The first is a big leap onto the warm and cozy side of the color wheel, with many of the paint companies choosing red and terra cotta colors as their colors of the year. The other is a much greater emphasis on warm neutrals, such as white, cream, and beige.
Muted shades of terracotta, green, yellow, and plum will be popular choices for wall paint, furniture, and home decor, predicts Bast. “These colors are warm and natural-looking and they provide a great contrast to the wood tones we have seen returning to cabinetry and furniture,” she adds.
Introducing Digital Lavender as our Colour of the Year for 2023. Purple will return as a key colour for 2023, representing wellness and digital escapism.
Both Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams chose a red-based hue as their 2023 Color of the Year: Raspberry Blush (BM 2008-30) and Redend Point (SW 9081), respectively. From dusty cedar to cranberry to subtle magentas, reds will be everywhere this coming year. India Yellow (Farrow and Ball No. 66).
Now that gray has fallen out of favor, you may be wondering what color is replacing gray. Of all the neutrals, gray is the one that always held the most gravitas with designers and decorators, however, gray is slowly being replaced by beige.
Overall, the chromatic trend for Autumn-Winter 2023/2024 presents great comebacks and confirmations, with a palette that ranges from red to gray, yellow to brown, and pink. Even the most delicate and subtle shades will have their space, inviting experimentation and rediscovery of classic nuances in an original key.
Channel deep charcoals and browns.
“Heading into 2023, we're really into darker and dramatic shades, such as deep charcoals and browns. These tones are not only elegant and upscale when complemented with tonal furnishings and accessories, but they bring a warm and comfortable feel to the space.”
Green, grey, and blue are the most popular living room colours for 2023. New search data analysis found that we are making bolder choices in our living spaces, embracing bright and rich shades, as well as some more unexpected colours.
Welcome to the world of Apricot Crush! The official color of the year 2024 was announced by the experts at WGSN and Coloro back in 2022.
The lucky color for 2023 is based on the element that rules the sign of the year -it's a color that promises to bring luck, prosperity, and health and can be used to bring those feelings into your interior design project. Forest green is the lucky color for 2023, a color that can represent both – earth and water.
Behr's neutral pick for 2023 is Blank Canvas, a creamy, use-anywhere, goes-with-everything white. "Blank Canvas, a timeless warm white, is a great choice to create a clean and crisp feel in any setting," says Erika Woelfel, vice president of color and creative services.
Some of the most popular interior design trends for 2023 include quiet luxury, the return of bold color, natural stone surfaces, closed floor plans, mixed metal finishes, statement lighting, and 60s and 70s influences — particularly in furniture design.
Beige has been patiently waiting on the sidelines, and for 2023, it's back as the choice designer neutral, and I couldn't be more excited for its second time in the sun.
Digital Lavender, Luscious Red, Sundial, Tranquil Blue and Verdigris are the color names for 2023. Who chooses the names of the new colors? Names are selected by the WGSN and Coloro color team, before being verified by our in-house Equality Vision Team to ensure a proper translation on a global scale.
Sherwin-Williams's 2023 color of the year: Redend Point SW 9081. “It's if beige could blush,” says Sue Wadden, the color marketing director at Sherwin-Williams. “It's a pink-undertone neutral that is warm and earthy, and it has a certain softness and soothing quality to it that is really unique.”
According to Feng Shui philosophy, each year has its own lucky colour. For 2023, the year of the Water Rabbit, the hue set to bring about prosperity and positive energy is forest green. A bold, bright tone that is sure to make an impact in interior design this year.
Pantone: Viva Magenta
Go bold in the new year with Viva Magenta, Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year. The crimson hue is inspired by the red of cochineal, one of the strongest and brightest dyes in the world.
Black skinny jeans have been a timeless fashion staple for years and continue to be in style in 2023. Their color and fit combo is unmatched as they go well with almost any outfit.
For the Spring/Summer 2023 season, we have been seeing a notable portrayal of welcoming the new but mourning the old. Black, butter yellow, Barbie pink, and sizzling red are the four unmistakable fashion color trends of 2023 for the summer season.
The trend forecasters are calling it: Future Dusk, a deep blue-violet shade also known as 129-35-18, is going to be the it color of 2025. By now we know that color of the year declarations are an indication of much more than just the hue that will inspire the design world annually.
Fall/Winter 2023-2024 trends: the tartan
On a kilt or a plaid, this pattern, which we no longer hear about, is making a comeback this Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Fashion Week. On the catwalks, designers use their imagination to reinterpret the woolen fabric, whose stripes and patterns originally designated a specific clan.
For Fall 2023, the company predicts bold hues like Rose Violet (a red-tinged fuchsia), Red Orange (a vibrant, fiery orange), Red Dahlia (a deep red), High Visibility (an almost-neon yellow), Kohlrabi (a playful, vivid green) and Viva Magenta (the 2023 Color of the Year) will take over our wardrobes, per WWD.
When it comes to trends, red will undoubtedly be the colour of the season with everything from clothing to show spaces cast in the hue. Tailoring will also take on a particular prominence for Autumn/Winter 2023, with black suits becoming a key look alongside the return of the tie.