Last night, the Benjamin Moore colour of the year 2026 was announced, naming the dark and rich Silhouette shade as the new year-defining shade. I was there to experience it first hand and I’m glad I was because it’s an interesting in-between colour that dramatically changes and shifts depending on the light.
Is it brown? Or is it grey? The answer is that it’s somewhere in between, but the brand describes it as a brown with charcoal undertones – or more specifically a colour that ‘combines rich espresso hues with refined notes of charcoal’. Benjamin Moore started this paint trend of in-between shades last year already with its colour of the year for 2025, Cinnamon Slate.
