First off the beginning blocks this 12 months within the annual paint development predictions is Dulux, who’ve gone with not one, however three shades of blue. All very totally different, however equally all more likely to trigger a stir with regards to utilizing them in your partitions.
Regardless of being the world’s hottest color, blue is commonly criticised for being a chilly color, and one which’s missing in heat. Personally, having used blue in many various rooms from bedrooms, by to my present blue and pink open plan kitchen front room, I are likely to disagree.
So, if like me, blue is certainly one of your favorite shades, however you are undecided how you can get it proper, here is how you can use the Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026 to create a house that is not simply on development, however a delight to take a look at too.
What are the Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026?
There are three shades of blue on this 12 months’s Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026, all of which have a distinct really feel:
Though I personally suppose all three do not sit that properly collectively if you wish to use them in a single room, Mellow Movement, the lighter of the trio definitely compliments the opposite two shades and may very well be used together with a impartial, and even contrasting color.
This 12 months’s choice is definitely an unlimited distinction to Dulux’s Color of the Yr 2025, which was True Pleasure, a shiny vibrant yellow. Nevertheless, shades of blue are arguably extra useable and adaptable throughout extra areas of your own home and here is how.
How one can use the Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026
Use Mellow Movement in bedrooms
When selecting how and the place to make use of the Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026, begin by serious about the general look you might be hoping to realize.
In case you lean extra in the direction of a light-weight and ethereal inside, creating a color palette utilizing Mellow Movement, shades of denim, mild oak and off white can be an incredible mixture for an older youngsters’s bed room concept and even in your visitor bed room concepts.
Habitat Cotton Denim Edged Blue Bedding Set – Single
This comfortable denim blue bedding is available in a spread of sizes and is good for a comfortable blue bed room scheme
Newton Gentle Pure Stable Oak Double Mattress
A stable oak double mattress that’s the good associate to your blue bed room concepts
Attempt a Free Groove impressed kitchen diner
For one thing extra punchy, Free Groove paired with zingy lime inexperienced and even yellow will convey even the darkest of rooms to life, and pack a punch the place different colors might fail.
Attempt it for a shiny and vibrant kitchen diner concept, utilizing blue as your cupboard color then accessorising with inexperienced or yellow kitchen decor concepts, selecting them maybe as the colors in your eating chairs and desk.
Habitat X Scion Lohko 12 Piece Stoneware Dinner Set
Tie your blue kitchen diner scheme along with this brightly colored dinner set
Lemon Portray on Blue Stripe | Kitchen Wall Artwork – Framed
Deliver a style of the Mediterranean to your kitchen with blue and yellow paintings
Fwstyle Roy Yellow Set of 4 Metallic Eating Chairs
Add a burst of shiny bistro model with these quirky metallic eating chairs
Color drench your cosy with Sluggish Swing
Or, should you choose a richer color scheme, why not undertake the color drenching paint approach and coat your partitions, ceilings and woodwork in Sluggish Swing, after which pair it with with wealthy burgundy and vibrant metals for heat and cosy cosy concepts.
Or, you might even use it in hallways in your wall panelling concepts for a grand and stylish entrance.
Burgundy Velvet 3 Seater Couch – Payton
A wealthy burgundy three seater couch that comes with a alternative of wood leg finishes
Add glamour to your front room lighting with this metallic pendant mild
Blue loos are an incredible choice too
If you’re frightened blue could be too cool in different rooms, probably the greatest locations to make use of it in your house is in your lavatory concepts. However, the important thing to creating blue work in loos? Do not be tempted to create a pastiche to the seaside.
As a substitute, pair Mellow Movement painted partitions with a characteristic wall of those Wild Botanicals Porcelain Blue tile by Clarissa Hulse from Hyperion Tiles, add crisp white sanitaryware and matt gold faucets and equipment for a clear however refined look.
Or, use Sluggish Swing as your inspiration and select darkish inky blue lavatory furnishings, massive format marble tiles resembling these Onyx Blue in Polished and Matt Tiles from Hyperion Tiles, and end the look with black faucets and {hardware}.
For these of you preferring one thing brighter of a morning? The brighter shade of Free Grove mixed with Mellow Movement, white tiles and lighter toned woods will not fail to present you a Scandi impressed dopamine get up name every day.
Our prime picks
If I needed to choose my favorite of the Dulux Colors of the Yr 2026, I might undoubtedly go for Sluggish Swing and Mellow Movement. I believe the shades lend themselves to different colors extra simply, making them extra suited to a lot of totally different inside concepts.
And, I am not alone in my preferences, as Homebuilding & Renovating’s editor, Beth Murton can be a fan of Sluggish Swing.
“I’m naturally drawn to colors that remind me of the ocean and expanses of water, so blue is a color I’ve used all through my own residence,” says Beth. “With its myriad shades and tones, blue is such a flexible color, working equally properly as a peaceful backdrop in a restful bed room because it does when utilized in a darkish and cosy front room.
“My favorite of the three blue shades in Dulux’s Colors of 2026 is Sluggish Swing, as I naturally gravitate in the direction of this shade’s dramatic, inky tones that remind me of the ocean on a darkish and blustery day – typically my favorite time to be strolling on the seaside! If portray your partitions in such a daring color feels a step too far, don’t neglect you might introduce it extra subtly with a settee or accent chair, a rug or a number of well-chosen equipment.”
Beth Murton
Beth grew to become editor of Homebuilding & Renovating in 2023 with a wealth of expertise, having been a properties journalist and editor for greater than 20 years. She has labored for and contributed to numerous main magazines and web sites within the UK, together with Grand Designs, Properties & Gardens, Actual Properties, Ideally suited Dwelling and Interval Residing. She has absolutely renovated two homes, together with her present property, a Thirties home within the Midlands. Her ardour for all issues homes-related signifies that she’s at all times planning a brand new mission in the home.
For extra inspiration on utilizing blue in your dwelling renovation plans, check out these navy kitchen concepts and should you’re eager so as to add in some totally different shades, discover out what the consultants suggest for mixing and matching colors in a kitchen.
