How to Use Benjamin Moore's Color of the Year: Aegean Teal 2021
COLOR TRENDS and How to Bring Them Into Your Home
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into tree’s. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. -John Muir”
We're looking to nature for the best ideas and inspiration.
Last year’s 2020 Color was First Light, a soft and very light pink color with an airy quality.
This year’s big reveal for Benjamin Moore’s 2021 COLOR OF THE YEAR is AEGEAN TEAL. This color is presented as a focus on Nature and Harmony for 2021. This is an earthy color that we will explore with you more in this article.
“Aegean Teal — an intriguing blue-green invites us to reflect and reset.”- Benjamin Moore
Introducing
Color Trends 2021
The changing of the seasons is a great time to look ahead, and just last week Benjamin Moore released their ‘2021 Color of the Year’ - Aegean Teal - 2136-40. What do you think of this soothing color?
***click here to get a large paint sample of Agean Teal from Samplize!
This comforting palette of neutrals along with the blue-green beauty of Aegean Teal offer a serene, quiet sense of purpose to help us energize for what is ahead. The Color Trends 2021 palette provides an easy starting point to revitalize our spaces in unique ways.
Click here to download the full-Color Palette.
What are some of the best uses for this color?
Mood Board : The Textile Eye
Aegean Teal
These past couple of years we have seen a resurgence of earthen colors and this year is a continuation of our search for health and wellness at home and work, and a sense of respect for the renewed sense of self that nature provides.
5 Ways to Make Your Home More Colorful with Aegean Blue
This is a great color to use on cabinetry.
For those not quite as adventurous with bold color, you don't have to paint an entire room. Bring in one boldly colored accessory, fabric or rug. It's often an easier way to incorporate bold color without going over the top or making a costly mistake.
Image via House and Home
Image via Pasadena Showcase House: ON Trend: Breakfast Nook by Jeanne Chung @cozystylishchic. (shot by Peter Valli, styled be Alexandra Poer) While the trim is darker, the table truly shines in a lighter teal.
2. Use as an accent color on a wall or in a small room.
Another way to add a dash of color is to try it in a small room, like this breakfast nook, a great place to experiment with a bold color on the walls, trim, and furniture.
Image via Master Design Jeffery Bilhuber : The Perfect Room : Colors layers of Tobacco with touches of Teal
3. Use As an Accent Color for a Living Room or Bedroom.
Jeffrey Bilhuber introduces classic elegance to a white and camel room. It’s funny how a color that wasn’t even on your radar is suddenly just perfect when you see the perfect balances of each offered here. Aegean Teal also pairs so well with the warm tones of antiques.
4. Tabletop accents!
Even the traditional Denby has accentuated their tabletop collection with patterned teal accessories, including placemats, coasters, and etched amber glassware, which they say creates an easy way to make mealtimes more interesting and visually appealing as well as an inexpensive and effective way of changing an interior. The bold imagery and colors stand out as global influences seen in the Boho Luxe styling.
5. Paint or Upholster a piece of furniture.
A calming and beautiful color, Aegean Teal is perfect for updating vintage or new pieces of furniture. Revive a forgotten piece of furniture with any of the hues from the Color Trends 2021 palette. Alone, the colors have a relaxing quality; together, they can create energizing contrast. Download a color sheet for reference when at the store.
6. A favorite color for the Front Door!
A warm and welcoming color for your front door. These are some of my faves from the 2021 palette!
L-R: Aegean Teal (DOOR), Atrium White (TRIM), Gray Cashmere (WALL), and Beacon Hill (not shown in the image above)
*Wonderful Notes and description of Gray Cahsmere
Image via: Melanie Lissack Interiors with tips on how to paint your door yourself!
WC design by Kristin Maltas, Corona del Mar, CA
Color Review and Thoughts:
Aegean Teal is a perfect balance of blue-green and a touch of gray, imbued with depth in its earth tones. With the green base, it has a neutral ability when paired with other colors.
The organic quality of the new conversation we are having about home and global use makes this color the perfect color story for the kitchen. Where are people renovating the most today? The kitchen! This color makes sense for 2021.
Get the full color sheet for your reference when visiting the paint store.
This color is rich and relaxing. While In Paris: Monsieur Bleu by Joseph Dirand image via Architonic
(similar) L-R: Gray Cashmere, Aegean Teal, and a Forest Green with a little chartreuse
Coordinating Color Trends and Ideas for 2021 Color of the Year BM: Aegean Teal is a wonderful color for front doors and home offices!
Wall color is personal and should be pleasing to the individual and not a yearly fad. These colors of the year are inspirations, and opportunites to expand our color choices - dvd Interior Design
The famed Roman Pool at Hearst Castle. People were afraid to swim in the pool since it appeared bottomless!
Pretty in Teal
Even a small touch of teal will add cheerfulness to a room, so use it liberally throughout your house to truly elevate the mood.
It’s fun to see all the ways you can use this Color of the Year, however it’s good to remember that it’s a trend; as a designer, I can show you how to use Aegean Teal, or any of the 12 colors in this beautiful palette in a way that will bring peace and flow to your space for years to come.
Thanks for stopping by! Please keep looking below for my curated picks highlighting this uplifting color.
As always, yours in design - Deborah