The 2025 Colour Trends for Your Walls

Every year brings its own crop of new colour trends. In 2025, the palette swings between soothing softness and bold accents.

Colour of the Year: Soft Terracotta

This warm shade, poised between orange and pink, calls to mind earth and nature. It creates welcoming, timeless rooms.

Perfect pairing: off-white, beige, sage green

Neutrals, Evolved

Greige

A blend of grey and beige, it is the new white. Elegant, restful and endlessly versatile.

Warm White

A white tinted with cream or peach. Warmer than pure white, it softens a room.

Taupe

Sophisticated and timeless, it brings depth without darkening the room.

Nature-Inspired Greens

• Sage green: soft and soothing
• Olive green: elegant and vintage
• Forest green: bold and enveloping

Greens dominate 2025, reflecting our need to reconnect with nature.

Timeless Blues

• Klein blue: for the bold
• Grey-blue: elegant and restful
• Navy blue: sophistication guaranteed

Bold Accents

For a feature wall or for smaller details:

• Burgundy: chic and warm
• Mustard: energy and optimism
• Powder pink: modern softness

How to Choose

By Room

• Bedroom: calming tones (blue, sage green, beige)
• Living room: warm neutrals or enveloping colours
• Kitchen: warm white or vivid colours
• Home office: green or blue to aid concentration

By Orientation

• North-facing: warm colours to compensate
• South-facing: complete freedom, but steer clear of shades that are too dark
• East/west-facing: versatile neutrals

Test Before You Commit

Buy tester pots and try them over at least 1 m² of wall. Watch how the colour behaves at different times of day before you make up your mind.