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Amy Lockwood

Interior experts say this moody colour trend is the key to giving your bedroom 'main character' energy in 2026

A bedroom painted in dark aubergine 'Pontefract' paint by Paint & Paper Library.

At the beginning of the year, I asked multiple interior trend experts which bedroom colours were going out of style in 2026, and which were set to become the next big thing.

Dark aubergine was one of the colours our design aficionados flagged as the one to watch, and if you want to give your bedroom 'main character' energy, I think this is the hue to embrace.

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