Crown Paints forecasts next season’s hottest colour influences

Crown Paints’ colour experts have unveiled three new colour trends which are set to influence colour schemes for the next season.

With a real passion for colour, Crown’s panel of six colour experts comprises consultants, specialists and designers.

Drawing on their collective experience working across different sectors from interior design to fashion, the team determines key colour influences each year by assessing and interpreting current and future global trends. Their aim is to inspire architects, specifiers and building owners alike to feel confident in choosing colour to create statement colour schemes.

This year Crown’s colour experts have identified three core colour trends; ‘Saturated’, ‘Washed’ and ‘Midnight Garden’, each with its own distinctive look. The three trends include a palette of signature colours and supporting accent tones together with more neutral hues and is about how the colours interact with each other together to create a fresh space.

‘Saturated’ is all about seeing the world as if through the lens of a camera and so the colours are intensified and infused together to create something that feels unreal. Vivid greens, saturated reds, burnt oranges and an intense blue come together in an energetic palette that shows a complete disregard for the rules.

Mirroring the natural beauty of weathered, eroded surfaces, faded fabrics, bleached linens and chalky, earthy tones, ‘Washed’ is a quiet, contemplative palette of muted hues. Soft faded lilacs, greens, blues combine with neutral cream to create a palette anchored in the natural world.

The atmospheric ‘Midnight Garden’ trend is characterised by deep and moody tones paired with dusky highlights and is designed to be a celebration of nature at night. Taking inspiration from the evening shadows it features inky blues, warming plums and tonal navy blues, softened with wispy lilacs and neutral greys for a cosy winter scheme.

Kathryn Lloyd colour specialist at Crown Paints said: “Colour is intrinsic to any interior design. Whether specifying a colour scheme for a large-scale project or working with individual clients, it’s useful to have a good understanding of the trends which are likely to shape the future of our homes and public spaces. This is why we put so much emphasis to bring together the latest colour influences.

“We get together annually to look at a diverse range of trends before distilling them down into core colour influences to provide something to suit all tastes. With the option to take as much or as little inspiration from each, there’s freedom to create a completely unique interior design with a nod to current design trends and designs.”

Crown Paints’ Colour Services team is on hand to offer expert assistance and advice on all aspects of colour specification. As well as providing bespoke colour cards and a colour library the team can also guide specifiers through the process of creating individual colour schemes, tailored to clients’ requirements.