Peach Fuzz, the Pantone Colour of the Year 2024, is a gentle peach tone that exudes warmth and modern elegance in our daily life. Photos: Canva
Happy New Year 2024! I love this exciting time of the year. It is a time for new beginnings and new hopes.
After the rush to wrap up work ending in December, now is the time to look ahead for a new start.
So why not give your home a boost in energy? What’s the easiest strategy? Choose a new colour!
Remember my article in 2023, where I wrote about the power of colour psychology?
Let’s use some of that strategy to discuss what are 2024’s hot colour trends for the home, be it exterior or interior.
Since 1960, the Pantone Color Institute has been influential as a global authority on colour. Every year, one singular colour is selected as the hue that captures the current cultural landscape and design trends. It not only profoundly influences works of graphic design and fashion but also interior design.
While others talk about economic forecasts or feng shui predictions for the new year, allow me to share the hot colour this year. Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz has been declared as the Pantone Colour of the Year 2024. It captures our yearnings to nurture ourselves and others.
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of Pantone Color Institute, explains how the gentle peach tone exudes warmth and modern elegance in our daily life. It resonates with compassion and bridges youthfulness with timelessness. The soft soothing colour is perfect for bedroom walls.
Earthy green is a therapeutic and calming shade that can give that corner of your living room a boost.
With the soaring popularity of biophilic design in architecture and interior design, shades of earthy green look set to stay in 2024. Earthy green reminds us of the colour of trees and the great outdoors. It’s a therapeutic and calming shade to opt for to boost that corner of your living room. We’re not talking about neon-plastic shades of lime green but go for the darker muted shades of green.
Timber shades of dark brown are making a huge comeback this year.
Timber shades of dark brown are making a huge comeback as they appear to be a hot favourite in the spreads of global interior design magazines. The rich earthy shade is rich and sophisticated. It instantly creates an additional layer of depth on your living room walls or kitchen carpentry.
Burgundy is an intense colour of power and has strong connotations of wealth, ambition, determination and sophistication.
Warm rusty reds, auburn and burgundy have recently been a bold colour of choice. This year looks set to embrace more interior shades of burgundy. A variation of red, burgundy is an intense colour of power. It has strong connotations of wealth, ambition, determination and sophistication. It’s timeless and never fails to energise the room it adorns.
Pastel shades of dewy blue also seem ready to trailblaze in 2024.
Blue is my personal all-time favourite colour! This year, instead of strong deep navy blue, opt for medium moody shades of blue to exude that calming vibe. Pastel shades of dewy blue also seem ready to trailblaze in 2024. Essentially, blue is a colour of relaxation, calmness and tranquility. Hence, these softer shades of blue look great in the bedroom and living room.
To achieve a rich-neutral look, think relaxing shades of off-whites and pastel shades of soft brown and olive paired with warm browns.
The hot trend of Japandi style has been much sought-after since last year. It’s a cultural blend of East-meets-West. A combination of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics, Japandi is minimalist, earthy and organic. The trend shows no signs of stopping in 2024. To achieve this look, think relaxing shades of off-whites and pastel shades of soft brown and olive paired with warm browns.
Colours are the most inexpensive tool to rejuvenate your home. Existing furniture remains while you update your house with a new coat of paint. If you’re excited to bring a breath of fresh air into your home for the coming Lunar New Year, consider a new colour for your living room or house exterior. Happy decorating and spring cleaning!
Tan Bee Eu is a professional architect and interior designer registered with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia with over two decades of professional practice. She also teaches at Universiti Sains Malaysia and is a frequent keynote speaker at architectural forums and juror of international awards. She can be reached at www.betadesignz.com/contact.
Peach Fuzz, the Pantone Colour of the Year 2024, is a gentle peach tone that exudes warmth and modern elegance in our daily life. Photos: Canva
To achieve a rich-neutral look, think relaxing shades of off-whites and pastel shades of soft brown and olive paired with warm browns.
Earthy green is a therapeutic and calming shade that can give that corner of your living room a boost.
Burgundy is an intense colour of power and has strong connotations of wealth, ambition, determination and sophistication.
Pastel shades of dewy blue also seem ready to trailblaze in 2024.
Timber shades of dark brown are making a huge comeback this year.
