Welp, we didn’t suppose we’d be beginning this round-up in AUGUST. However alas, the primary 2026 Colour of the 12 months was introduced on the finish of July of 2025 (!!!), so right here we go:
The annual Colour of the 12 months bulletins are one in every of our favourite traditions to observe (and predict, with various levels of sucess). Every year, a whole lot of the biggest paint producers choose a hue and/or palette they consider “captures” and/or “forecasts” design traits. 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 publish because the 2026 COTYs are introduced over the subsequent six months. And remember to try our 2024 and 2025 round-ups as a recap!
Like we did final 12 months, we’re additionally exhibiting you every firm’s picks over the previous couple of years proper right here on this publish, as a result of it’s a enjoyable strategy to see how types shift and types swing from year-to-year. And yow will discover our predictions on the backside!
What’s the 2026 Colour of the 12 months?
There isn’t one single “coloration of the 12 months.” As an alternative, a number of firms like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and Pantone, declare their very own particular person coloration. There are completely different strategies for the way every model makes their selection, however the purpose (in addition to advertising and marketing) is to touch upon what they’re seeing or predicting within the design world. Generally additionally they use it to symbolize bigger traits or shopper moods like feeling hope, a returning to nature, or embracing relaxation.
What Have been Final 12 months’s Colours?
Beneath are our recaps of each Colour of the 12 months for each 2024 and 2025 – and you may click on these two years for an in-depth have a look at earlier picks. 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 evaluate them to 2024, the place we noticed much more selection (some heat, some cool, some gentle, some darkish).
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if any manufacturers richocet again to lighter, brighter, or cheerier colours in 2026 since we’d typically describe final 12 months’s as… very brown. Will we see a whole lot of commonalities throughout manufacturers once more this 12 months? Or will the completely different firms make daring selections to differentiate themselves from the pack?
Each 2026 Colour of the 12 months
With 5 months of 2025 nonetheless left, it’s no shock that just one of 15 manufacturers has introduced their Colour of the 12 months. We’ll replace this listing as extra roll out. Final 12 months we didn’t get the ultimate announcement till January, so be affected person!
Right here’s a better have a look at every coloration we all know to date.
Behr’s 2026 Colour of the 12 months
Behr saved issues darkish & wealthy for the third consective 12 months with their 2026 Colour of the 12 months 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 possibly can 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 currently (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 12 months Predictions
Along with monitoring these bulletins, we wish to make our personal guesses. You may see how we did with our predictions final 12 months proper right here on this recap. And listed below are our 2026 predictions, which we made on August 1, 2025 on Instagram tales (that’s usually the place yow will discover them every year).
Sherry’s Guesses
- A taupey-purple
- Emerald inexperienced
- Hearth engine crimson
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 largely for enjoyable & bragging rights in our home (Sherry & I’ve a pleasant competion to see who can get extra every year).
Extra Paint Colours We Love
You may try extra of our favourite go-to paint colours by touring our properties within the menu on the prime of our weblog. We’ve additionally written these detailed deep-dive posts about our favourite paint colours:
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