Welp, we Didn’t Think We’D Be Starting This Round-up in August. But alas, the first 2026 color of the year was announced at the end of July of 2025! And less than two weeks later we’ve alredy got our second announs, so here we go:
The annual color of the year announsements are one of our favorite traditions to follow (and predict, with varying degrees of success). Each year, a lot of the largest pain manufacturers select a hue and/or palette they believe “captures” and/or “forecasts” design trends. Some are bold. Some are boring. Some are straight-up bonkers So we we’ll continue to update this post as the 2026 cotys are announced over the next six months. And be sure to check out our 2024 and 2025 Round-ups as a recap!
Like we did last yearWe’re also showing you each company’s picks over the last few years right here in this post, because it’s a fun way to And you can find our predictions at the bottom!
What is the 2026 color of the year?
There isn’t one single “color of the year.” INTEAD, Several Companies like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and Pantone, Declare their own individual color. There are different methods for how Each brand makes their choice, but the goal (besides marketing) is to comment on what they’re seeing or predicting in the design world. Somemes they also use it to represent larger trends or consumer moods like feel
What was last year’s colors?
Below are our recaps of every color of the year for bot 2024 and 2025 -And you can click those two years for an in-depth look at Previous selections. The 2025 colors that were chowned by dominated by moody browns, purples, and mauves. It was actually surprisingly consistent across most of the brands! Especially when you compare them to 2024, where we are a lot more variety (some warm, some cool, some light, some dark).
It will be interesting to see if any brands richocet back to lighter, brighter, or cheerer colors in 2026 since we’D we’D generally descibe last year’s as… very brown. Will we see a lot of commonalities Across Brands Again This Year? Or will the different companies make bold chooses to distrusting themselves from the pack?
Every 2026 color of the year
With five months of 2025 still left, it’s no surprise that only 2 of 15 brands we track have announced their color of the year. We will update this list as more roll out. Last Year We Didn’t Get the Final Announcement Until January, So be Patient!
Here’s a closer look at each color we know so far.
Behr’s 2026 color of the year
Behr kept things dark & rich for the third conservative year with their 2026 color of the year pick: Hidden gemDescribed as a “smokey jade with an air of mystery,” It’s bold & colorful but still desaturated enough to make it suitableable as a wall color. It’s also reminds us of One of our favorite accent colors From Around 15 years ago (This one,
As you can see, the last 3 years have been a notable shift from the lighter and breezier colors behr used to select. We’re not too surprised, giving the prevalence of deep, moody colors lately (and full room color-drenching, which means painting the trim/molding as well-likes or cabinets.
Valspar’s 2026 color of the year
Valspar’s 2026 Selection, Warm eucalyptusIs muted, earthy gray-grayen that the paint company descriptions as “restful to the eye” and therefore “restful to the soul.” Their announsement talks a lot about redefining how we think about neutral colors, and they say that that neutrals are good colors, they’re just inviting, calming, calming, and grounding colors that are
This is Valspar’s Third Year of Picking a Single Coty (Prior to 2024, They Announced A Mutli-Color Collection). It’s definitely a popular color that has been trending for a while It will be interesting if we see them swing back to traditional callless “Neutrals” like grays, creams, or charcoals in the future.
Our 2026 color of the year predictions
In addition to tracking these announsements, we like to make our own guesses. You can see how we did with our predictions last year Right here in this recapAnd here are our 2026 predictions, which we made on August 1, 2025 on Instagram Stories (That’s Typically where you can find them each year).
Sherry’s Gueseses
- A taupey-purple
- Emerald Green
- Fire Engine Red
John’s Gueseses
- A creamy white
- Rich navy
- Pink-Shish Terra Cotta
We will update this graphic anytime a new color is announced is “in the neighborhood” of any of our guesses. This isn Bollywood scientific… It’s mostly for fun & bragging rights in our house (Sherry & I have a friendly compression to see who can get more each year).
More paint colors we love
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