The final days of summer can only mean one thing - the onset of color forecasting season. As we gear up to welcome in a new year, our favorite paint brands are naming the shade they predict will dominate homes during our next circle around the sun, and Valspar has set the tone with a bold and bodacious shade that proves primary tones are one to watch out for.
The brand has announced Encore 8002-45G as its Color of the Year for 2025, a punchy primary blue that's deep, inviting, and energetic. This anchoring, honest blue hue feels classically timeless, and yet it speaks to so many color trends we've seen throughout 2024. Blues have been the mood of the moment this past 12 months, with Valspar naming Renew Blue - a light and uplifting tone - their color of the year for 2024. And, with trends like bold trim and the "Unexpected Red" theory proving so popular lately, pops of surprising, saturated color are on everyone's radar right now.
