Room painted with Grounded SW 6089
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Introducing the 2025 Color Capsule of the Year

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Since 2010, Sherwin-Williams has been selecting a Color of the Year to help pros offer customers guidance in the latest paint color trends. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Color of the Year, they’re doing something different for 2025.

“This celebration could not be confined to just a single pivotal hue,” says Sue Wadden, Sherwin-Williams Director of Color Marketing. Instead, they’ve gathered the most essential colors from the entire Sherwin-Williams collection – including Colormix® Forecast favorites and some of their brightest whites as well as classic and cutting-edge colors.

“With our 2025 Color Capsule of the Year, you can introduce your customers to colors chosen by our experts to be both on-trend and timeless, guiding them toward the ones that suit their space and style,” Waddens says. “Each design aesthetic has its own characteristics, but our Color Capsule of the Year can be curated to stand out with any style. We wanted a modern, fresh take on color, with a balanced and usable assortment of shades.”

Room painted with Grounded SW 6089

Grounded SW 6089 (197-C6)

Made for enveloping spaces in the comfort of its eternally calming nature, this versatile and captivating brown from our 2025 Colormix® Forecast imparts richness in spaces that call for the stability of a refined earthen tone.

Room painted with Sunbleached SW 9585

Sunbleached SW 9585

This Designer Color Collection pick is perfectly poised between warm and cool, an adaptable and airy light neutral that is somewhere deeper than white, not quite gray, and ventures beyond a basic beige or taupe.

Room painted with Chartreuse SW 0073

Chartreuse SW 0073

A historic color that has never been more relevant, this vibrant yellow-green has appeared on three of our recent Colormix Forecasts and brings a jolt of joyful, tropical brightness that is both effortlessly eclectic and surprisingly versatile.

Room painted with Rain Cloud SW 9639

Rain Cloud SW 9639

Our Designer Color Collection’s Rustic + Refined palette is renowned for colors that bridge classic design and contemporary updates, like this stormy and deep gray-blue hue.

Room painted with Clove SW 9605

Clove SW 9605

With a depth of tone that borders on nearly black, this entrancing brown makes itself at home in the Warm + Welcoming palette from our Designer Color Collection, where our coziest warm neutrals comfort and soothe.

Bathroom painted with Malabar SW 9110

Malabar SW 9110 (205-C2)

This sandy beige neutral can turn any environment into a soft, inviting haven. It is ideal for layering with other delicate, warm hues to create serenity in an abundance of design aesthetics.

Home office nook accent wall painted with Bosc Pear SW 6390

Bosc Pear SW 6390 (139-C6)

A quintessential color selection from the Wellspring palette of our 2025 Colormix Forecast, this cinnamon-dusted golden hue embodies the shift toward luxe organic tones and style choices that hearken back to bygone eras.

Bedroom painted with White Snow SW 9541

White Snow SW 9541

With a brilliantly bright light reflectance value (LRV) of 90, this beautiful, pure white from our Designer Color Collection is an eternal favorite among design professionals for a light and spacious final result.

Bathroom painted with Mauve Finery SW 6282

Mauve Finery SW 6282 (190-C2)

Bringing a touch of botanical beauty to our 2025 Color Capsule of the Year is this subdued, sophisticated true mauve, with a dreamy quality that adorns spaces with a refreshing appeal as a wall color or an accent hue.

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This article was originally published in the Winter 2024 issue of PPC magazine. ©2024 Fusable. Photography/art courtesy Sherwin-Williams.