I was scrolling IG the other evening and found yet another Color of the Year announced.
We have Mocha Mousse from Pantone and Nocturne from Kona, both of which I talked about the other week. Could these two colors be more different?
Now, we have KitchenAid’s Color of the Year, Butter, joining the party.
If you are thinking, enough is enough, wait there are more! Better Homes and Gardens has a whole article about Colors of the Year as does House Beautiful. A lot of these companies are paint companies. Sherwin-Williams was not satisfied with one color, but chose nine, yes NINE, in their “first ever color capsules of the year.” Most of the colors are brown and purple tones.
N.B. Kona and KitchenAid were not included in the article, which was written in December.
Separately, Diamond Vogel, a paint company I have never heard of, announced their color of the year: Rediscover 0408. It could be just 0408. It is a green color.
I think a lot of these colors are depressing and dark. Perhaps it reflects the times?
Young House Love provides a recap of all the paint colors of the year for 2025. This is a nice post, even without Kona and KitchenAid, as it provides the new CotY next to the previous several years for each company. You could use these for quilt color palettes assuming you like darker colors.
What is your color of the year? I am struggling to choose between turquoise and pink.