Last year nearly every paint company’s “color of the year” was a shade of green. You can expect a little more jump for 2023.
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Ben Moore is rosy with Raspberry Blush, while Sherwin-Williams is making a Redend Point with a hue that in 1984 would have been “mauve.” (I think you may know where I stand on this choice.)
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Behr deems Blank Canvas the one to beat, and while I’ll admit white walls are never my first choice, this color is dreamy. Vaspar is pitching Gentle Violet. I know there are a lot of purple fans out there, but I can only get on board with two shades—either a deep, deep eggplant that is almost black and this delightful shade, which is soothing and remarkably flattering.
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Farrow & Ball could not keep themselves to one color, for which they are forgiven because their paint is so lovely. Of the five I’ll give a shout to Stone Blue. Everyone looks good in blue. You can’t go wrong.