Trend Forecast: 2024 Colors and Palettes of the Year

From cozy neutrals to pretty pastels, the paint color landscape of 2024 is full of personality. Tap through to see what paint brands are predicting for this year's most popular hues and find tons of inspiration for how to use these colors in your home for a fresh, new look.

First up is Dark Auburn from HGTV Home by Sherwin-Willams' 2024 color collection. This red-meets-brown shade strikes the right balance of brick and burgundy for a modern look that can still feel earthy and organic.

The color experts at Pantone are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Color of the Year program with this year's selection: Peach Fuzz. This soft, cozy coral inspires calm while also bringing a feeling of freshness.

How You Can Use It

Turn a bathroom into a sweet retreat with this pale peach hue. Its warm-yet-airy quality is the epitome of modern ambiance.

Benjamin Moore's 2024 Color of the Year is Blue Nova, a cool and captivating shade of blue with the prettiest hint of violet. The intriguing color choice stems from the desire to travel both near and far — even outer space! This midtone blue has an almost cosmic quality that carries an adventurous spirit into the home.

How You Can Use It

We love the idea of painting bedroom walls this calming (but indulgent) hue. Blue always contains a measure of reassurance and serenity, while the purple undertones in Blue Nova add depth and interest — the perfect combination for a relaxed yet elevated bedroom look.

This softened black with modern appeal is Behr's pick for 2024. Since it's sleek but not stark, Cracked Pepper can give a room added edge and coziness at the same time.

How You Can Use It

For a chic and daring upgrade, paint it on the walls (and even the ceiling) to envelope a living space in style. If you're looking for a less drastic change, try it on trim and window grilles for a modern look in any room.

Glidden's 2024 Color of the Year, Limitless, is akin to a field of wheat on a sunny day. This warm, honey-hued beige leans in to the trend of warm neutrals.

How You Can Use It

This appropriately named paint color is extremely versatile. It can be used on walls, ceilings, exteriors and more — all while blending with existing colors and decor in true neutral fashion. What sets Limitless apart from your basic beige? It can give any space a soft, sunlit glimmer.

Siding company James Hardie is embracing outdoorsy hues with it's 2024 pick: Mountain Sage. Inspired by the natural landscape, this shade brings familiarity and comfort.

How You Can Use It

Exteriors big and small (like this adorable dog house) look stunning covered in this deep, woodsy green. It can make any structure harmonius with its surroundings.

Sherwin-Williams 2024 selection is the aptly named Upward, a blissful pale blue shade. If you're looking for a breath of crisp, fresh air in paint color form — with all it's renewing, calming and brightening effects — this is it.

How You Can Use It

Paint a bathroom vanity or cabinet this icy hue for a quick makeover with major impact. For a larger-scale update, try it on the walls of an everyday space, like a living room or entryway, for a mood boost every time you come home.

UK-based interior and paint brand Graham & Brown is known for it's stunning wallpapers, so in addition to naming a Color of the Year, they've also selected a wallpaper design for 2024. New Eden is an enchanting forestscape that is both bold and inviting with its intricate, hand-painted design in a welcoming, nature-inspired palette of rich emerald, blue and rust.

How You Can Use It

Bringing elevated drama to any room it touches, New Eden has the ability to seamlessly blend inside and out. In a room with views of nature, it ties the interior design to its outdoor surroundings for a relaxing and restorative feel.

The perfect partner to its wallpaper pick, Viridis, a muted, mossy green, was chosen by Graham & Brown as its Color of the Year for 2024.

How You Can Use It

This earthy neutral is an easy alternative to beige or taupe. Of course, it looks right at home on trim surrounding New Eden wallpaper or even in an adjoining space.

C2's selection for this year, Thermal, is a sky blue that, like nature itself, enlivens and calms simultaneously.

How You Can Use It

Like a clear sky, this cool, pale blue would coordinate effortlessly with a myriad of other colors, which makes it easy to mix in with your existing decor. Need proof? Just look out your window!

Sherwin-Williams is taking a new approach to color forecasting this year, releasing its 2024 Colormix Anthology: Volume 1, comprised of 48 stunning shades grouped by color family in addition to their Color of the Year. Sashay Sand, part of their collection of reds and purples, shows that the pinky-beige of years past — like 2023 Color of the Year Redend Point — is here to stay.

How You Can Use It

Try this blushing neutral anywhere you would typically use white. Give plain walls a touch of warmth, or paint it on the ceiling to cast a rose-tinted glow.

Sherwin-Williams' 2024 collection of blues and greens features the striking verdant hue, Billiard Green. This cool, forest-inspired shade is rich and organic with timeless appeal. (It's part of the brand's historical collection as well.)

How You Can Use It

Go green in an outside-to-inside space like a mudroom, foyer or entryway. This rich emerald will provide continuity with natural surroundings while creating a dazzling entrance to your home.

A longtime favorite of designers and homeowners alike, Tricorn Black made Sherwin-Williams' list of deep dark paints for 2024.

How You Can Use It

This true black is a can't-go-wrong choice to add edgy drama to a home's interior or exterior spaces. Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa, stars of The Flipping El Moussas, recently used this inky shade to paint the exterior brick on their California home.

The last collection of Sherwin-Williams' 2024 color forecast is a palette of delicate tints. Soft, neutral shades like Drift of Mist (seen here on the walls) help you disengage from busyness and create an ultra-soothing space.

How You Can Use It

Pair these barely-there paints with white trim, like Snowbound (seen here on the mantel), for subtle contrast that won't overwhelm.

For this year's pick, Krylon leaned into the trend of dopamine decor — AKA decorating with things that make you happy — to select Bluebird, an exuberant, modern blue.

How You Can Use It

Since this peppy shade comes as a spray, it's easy to apply on vintage or thrifted items or outdoor pieces. This bright blue will bring new life to secondhand finds, infusing them with personality.

Reminiscent of a robin's egg, Renew Blue, a peaceful and nature-inspired green-blue, does exactly what its name implies. It brings a refreshed, peaceful air to whatever space it inhabits.

How You Can Use It

Breathe new life into kitchen cabinets, or cover bathroom walls in this serene shade for a spa-like feel.