We know you’re busy helping your clients get their homes ready for the market. Check out the latest paint trends for this new year, how to make the most of each room, and just for fun—take a moment to go back through paint trends over the years!

Trends for 2025

Based on insight from the home designers and paint companies, one trend in color for this year is earthy neutrals. Think soft blues, light brown, and beige tones, such as . Joining the earthiness for a little bit more color, you will also see shades of mellow purples. Pops of yellow will also be found in some homes this year as homeowners try out color blocking in some of their rooms.

“Truffle”, STAINMASTER’s 2025 Paint Color of the Year

“Cinnamon Slate”, Benjamin Moore’s 2025 Paint Color of the Year

Color by Room

There are trends and personal preferences, but what about paint color when it comes to functionality? Think about how certain colors make you and your clients feel. Some rooms of the home are for entertaining while others are for relaxing, so it can be important for paint color to go along with that idea. Warmer tones of colors can be energy-boosting and good for gathering with friends. You can use these colors in the kitchen, living room, or workout space, though try to avoid anything too bright or extreme. Cooler colors or tones to give a relaxing feel could do well in bedrooms, offices, while bathrooms can stick to neutral colors.

Historical Color Trends

You’ve read the hottest colors for this coming year but now take a step back in time. As we’ve officially been out of the 2010s for a few years now, the shades of gray trends have also been left behind. The 2000s boasted beachy colors of sandy beiges and ocean blues. In the 1990s, we had a little more color with earthy reds and golds, while the 1980s had a big mix of fun colors from bright light blues, to peach and rose. In the 1970s, you would see a lot of yellow, green, and orange. Finally, in the 1960s, pink, purple, yellow, and orange encompassed the rooms throughout a home. Will any of these decade color trends repeat themselves?

Whether you or your clients are just touching up a small area or repainting the whole home, see if any of this years’ color trends will work in your space.