What will be the colour trend of 2016?

8 years ago

Pantone announces their Colour of the Year in December every year and it's always interesting to see what they think will be trending. This year, as you might remember, it was Marsala and the year before that it was Radiant Orchid.

If you could predict the colour trend of 2016, what would you go for? Vote and let us hear your predictions below!

Light green

Mustard/Cherished gold

Beige

Grey

Blush pink

Other - tell us!

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8 years ago

I'm still hoping for Tardis Blue

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pitbulls
8 years ago
white
Andrew Millar
8 years ago
white,always white.
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Ian Dunn Woodwork & Design
8 years ago
Mustard / Cherished Gold...
User
8 years ago
Pantone peanut butter.
soozmacrae
8 years ago
I opted for grey, but its been done to death so on second thoughts maybe something way out there (well for me) like....... yellow lol
pauladahdah
8 years ago
yellow
User
8 years ago
Quince
turquoisetree53
8 years ago
our eyes will all be wrong-footed if pinky-beige comes back with a vengeance.
Christine Hopkins
8 years ago
Mustard & grey for me
Carolyn Oakley
8 years ago
Monochrome with bold accents, mustard/gold
philip mills
8 years ago
Going by houzz it will be white, for me any colour added to a room warms it up
Pauline Giroux
8 years ago
Red!
Jayne Williamson
8 years ago
grey with antique silver
Gerry Rust
8 years ago
There's a big difference between the colour we are told is 'the colour of the year' and the shades that people will ACTUALLY use. I work in retail, I restore, upcycle, whatever you like to call it, furniture and also sell vintage and new accessories and I gave up paying any attention to these announcements long ago. I once got incredibly excited (after years of painting everything white or cream) to see that a lovely vintage green was going to be the next big thing, I enthusiastically painted a 30's sideboard in a similar shade - it looked very Cath Kidson, everyone said how lovely it was - and it sat and it sat and it sat. So guess what? I repainted it white and it sold. And people wonder why I embraced grey and greige with such enthusiasm when they got popular, they seemed exotic in comparison :D
cowley10
8 years ago
What about Magnolia!
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Seasons in Colour
8 years ago
I find blue very relaxing lately. So voted 'other'
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Secret Linen Store
8 years ago
yellow, yellow, yellow!!
Emmanuelle
8 years ago
Dark... Dark blue, dark grey, dark teal, dark kaki, all dark muted colours...
Victoria Harrison
8 years ago
Navy blue
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Laraine Clarke
8 years ago
It seems to me that few home decorators are influenced completely by "trending" colours. We all know what we like and what we can live with. Perhaps trending colours should be used to accessorise, thus saving costly and time consuming mistakes. no one wants to be thought of as a shallow fashion victim.
Gerry Rust
8 years ago
Amen netschwester! I am becoming mystified by the continued references to 'sheeple' and design victims who apparently paint their homes all sorts of outlandish colours and fill them with bizarre decorations and furniture simply because they've been told it's fashionable. I'm certainly not one of them (all my bizarre stuff is entirely down to personal choice ;) and I can honestly say I've never met one either (and I work in interiors/retail) I think it more likely that people are inspired by images they see and then maybe try a colour or look they might not have considered before ie new fashions = more choice. It seems to be a stock response for some people when they don't like something and can't understand why anybody else would!
Jo DP
8 years ago
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Trend is a word I dislike. Move over F&B! I have just come across the Mylands paint chart & I could eat every one of their colours.