2026 colour trends
Guy Hubble, joint managing director at RegaLead, home of ColorSpray coating solutions, looks ahead to the colour trends we’ll see next year.
As 2025 draws to an end, we look to trends for 2026.
Usually, we see interiors trends gradually trickling down into the window and door sector, so when the likes of giant colour influencers like Pantone and Dulux announce their next ‘colours of the year’, we can safely assume that by the end of the following year, we will have seen those shades influencing the colours we see in our everyday lives.
This year has certainly followed that pattern. Dulux’s 2025 colour of the year was True Joy, an uplifting yellow shade which had huge influences on interiors this summer, with homeowners mixing soft butter yellow and hot mustard tones. Pantone’s 2025 shade was Mocha Mousse, a rich, neutral brown that has now made its mark on the catwalk with brown subsequently becoming the ‘it’ colour for many Autumn/Winter 25 fashion collections.
As I write this, we are still awaiting the launch of Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year, but the companies that have released their shades so far are leaning towards bluey-green or dark natural palettes.
Benjamin Moore has kept with the brown tone theme for 2026, announcing Silhouette as its colour of the year – a brown with a rich espresso tone. US paint giant Valspar has named Warm Eucalyptus, Behr’s Hidden Gem is a ‘smokey jade’ and Dulux has launched a palette of three indigo shades: Free Groove, Slow Swing and Mellow Flow.
On the earthy side of the spectrum, we’re seeing continued popularity of burgundy. Graham & Brown has opted for Divine Damson, a rich fig shade and Little Greene has chosen Adventurer, a deep, plummy aubergine. Meanwhile, Glidden has named Warm Mahogany – an earthy, dark red tone.
In recent years, there has been a notable shift by many brands from naming a single shade to using this trend prediction period to promote a full palette of trending colours. For 2025, the likes of Farrow & Ball and Crown both chose to launch trending colour palettes following in the footsteps of Lick’s annual colour edit.
This shift from a single selection to a range of colours is a real indicator of how consumer trends are shifting – a choice of trending colours is now preferable to a single shade that’s destined to be popular for the year ahead.
Colour Trends for Fenestration
Whilst we know that there have been obvious shifts away from standard white window frames, it is really only a side-step to other classic neutrals, as shown by Keystone Market Research’s latest UK Consumer Fenestration Trends Report.
This highlighted that the top five window colour preferences, after White, were Dark Grey, Mid-Grey, Dark Brown Wood Effect, Light Grey and Light Brown Wood Effect.
So, it’s really still the door market that offers a real colour upsell opportunity and design-savvy homeowners who are looking for the perfect entrance and who are being influenced by the latest colour trends will want to see those options available.
With that in mind, we’re naming our own ColorSpray Colours of the Year 2026. Firstly, two of our deepest shades – Hacienda, a stunning dark burgundy colour and Ink, the darkest blue shade. Both are recommended in a semi-gloss finish to really show off the depth of the colour.
Completing our 2026 palette are Olive Grove and Cotswold – two lighter, traditional shades that really lean into the blue-green popularity. We recommend them both with a semi-matte finish for a true heritage feel.
All available in our Standard ColorSpray range, these shades are perfect reflections of the emerging interior colour trends, helping installers create stunning, on-trend entrances in 2026.