2024 paint colors of the year
By Thumbtack Contributors•Last updated Jan 5, 2024
Last updated Jan 5, 2024
Painting your home's interior is an easy way to give your space a completely new look in 2024. Perhaps you want to show off more of your personality or style in your kitchen. Or, maybe you want your living room to feel calm and peaceful.
A bold color palette can draw attention and character, while a soothing interior palette can provide a sense of comfort, mystery, and charm. But which one should you choose, and which colors should you add to it?
If you’re interested in painting your home's interior but don't know which colors to go with, consider some of the most popular trends. Here are the 2024 paint colors of the year, according to the biggest leaders in the paint industry.
Cool and soothing palettes
PPG Paint predicts that soothing colors that evoke calm and peace will be a top trend in 2024. Cool, soft shades can make your space feel more comfortable while giving it a fresh new look. Some examples in this palette include pale gray, beige, blush, light aqua, warm yellow, soft mauve, and more.
Floral and earthy tones
PPG Paint has another top color palette trend for 2024: earthy, floral, and natural hues.
These colors are bolder and darker than the ones in the cool and soothing palette. But they’re not moody or ominous — they're warm and vibrant. Examples include rosy pink, cappuccino, pecan and caramel brown, dusty violet purple, green, and more.
Beautiful blues
Photo credit: “Blue Nova 825” by Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore reveals that Blue Nova 825 will be a top paint color this year. This violet-blue is calming and inspiring, and it's a great choice as a standalone color for your home’s interior. It also complements off-white, tan, and blue-gray tones.
Another blue made it onto a “Colors of 2024” list. This time, it’s a lighter blue called Upward by Sherwin Williams. The paint brand describes it as a “breezy, blissful blue.” It’s a relaxing hue to consider for your bedroom, dining room, or bathroom.
Warm, yellow hues
Photo credit: “Limitless” by PPG/Business Wire
PPG Paint’s top color of the year for 2024 is Limitless, a soft, warm yellow tone. Benjamin Moore also included a soft yellow hue in its 2024 trends. It’s called Honeybee.
Both of these yellows are versatile, so consider them if you want to warm up your kitchen, bedroom, or living room. If you don’t want an all-yellow room, use one as a supporting shade. For example, you can repaint your kitchen’s ceiling or create an accent wall.
Deep greens
Earthy, natural tones are in again, so it's no surprise that green is a top color of the year. More specifically, a few deep greens have appeared in both PPG Paint and Benjamin Moore’s 2024 color trends.
Benjamin Moore’s Regent Green is a moody, dark pine shade you may want to consider for a den, home office, entertainment room, or library. PPG Paint’s Pine Garland and Still Searching aren’t as dark as Regent Green. However, they may be more suitable for livelier areas of your home, like the kitchen or living room.
Oranges and peaches
If you think orange walls are a big no-no, think again. Benjamin Moore and PPG Paint included a rich, radiant, deep orange hue in their top color palettes for 2024.
Neither of these colors is loud or extremely bright. PPG Paint’s Cajun Spice is described as a “deep, bright, apricot orange with a cinnamon undertone.” Meanwhile, Benjamin Moore’s Topaz is a “deep, radiant orange with rich undertones of brown and red.”
There’s also Pantone’s color of the year, which isn’t exactly orange — it’s Peach Fuzz. It’s a fresh, warm, subtle, pinkish-orange hue that gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling (hence its name).
If none of these 2024 colors suit your home, keep reading for more interior paint color ideas.
More interior paint ideas
You’re the one who spends the most time inside your home, so you’ll want to choose colors that help create the mood you want in each room. A stimulating color in your home office could motivate you to be more productive. Relaxing tones in your bedroom can help you calm down before bed. Bright colors in a kitchen and living room can make a space feel more inviting.
The following are some ideas for different painted interiors in your home:
Living room paint colors
Benjamin Moore also provides some living room inspiration. Depending on the mood you want to create, you might choose living room and ceiling paint color trends like:
- Tranquil: Light blue walls with white or lace ceiling and trim.
- Earthy: Beige color-block walls with white down ceiling and trim, or gray walls with earthy green ceiling and trim.
- Glamorous: Dark gray, chocolate brown, or black walls with white ceiling and trim, or midnight blue or dark teal walls with light gray ceiling and trim.
Keep in mind that lighter and more neutral tones create a more minimalist and relaxing space, while bolder and deeper colors create a more stimulating space.
Whether you like relaxing alone in your living room or love hosting parties and having guests over, the color of your living room paint can set the tone.
Bedroom paint colors
For bedrooms, paint supplier Sherwin Williams recommends neutral and soothing colors to support relaxation. These include hues like:
- Off-white
- Tan
- Beige
- Light bluish green
- Bluish gray
- Light earthy green
These colors set a peaceful tone inside a bedroom, which can signal it’s time to relax, rest, and unwind.
Kitchen paint colors
The kitchen is often considered the heart of the home, so it’s a focal point you’ll want to think carefully about when weighing paint color options. For kitchen walls, paint supplier Farrow & Ball suggests cozy and inviting kitchen colors, like:
- Serene greens
- Pink hues
- Fresh whites
- Soft grays
You can contrast kitchen wall paint with fixtures like cabinets. For example, Farrow & Ball suggests pairing soothing pink walls with striking black cabinets. Eggshell white walls look great with dark gray fixtures. If you choose a bolder wall color, like a dark green, you could lighten fixtures with a soft cream for contrast.
Bathroom paint colors
Your bathroom paint color choice should also depend on the mood you want to evoke. Do you want to create a relaxing spa-like atmosphere? Do you want a flirty and feminine get-ready room for going out? Consider these suggestions from Benjamin Moore:
- Soft pinks and blush hues
- Off-white
- Soothing greens
- Tranquil blues
According to the paint supplier, deeper, richer colors can make a small space look bigger. An unexpected color on the ceiling can add interesting contrast to neutral walls. You can also add contrast by painting cabinet fixtures a distinct color compared with bathroom walls and ceilings.
Hire a professional painter to refresh your home
When it comes to paint choices and combinations, the options are limitless. While your home’s exterior can be seen by everyone who passes by, your interior paint choices can affect your mood at any moment. Think about what’s important to you, then explore paint colors that support the atmosphere you want to create.
If you’re ready to refresh your home with a new coat or coats of paint, download Thumbtack. Hire an interior painter near you today.
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