What are the Most Popular Luxury Interior Paint Colors?

All of this enforced time at home thanks to social distancing requirements has made us itchy for a fresh new look. We don’t want to take on an epic remodel. But we’re seriously contemplating repainting a couple of rooms. You too?  Our correspondent Julie Chang Murphy has curated a list of the most popular luxury interior paint colors, and how choose the one that’s best to refresh your home decor right now.

an easy, high-impact Home decor refresh with popular new paint colors

If the walls in your home seem to be closing in around you, or even driving you mad like the narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s famous short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, you’re not alone.

With people being restricted to their homes for most of the spring, many have learned how important it is to create a space that is truly enjoyable, comforting and inspiring to be in. That’s why our friends at J.D. Power report that approximately 44 percent of Americans have or are planning to give their rooms a fresh coat of paint in the next few months.

And that shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, a fresh coat of paint is one of the easiest and most high-impact ways to change the mood of a room. And lift your spirits.

While some professional artists have taken to creating full scale murals in their homes, we’ll settle for adding some color to the plain white wall. Or finally taking the risk and painting over the light grey with a bold color.

 

After consulting various home design magazines, interior design blogs and designers, here are the freshest luxury interior paint colors to help give your rooms a much-needed face lift this season.

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But before we ogle all the eye candy, let’s get real about the hard part of this process. You know what we mean: the preliminary chores of collecting paint samples, painting multiple swatches on the wall and using those rusty measuring skills. For a lot of people, just the thought of that might deter them from committing to making a change.

If that’s the case for you, dear reader, check out Samplize.

The company disrupts the money, time, and material wasted in the traditional paint sampling process with stick-on paint samples. It works with top paint manufacturers, Farrow and Ball, Sherwin Williams, and Benjamin Moore to provide 12”x12” samples colored with two coats of genuine paint. Each square has non-damaging adhesive backing and can be repositioned for viewing in multiple locations.

If you’re paralyzed by the tyranny of choice and haven’t painted since your first apartment out of college (or ever), Clare and Backdrop Paint are two direct-to-consumer companies that might help make the process a little smoother.

Some paint brands have over 50 shades of white. Clare has about 50 colors in total that are all designer-curated, taking the guesswork out of selecting a color you’ll love. They’re easy to shop visually and can be sorted into warm, cool and neutral tones. Before committing, you can also order peel and stick samples. Clare’s paint is free of toxic, carbon-based solvents and meets rigorous emissions standards, releases fewer pollutants, and supports healthier indoor air.

Backdrop Paint offers similar products and services. They have a range of 50 attractive paint colors, offer stick-on samples and all the supplies you need. Think less hardware store and more design studio. Which is not surprising, given that the founders have backgrounds from Warby Parker. We also like their handy online calculator which helps you estimate how many gallons of paint and supplies to buy.

Now, on to the fun part: the colors!

the most popular luxury interior paint colors right now

1. Moody Blues

The experts and designers at Elle Decor, Clare, and Decorist, an online interior design service, agree that one of the strongest paint trends are dark and saturated moody blues and teals. 

They’re colors that change based on the time of day and light in the room. And as pictured, they make an elegant and bold statement while feeling rich and cozy.

2. Atmospheric Greens

Bringing the natural world indoors is a universal feeling right now. Dusty, mossy greens to airy sea foam and opulent evergreen all bring an organic element into the home. 

They provide a feeling of serenity and calmness. These greens, according to home design blog, The Creativity Exchange, are more complex and “muddy” with multiple undertones, not to be mistaken with a bright kelly green or spring green.

3. Toasty Beige

Can beige really be back after a decade-long love affair with greys? Yes, according to Better Homes & Gardens, Houzz and My Domaine, who has called it the “Comeback Queen.” 

These beiges have a blush undertone and look modern again painted with monochrome trim or dark trim as shown.

4. Millenial Pink 

Yes, it’s still a thing and it’s far more versatile than being solely allocated for a young girl’s bedroom. Whether it’s a powdery pink, warmer coral or a creamy pinkish beige, the color looks refreshing and feels unexpected in a home’s common spaces. 

As one of Benjamin Moore’s 2020 Colors of the Year, pink has the ability to make one feel upbeat and effervescent.

5. Sunshine Yellow

The boldest paint color trend of 2020 is this anything but mellow, yellow. High energy and cheerful, it livens up any room. 

For eclectic homes, we love the shiny lacquered statement mantle against a white wall (less work too!). But it also looks elegant and classic with more golden undertones.

still can’t decide?

And if it’s still hard to commit to painting an entire room, check out these eye-catching ideas to add some color to your life.

Partially paint a wall, or just do the doors. Add a stripe of color, or a funky geometric pattern. Your imagination is the only limiting factor! So go crazy. It’s just paint.

the new most popular luxury interior paint colors

There you have it! Those are our top favorite colors for your next paint project. And the latest insights on how to choose a new luxury interior paint color from the most popular colors right now. Honestly, we’d be pretty excited watching any of these gorgeous paint colors dry.

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Crediting her training as a cultural anthropologist at Wellesley College, Julie has immersed herself in various industries in the last 15 years including fashion design, event planning, and fitness. Julie lives in New York where she loves trying every ramen and dumpling restaurant with her husband and three children. She finds joy in bold prints, biographies of fierce women, kickboxing. And spending way too long finding the perfect polish color to express her mood.

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