AkzoNobel’s 2027 Color of the Year is Soulful Sage

AkzoNobel announced Soulful Sage as its 2027 Color of the Year.

An ethereal, soft, and silvery green, it’s a color that can make your heart glow and your spirits soar, helping you to live lightly. Soulful Sage captures the mood for 2027, according to the results of the company’s extensive annual trend research.

“Our 2027 Color of the Year is all about creating lighter spaces for a lighter life,” explains Heleen van Gent, Creative Director of AkzoNobel’s Global Aesthetic Center. “Many people are feeling weighed down by world events and overloaded with information. We want to offer consumers a way to create a lighter environment so they can feel that weight lifted off their shoulders.”

AkzoNobel’s Global Aesthetic Center has been translating trends into desirable colors for many years. Its annual ColourFutures trend forecast meeting brings together in-house experts, international architects, designers and journalists to share insights into how our reactions to the world around us impact our color choices.

All the colors, textures and special effects in the collection have been designed to light up the senses in a wide range of markets. Along with decorative paints, inspirational palettes have also been created for the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, metal furniture, lighting, cabinetry, flooring, building products and architecture markets.

Heleen van Gent adds that the three color stories – Glow, Light, and Lift – can help consumers feel brighter in subtly different ways.  “Glow is focused on earth tones to create a warm space, Light combines quiet, pale tones and darker shades for more of a healing space, while Lift features positive tones that evoke the joy of an inspiring space. And at the center of it all is Soulful Sage – the ultimate versatile green.”

“As global color experts, we work with visionary people from all over the world to ensure that the in-depth research we carry out every year is perfectly aligned with evolving trends,” says Daniel Geiger Campos, Global Director of AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business and member of the Executive Committee. “By focusing on the changing needs of various audiences and industries, we can deliver market-specific solutions to our customers and designers, helping them to keep up with the mood of the times.”