What Happened to Those Color of the Year Predictions?

For those of you who are interested in color, fashion, and design, you may wonder what happened to those color of the year predictions many of us made way back in 2024? Seems as though some were instantly rejected, some were adopted, and many were sneered at. So what do you do when there are so many around? Do you simply pick your favorite or do you do eenie meenie minie mo or what? Here are some ideas for those of you experiencing confusion!

If in doubt, go with Pantone

After all, Pantone is the one who began all those color of the year pronouncements! So why not start there? Pantone’s color of the year for 2025 is Mocha Mousse. It’s a warm color that, in Pantone’s words, “embodies connection, comfort, and harmony.” And we have to say anything to do with coffee has us giving a collective thumbs up. But mocha mousse softer than espresso, and makes us think of dessert, too. If you look at the Pantone website, you’ll even see a video with swirling mocha mousse that looks better than any dessert you’d get at a coffee shop.

Nutshell, from Sherwin-Williams collection, reflects mocha mousse

Regarding chocolate brown colors like Nutshell, this mocha-ish color can be used along with Mocha Mousse, or with Sherwin-Williams’ other beautiful colors. For instance, you couldn’t go wrong with Sherwin-Williams stucco for your exterior and then a variety of chocolatey brown varieties for the interior of your home. If you added an espresso-scented candle, people would believe they were living in a coffee shop!

Behr shows colors that work well with Pantone’s color of the year

We particularly love Behr’s Color Trends Palette (check out the one for 2025) because so many of the colors work with the Pantone Color of the Year. Although we loved Behr’s prediction of a Ruby Red color, their color trends palette is an even better choice, in our opinion. For example, take a look at their Oxford Street color–a beautiful and rich golden brown. Gardener’s Soil is even more interesting, with its blackish brown hue.

Making the most of your windows

You can use window film to enhance your choice of interior/exterior colors, or in some cases, you can choose a neutral window film that you won’t even be able to see. Many window films do their best work when you can’t even see they’re there. See our last post, Making the Most of Your Windows for more info. On a side note, are you impressed that we used “their, they’re, and there” in the same sentence?

Still confused by all the color of the year predictions?

Give us a call and we can steer you and your color choices. We’d love to help you choose the best film for your home or building. We work all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area, from San Jose to the East Bay to the San Mateo Peninsula and Marin–and have expanded into southern California, too! Give us a call at 415.623.8700.