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The Pantone Color Institute announced recently that PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse is the shade to watch across fashion, beauty, and interiors in the year to come. Dubbing it an “aspirational” brown, Pantone remarked on the hue’s richness and innately comforting quality, likening it to the delectable quality of cacao, chocolate and coffee.
Benjamin Moore has announced Cinnamon Slate 2113-40 as its 2025 Color of the Year. This blend of heathered plum and velvety brown offers a sense of soothing familiarity and balance, making it a versatile choice for any design style.
Purple is poised to be pervasive in 2025, if color authorities have anything to say about it. It started on the runways in the form of periwinkle suits, lilac knitwear, and lavender dresses. And then came the COTY announcements: Minwax’s annointed hue: Violet. GLIDDEN Paint by PPG’s follow-up announcement: Purple Basil. Even Behr’s peppy red, Rumors and C2 Raku have purple undertones.
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If any color could paint a smile on your face, it’s True Joy, AkzoNobel’s Color of the Year for 2025. True Joy is an uplifting, sunny yellow shade that will fill your home with creative energy, optimism and pride.
True Joy is much more vivid than the muted colors selected by AkzoNobel in years past. I’m a little surprised at the selection considering Wild Wonder was the hero color for 2023.
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Behr Paint has unveiled its 2025 Color of the Year, Rumors MQ1-15 , a deep ruby red that adds warmth and elegance both in and outside the home. Looking back, it’s close to Epoch, Graham & Brown COTY 2021, in intensity but warmer in hue. Rumors has an elegant, muted presence that surprisingly yields a balance of vibrancy and subtleness.
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