The beauty of blue is a great segue into Upward, the 2024 Color of the Year by Sherwin Williams. This tranquil color trends is an uplifting blue-gray color hue that encourages boundless creativity and classic comfort with a desire for personal progress and peace; to move up and rise above, according to Sue Wadden, Director of Color Marketing at Sherwin-Williams.

This signature hue was selected from a palette of thousands after a full year of research and gathering inspiration, idea swapping and color discussion hosted by a color forecast team and resulting in one hue that captures the cultural outlook and trends of the time. Upward also reflects a trend toward warmer colors, according to the experts, including the evolution of whites, now boasting a “delicate trace of blue.”

The beauty of Upward inspires us to “soar beyond the stars and write our stories among the constellations of greatness,” according to Sherwin-Williams color forecast team. Did you know that Blue represents change? Introduced in 2020 with the designation of Naval, SW6244, this Color of the Year has evolved “into a softer and more muted iteration in 2024.

Inspiration also comes from natural elements such as water, air and vegetation, supporting the effects of blue in a transformative theme in our lives. So often, we experience softer blue hues in a coastal or casually designed interiors that include so much more than walls. Manifesting itself in furniture, textiles and accessories, there truly is no end to its application in homes and furnishings.

Referred to as a transitional blue, Upward, SW-6239 (224-C1) is a complement to peace while inspiring endless possibility!

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