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Ellen Finch

‘It’s not Barbie Whatsoever’ – This is the Exact Shade of Pink Interior Designers are Choosing Now

Walls painted in Pale Lilac, skirting in Osterley, table in glossy Huguenot and floorboards in Cadogan Stone.

Has pink ever gone out of style? It seems like the hue has found its way onto ‘colors of the year’ lists almost annually, albeit in different guises, from millennial to plaster. The latter has become something of a neutral, cropping up in interior designers’ projects again and again to provide a warm backdrop to a scheme.

When we asked designers about their favorite color for 2024, pink was the hue that cropped up the most – but despite the phenomenon of Barbiecore last year and the sickly sweet shades that went with it, this year’s iteration, rosy mauve, is far more sophisticated. Soft, subtle and with a hint of lilac to it, this particular color trend is finding its way onto designers’ project wish lists – and they had plenty of ideas for how to use it.

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