2022 Color of the Year
Nov 30, 2021How to Use the 2022 Color of the Year at Home
Ready to refresh your home with the 2022 Color of the Year? Painting the walls isn't your only option.
A surprising trend was revealed when paint manufacturers announced their 2022 Color of the Year selections One after the other, well-known paint companies including Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Valspar, PPG, and others, began showed variations on a theme for the 2022 color of the year: All of them chose a version of soothing gray-green tones.
What is the 2022 Color of the Year?
From Sherwin-Williams’ Evergreen Fog, to PPG’s Olive Sprig, and Benjamin Moore’s October Mist it’s easy to see similarities between numerous 2022 Color of the Year (COTY) announcements.
All of them take their cues from nature-inspired gray-green tones, and share a calming, grounding feel. Behr’s 2022 Color of the Year, breezeway, strays slightly from the trend by leaning more blue, but retains the natural feel.
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Believe it or not, these surprisingly similar colors selections were pure coincidence. Paint companies carefully curate their COTY announcements by researching fashion, automotive, retail, and hospitality industries, among others. The fact that these sage green tones popped up on every radar says consumer trends are calling for natural tones in their home designs.
This is quite a departure from the last several years of Color of the Year announcements, which included bolder colors and jewel tones. 2022’s gray-green collection strikes a much different tone.
How to Use the 2022 Color of the Year at Home
With sage green as the clear inspiration for design and decor this year, how do you get started using it at home? The obvious way is to simply paint a room or accent wall, but it’s far from the only way to add color to your space.
“Evergreen fog inspires us to begin again, and is a great choice for modern interiors and exteriors,” says Sherwin-Williams’ director of color marketing Sue Wadden of the brand’s 2022 Color of the Year selection. Try these options for bringing color into your home:
Textiles & Soft Furnishings
Throw pillows, blankets, linens, curtains, and accent rugs are all excellent ways to use the color of the year at home, and they’re easy to change out from season to season, or as new color inspiration comes along.
Decorative Accessories
Change out wall art, vases, lamps, and other accent pieces around your home decorative accessories that use the Color of the Year. This approach lets you sprinkle the color throughout your home, rather than committing it to a single room or wall.
Accent Furniture
Instead of painting a room or wall, consider introducing a piece of statement furniture painted or upholstered in the Color of the Year. Sideboards, end tables, bar stools, and dining chairs are all great options.
What Color Goes with Sage Green?
Wondering if the 2022 Color of the Year will work in your home. Sage green works well with a variety of neutral tones and can lean warm or cool depending on your preferences. The Improveit design team suggests using sage green with:
- Cream and warm white tones
- Stone and wood tones in shades of brown
- Cool granite and marble in shades of gray
- Metallic accents like chrome, brushed nickel, brushed gold, and oil-rubbed bronze
Bathrooms make a great space for experimenting with color. Their smaller size can make painting an easier job, and neutral tones in cabinetry and shower surrounds can often blend well with a variety of wall colors. Flip through the images above to pair your favorite bathroom design board with any of the 2022 Color of the Year options and see how they come together!
Exterior Home Colors with the 2022 Color of the Year
Paint can make an impressive impact outside the home as well. At Improveit, we work directly with Sherwin-Williams to fulfil custom-color requests for windows. The brand’s Evergreen Fog color is an amazing option for windows, offering a subtle amount of natural-looking color that will blend well with many stone and siding colors, as well as trees, flowers, and other natural elements surrounding your home.
Looking for a different way to impact to your curb appeal? Consider using the color of the year as your siding color for an impressive look, or give your front door or shutters a new coat of paint.
Consider the Whole Home Color Palette
Evergreen Fog, October Mist, and Valspar’s Blanched Thyme are part of larger color collections with palettes of complementary colors. Homeowners and designers can build off these palettes to easily add color to their homes in numerous ways.
Looking for a little design assistance? Improveit’s on-staff designers are happy to help you talk through incorporating color into your next bathroom remodel, kitchen update, or window replacement. Call 855-637-2999 or use the form below to start exploring your options!
