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We\u2019ve still got plenty of 2024 left, and even if Pantone is about four months away from pushing their all-out PR blitz for the Color of the Year, that hasn\u2019t stopped noted paint enthusiasts like Sherwin-Williams from dropping their own.<\/p>\n
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams<\/a>\u00a0announced its 2025 Color Collection of the Year yesterday, \u201cNaturally Refined.\u201d Said to ooze \u201cquiet comfort and luxury,\u201d the ten shades\u2019 soft and decidedly un-maximalist hues can\u00a0really tie a room together<\/a>, even without a nice rug. The brand also announced its 2025 Color of the Year,\u00a0Quietude (HGSW6212)<\/a>, which is fairly reminiscent of hospital scrubs and the tasty McDonald\u2019s Shamrock Shake.<\/p>\n Quietude does have some fairly elegant properties, and, according to the brand, the sage green has a blink-and-you\u2019ll-miss-it-blue undertone. Add it all up, and you have a color that lends itself to calm and serentiy. Of course, what should be notable to the most cynical folks working the design beat is how brands and color prognosticators still emphasize placid and subdued valium as everyday wallpaper for the soul. And, lest we have forgotten, Pantone\u2019s 2024 Color of the Year Peach Fuzz, with its warm and downy connotations, is\u00a0supposed<\/em>\u00a0to be the\u00a0vibe,\u00a0when the current mood across the landscape is anything but.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n