2023 Paint Color Trends for the Home

Color Overview – Warm & Nostalgic

The trend towards warmer colors continues, balanced by cool blues and green-based hues. While the soothing, go-with-everything feel of neutral hues remains strong, there is a nostalgic shift towards saturated, muted hues that can work as more colorful neutral options. According to color forecasting experts, this trend towards nostalgic hues from decades past, reflects a desire to return to a sense of comfort in a pre-covid era.

Violet, an intrinsically balanced color (a combination of red and blue/warm and cool), is establishing itself more and more as a neutral hue, particularly with paler tints that can color shift, depending on lighting, from lavender to blue to grey.

Color palettes that reflect and complement nature remain strong. Not only are these hues comforting to live with, they’ll continue to work well with interior design trends, as the focus on sustainability has advanced from theory to practical application. According to Montaha Hidefi, Vice President, Color Forecasting at Color Marketing Group, “The shift in how designers are examining and selecting the source of colorants, and how companies are handling the manufacturing processes will have a major impact on materials, driving many to display colors that resemble those obtained by fibers blended during the recycling process or outsourced by plant-based strands.”

2023 Colors of the Year

Valspar

Valspar has created a palette of 12 color “moods” – exploring the idea that color is not only something that you see, but that you also feel.

Behr

Blank Canvas – a luscious, neutral cream that is the perfect “blank canvas” for any décor style. Warm, adaptable and timeless.

Benjamin Moore

Raspberry Blush – Enliven your surroundings while awakening your senses with charismatic color.  Raspberry Blush is a vivacious color that is unapologetic in its boldness as it encourages a confident color statement.

Glidden/PPG

Vining Ivy – This jewel-toned teal aligns with the trend of jewel-toned furniture popping up everywhere and affords a balanced, tranquil feeling to a space.

Sherwin Williams

Redend Point – This warm, earthy, mid-toned clay hue functions as a beautiful neutral that is both welcoming and soothing.

In research recently conducted by Behr, 92% of U.S. homeowners stated they want their home to be a space where they can completely relax and 90% believe it’s important that their home feels like an escape from everyday stress. Home as a haven – as a place of renewal and restoration – is a guiding factor in 2023’s warm and welcoming paint color offerings.

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