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Color of the Year
Discover this year’s leading hue, then go back and take a look at past years’ celebrated shades.
Year-Defining Hues
Each year, Director of Color Marketing, Sue Wadden, works with a global team of esteemed color and design leaders to create Colormix®, our annual trend forecast. Selected from Colormix®, a stand-out shade rises to the top and becomes the Color of the Year.
Introducing Upward
Bring timeless lightness and total tranquility to spaces where fresh ideas can take flight. This is Upward SW 6239, our positively peaceful 2024 Color of the Year.
2023
Redend Point
2023
Redend Point
Embrace a spirit of connection to the world around us with this soulful-yet-subtle hue.
Embrace a spirit of connection to the world around us with this soulful-yet-subtle hue.
2022
Evergreen Fog
2022
Evergreen Fog
A simple but sophisticated chameleon color. Green-meets-gray, with just a bit of blue.
A simple but sophisticated chameleon color. Green-meets-gray, with just a bit of blue.
2021
Urbane Bronze
2021
Urbane Bronze
Tap into nature with a hue whose warmth and comfort breathe down-to-earth tranquility.
Tap into nature with a hue whose warmth and comfort breathe down-to-earth tranquility.
2020
Naval
2020
Naval
Evoke a sense of opulence with this serene shade between ocean and evening sky.
Evoke a sense of opulence with this serene shade between ocean and evening sky.
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Order Color Samples
Order Color Samples
Make sure you’ve found the perfect color for your next project. Order color chips, peel & stick or Color to Go® samples to see how your top color picks look and feel in your space.
Make sure you’ve found the perfect color for your next project. Order color chips, peel & stick or Color to Go® samples to see how your top color picks look and feel in your space.
More About Color of the Year
Each year, color leaders from around the world gather for the Annual Color Forecast Workshop. They use research, color trend reports and industry analysis to think through what will be trending in the upcoming seasons. From these learnings, the Annual Colormix Forecast is developed and the Color of the Year is found among those palettes. Learn more about the processhere.
Sherwin-Williams Director of Color Marketing Sue Wadden selects the Color of the Year from that year's Colormix Forecast.
Stay tuned. The 2025 Color of the Year will be revealed in September 2024.
