like feeling hope, a returning to nature, or embracing relaxation.
What Had been Final Yr’s Colours?
Under are our recaps of each Colour of the Yr for each 2024 and 2025 – and you’ll click on these two years for an in-depth have a look at earlier choices. The 2025 colours that had been chosen had been dominated by moody browns, purples, and mauves. It was truly surprisingly constant throughout many of the manufacturers! Particularly once you examine them to 2024, the place we noticed much more selection (some heat, some cool, some mild, some darkish).
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if any manufacturers richocet again to lighter, brighter, or cheerier colours in 2026 since we’d usually describe final yr’s as… very brown. Will we see a whole lot of commonalities throughout manufacturers once more this yr? Or will the totally different corporations make daring selections to differentiate themselves from the pack?
Each 2026 Colour of the Yr
With 5 months of 2025 nonetheless left, it’s no shock that only one of 15 manufacturers has introduced their Colour of the Yr. We’ll replace this listing as extra roll out. Final yr we didn’t get the ultimate announcement till January, so be affected person!
Right here’s a more in-depth have a look at every coloration we all know to this point.
Behr’s 2026 Colour of the Yr
Behr stored issues darkish & wealthy for the third consective yr with their 2026 Colour of the Yr decide: Hidden Gem. Described as a “smokey jade with an aura,” it’s daring & colourful however nonetheless desaturated sufficient to make it appropriate as a wall coloration. It’s additionally reminds us of one in every of our favourite accent colours from round 15 years in the past (this one).
As you may see, the final 3 years have been a notable shift from the lighter and breezier colours Behr used to pick out. We’re not too stunned, given the prevalence of deep, moody colours these days (and full room color-drenching, which suggests portray the trim/molding in addition to built-ins or cupboards the identical wealthy hue).
Our 2026 Colour of the Yr Predictions
Along with monitoring these bulletins, we prefer to make our personal guesses. You may see how we did with our predictions final yr proper right here on this recap. And listed here are our 2026 predictions, which we made on August 1, 2025 on Instagram tales (that’s usually the place you will discover them annually).
Sherry’s Guesses
- A taupey-purple
- Emerald inexperienced
- Fireplace engine pink
John’s Guesses
- A creamy white
- Wealthy navy
- Pink-ish terra cotta
We’ll replace this graphic anytime a brand new coloration is introduced is “within the neighborhood” of any of our guesses. This isn’t horrible scientific… it’s principally for enjoyable & bragging rights in our home (Sherry & I’ve a pleasant competion to see who can get extra annually).
Extra Paint Colours We Love
You may take a look at extra of our favourite go-to paint colours by touring our houses within the menu on the high of our weblog. We’ve additionally written these detailed deep-dive posts about our favourite paint colours:
