The 2027 Paint Colors of the Year Are Here, and There’s One Huge Trend
Paint companies have started revealing their Colors of the Year for 2027, and for once, the choices don’t feel completely unrelated.
At first glance, we have pale green, deep olive, smoky blue, earthy orange and muted pink. They certainly aren’t all the same color.
But put them together and a much bigger pattern appears. Paint color is heading back to nature.
2027 Paint Colors of the Year
Now, this isn’t a new thing. I would say the last few years have all been following the nature trend, with lots of greens and browns included. I would also go as far as to say that aren’t all colors based in nature? However, the colors of the year for 2027 feel more grounded, closely entwined with the outside world and above all, calmer.
The 2027 paint colors are soft, earthy and reassuring rather than bright, synthetic or overly polished. We are seeing moss, sage, clay, smoky water-inspired blues and mineral pinks, with several brands talking about restoration, calm, balance and feeling more connected to nature.
And there is something else noticeably absent so far.
Gray!
Which doesn’t surprise me in the least. Whenever I post anything remotely gray on my social media, there will always be at least one comment going “not gray again” or “gray is so over”. Whilst I don’t really agree it’s over, gray has its place as a wonderful neutral, I think we are leaning towards other neutrals in our homes.
After years of cool gray dominating walls, kitchens and entire new-build homes, the 2027 palette feels warmer, muddier and much more organic.
Here are the colors of the year announced so far, plus what I think they tell us about where interior color is heading next.
Sherwin-Williams: Celery SW 6421
Sherwin-Williams has chosen Celery SW 6421, an airy herbal green, as its 2027 Color of the Year.
The company describes Celery as a light green designed around ideas of clarity, comfort and restoration. It sits somewhere between a soft botanical green and a gently yellowed sage, rather than the gray-green shades we have seen everywhere over the last few years.
And I think that warmer undertone is important.
Green itself isn’t new, but green is evolving. Instead of pale eucalyptus and very gray sage, we are starting to see greens that feel sunnier, earthier and slightly more alive.
Celery would look lovely with warm white, oak, walnut, terracotta, soft pink, natural linen and aged brass. It could also be an easy way to use more color without committing to anything particularly dark or dramatic.
Behr: Grounded T27-01
Behr has gone much deeper with Grounded T27-01, an earthy olive green sitting between moss and olive with subtle brown undertones.
Behr describes the shade as being inspired by nature and designed to create spaces that feel warm, restorative and connected. The company has even positioned Grounded as part of an evolution toward what it calls a “living neutral.”
This is very reminiscent of Benjamin Moore’s color of the year for 2026 – Silhouette. Although it has more green undertones than brown.
It has enough color to completely change the mood of a room, but olive has an amazing ability to behave almost like a neutral when you put it beside wood, stone, cream and brown.
I could see Grounded working beautifully on kitchen cabinets, built-in bookcases, a home office, dining room walls or even throughout a cozy living room.
Pair it with chocolate brown, caramel, linen, cream and dark wood and you have a color palette that feels very 2027 without looking particularly trendy.
Dulux: Soulful Sage
Dulux has also chosen green, naming Soulful Sage its Colour of the Year for 2027.
This one is a little darker and more silvery than Sherwin-Williams Celery. Dulux describes Soulful Sage as a soft, ethereal green and has built its 2027 color story around the idea of creating lighter, more uplifting spaces at home.
It is another interesting sign that sage isn’t disappearing.
Instead, the enormous sage-green trend appears to be splitting into different directions. At one end we have deeper, muddier olives such as Grounded. At the other we have fresh, luminous shades such as Soulful Sage and Celery.
So if you’ve been wondering whether green interiors are finished, the paint companies appear to have other ideas.
Valspar: Cottage Door 8004-38E
Valspar has moved away from green with Cottage Door 8004-38E, a muted blue with a cool undertone.
It has an LRV of 26, which makes it considerably deeper than many of the soft shades in this year’s group. Valspar officially places it within the blue family.
This isn’t a bright coastal blue, though. Cottage Door has a smoky, subdued quality that makes it feel more like a weathered blue you might find on an old painted door, piece of furniture, or faded textile.
And that fits the wider 2027 story beautifully.
Even when brands aren’t choosing green, they are moving toward colors that feel familiar, softened and connected to natural or aged materials.
I would pair Cottage Door with creamy whites, walnut, cognac leather, antique brass and warm stone to stop the cooler undertone from becoming too chilly.
Pittsburgh Paints and Glidden: Artifact PPG10-16
Artifact PPG10-16 has been named the 2027 Color of the Year by Pittsburgh Paints, with Glidden also featuring Artifact as its 2027 choice.
Pittsburgh Paints describes it as a smoky blue inspired partly by the restorative qualities of water, while Glidden describes it as a calm, fresh aqua.
Again, notice the language.
Calm. Reset. Restore. Recalibrate.
That keeps appearing across the 2027 announcements.
Artifact is also far removed from the crisp navy-and-white palettes that became so popular over the last decade. It is murkier and quieter, with enough gray in the mix to soften the blue without turning the color into another gray neutral.
It would look beautiful with warm brown wood, cream, rust, olive and aged metal.
Dutch Boy: Deep Rooted 311-7DB
Finally, something that isn’t green or blue. Dutch Boy’s Deep Rooted 311-7DB is an earthy orange with a warm undertone and an LRV of 17.
Dutch Boy describes it as a natural color intended to make a home feel inviting and personal.
But don’t imagine bright pumpkin orange. Deep Rooted is much closer to terracotta, rust and sun-baked clay.
And I think this color might tell us just as much about 2027 as all those greens.
Warm earthy reds and oranges have slowly been creeping back into interiors alongside burgundy, chocolate brown and darker woods. They make a room feel instantly warmer and work particularly well with the vintage and traditional influences we are seeing in decorating.
I would love this in a small dining room, reading nook, powder room or alongside cream cabinetry in a kitchen.
Graham & Brown: Rose Earth
Graham & Brown has chosen Rose Earth as its 2027 Colour of the Year, a warm earthy pink with soft clay and muted brown undertones.
The inspiration comes from natural mineral pigments traditionally sourced from Italian clay deposits, and Graham & Brown describes the color as soft, grounded and versatile.
This is exactly the sort of pink I think we will see more of.
It isn’t sugary blush pink, it sits somewhere between dusty rose, clay, plaster and muted terracotta, which allows it to work surprisingly well as a neutral.
Pair Rose Earth with dark wood, burgundy, cream, olive or muted green and it could feel incredibly sophisticated.
It is also another paint color that makes much more sense alongside vintage furniture and natural materials than a cool gray ever did.
Graham & Brown have paired this paint color with their “Design of the Year” wallpaper, Roselle Grove, as above, and I love it! Described as warm and enveloping, Roselle Grove Dusky Pink offers a richer, more intimate interpretation of this intricate floral design.
So What Is the Big 2027 Paint Trend?
When you put these paint colors together, the trend isn’t simply green.
Green is certainly the strongest single color family so far, with Sherwin-Williams, Behr and Dulux all choosing variations of it. But the bigger movement is toward colors that feel connected to the natural world.
We have herbal green, moss, olive, smoky water-inspired blue, weathered blue, clay orange and mineral pink.
Even the descriptions the companies are using have similarities. Behr talks about renewal and reconnection with nature. Sherwin-Williams talks about restoration and balance. Dulux talks about lightness and the landscape. Pittsburgh Paints talks about recalibrating and restoring.
It feels less like decorating a perfectly styled house and more like wanting our homes to feel reassuring.
And I think that explains why these paint colors are so muted. They aren’t demanding attention; they are designed to be lived with, which I think paint companies often ignore.
Is Gray Finally Over?
I think we ask this question every year. I wouldn’t declare gray dead, or if ever! There are still beautiful warm grays, and plenty of homes where gray makes complete sense.
But the shift is hard to ignore.
Among these major 2027 announcements so far, we haven’t seen a straightforward gray chosen as Color of the Year.
Instead, paint colors that might once have been heavily grayed are being warmed with green, blue, brown, pink and clay undertones. Even neutrals are becoming more colorful.
That is probably the more useful lesson to take from the 2027 announcements.
You don’t necessarily have to paint your living room green or your kitchen terracotta. But if you are choosing a neutral, you might find yourself looking at mushroom rather than gray, cream rather than brilliant white, olive rather than charcoal, or dusty blue instead of navy.
What About Benjamin Moore’s 2027 Color of the Year?
There is still one very big piece of the puzzle missing.
As of September 21, 2026, Benjamin Moore has not announced its 2027 Color of the Year. The company’s official 2027 page says its Color of the Year and Color Trends palette will be revealed in October.
That reveal will be particularly interesting now.
Will Benjamin Moore follow the nature-inspired direction with another green, blue or earthy shade? Or will it deliberately go somewhere completely different?
For now, though, the message coming from the 2027 paint colors of the year already announced feels remarkably consistent:
Our homes are getting warmer, earthier and closer to nature.
And after years of cool gray, brilliant white and very polished interiors, I can’t say I’m sorry to see it.
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