Interpon’s 2026 Color of the Year channels blues to inspire balance and reconnection
Three new carefully curated color palettes deliver a vision in blue
Creating colors that go beyond the aesthetic and create a mood is the inspiration behind AkzoNobel’s 2026 Color of the Year, comprising not one but three hero shades of Interpon powder coatings to imagine working and living spaces that allow us to stop, reflect, and rediscover our natural rhythm.
The trilogy of indigo blues each leads its own distinct and complementary palette to transform exteriors, interiors, lighting, furniture, and furnishings across a wide range of sectors with their own unique sense of calm.
The Serenity palette is filled with wintery, grounded tones that create contemplative and restorative spaces. This palette works particularly well in offices or healthcare settings where people require respite from visual noise and stress.
Fluidity is an earthy and warm palette made for connection. The natural brick and terracotta shades come together to cultivate harmonious spaces – designed to bring comfort to residential and hospitality settings.
In the Liberty palette a series of energetic shades are combined to deliver a youthful, liberating atmosphere that is ideal for education or workplace environments where the imagination needs to be stimulated, and ideas nurtured.
Expert color scientists, designers, and architects from around the world and the AkzoNobel’s Global Aesthetics Center have accessed more than three decades of color research and analysis to ensure the Color Palettes of the Year 2026 are on-trend.
Bob Dirks, Global Segment Manager Architectural AkzoNobel Powder Coatings, says: “Color is so much more than an aesthetic, it is an essential tool to cultivate the energy of a space. Whether people need to be invigorated and energized, or relaxed and reflective, color palettes are influential in how we feel in any environment.
“With 12 colors to choose from, mixing darker shades with lighter neutrals, these palettes offer architects and designers the opportunity to curate distinct moods in the spaces that they design that will offer a positive energy for years to come.”
The Serenity, Fluidity and Liberty palettes come as part of the Interpon D2525 family of superdurable powder coatings with a warranty of up to 25 years (when applied by an Interpon D Approved Applicator). Backed by an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), the raw materials, manufacture and transportation associated with creating Interpon D have been assessed by an independent third-party for transparent sustainability credentials.
