How to Use Benjamin Moore's Color of the Year: 2022 October Mist
COLOR TRENDS: Benjamin Moore Colors of the Year
and How to Bring Them Into Your Home
We're looking to nature for the best ideas and inspiration.
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Bring the Tranquility of Nature Indoors with October Mist, Benjamin Moore's 2022 Color of the Year
Green reigns supreme! Unveiling the highly anticipated Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2022: October Mist 1495. Inspired by the enduring allure of nature, biophilia, and organic living, this earthy green hue lays the perfect foundation for a serene and stylish haven.
Embrace Versatility: A Green for Every Dream
October Mist's magic lies in its chameleon-like nature. This sophisticated grey-green transcends trends, harmonizing beautifully with a spectrum of styles and environments.
Effortless Harmony: A Match Made in Color Heaven
Wondering what colors dance beautifully with October Mist? Fear not, for this versatile shade plays the perfect duet with both calming neutrals and pops of vibrant accents. Imagine crisp whites and warm beiges for a timeless elegance, or a touch of pink, red, or burnished spice for a touch of intrigue.
A Timeless Classic: A Color that Grows with You
October Mist isn't just a fleeting trend; it's an investment in enduring beauty. This adaptable shade seamlessly integrates with your existing décor, evolving gracefully as your style and needs change.
A Touch of 2021: Paint color Aegean Teal Makes a Playful Return
For those smitten with last year's Color of the Year, Aegean Teal, fret no more! October Mist embraces its predecessor with open arms. Just like this stunning wall mural ( shown above) where October Mist and Aegean Teal intertwine, creating a symphony of serenity and harmony.
Welcome October Mist into your home, and discover the transformative power of nature-inspired design.
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“October Mist 1495— a classic silvery-green as a foundation for more color to surround it.
“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”
Introducing
Color Trends Palette 2022
Green is having its moment. Last week Benjamin Moore released their ‘2022 Color of the Year’ - October Mist- 1495. Green has been selected by 4 of the top-tier paint companies to identify green as the color of the year. Earthy worldly colors. That means that interior design is moving towards these warm colors. Good bye gray
What do you think of this soothing color?
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Now the supporting pallet of colors is just as important as the color of the year. It’s the combination of colors that tells the whole story.
The comforting palette of neutrals along with the green of October Mist offers a grounded, natural, stable color that is earthy. The Color Trends 2022 palette provides an easy starting point to revitalize our spaces in unique ways with deep colors and part of the Classic Collection. While most colors are for the interior spaces like the bedroom, kitchen, and living room, there are some great colors for the outside as well.
ex: I cant wait to use wildflower painted on a front door.
Click here to download and print the full-2022 Color Palette. Wondering what colors go with October Mist? This is a family of colors that will work well together or look great on their own. I’m loving Steam, High Park, and Fernwood Green together. see more below.
What are some of the best uses for this color?
Full Color Pallet for 2022: Free download below
Mood Board : The Textile Eye
October Mist
October Mist is a silvery sage that is a great neutral, that goes with almost any color.
Every year paint companies choose a color that represents their thoughts on the year ahead, based on multiple factors like Art, and economic stability. These past couple of years we have seen a resurgence of earthen colors such as AGEAN TEAL 2021 COY, 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.
6 Ways to Make Your Home More Colorful with October Mist
Kelly Behun Studio is an interior design studio situated in New York City
This is a great color to use on upholstery or
Consider bringing in one boldly colored accessory, fabric, or rug ( see above via Kelly Behun). It's often an easier way to incorporate bold colors without going over the top or making a costly mistake.
PCDSA Kitchens
2. Use it as a Paint Color in smaller rooms, like this laundry room.
When you paint your walls or trim a green color like October Mist 1495, you may want to consider a warmer white, like Steam AF-15 to compliment the silvery sage color. It’s a beautiful color to go alongside October Mist on cabinetry, walls, or trim.
Gensler + Associates: Dubai
3. Use as an accent color. Great for a bedroom
Another way to add a dash of color is to try it on a piece of furniture in a bedroom, like this room by Gensler, as a subtle and pleasant accent. This room is bold in grey black and white, and the green sofa it a nice departure and a warm accent to this pallet.
Real life outside Dubai. My bedroom has green tones like this one. The sage green upholstered bed, the carpet and walls blends with the trees outside to give the light, airy garden feel. image source unknown.
From the 2022 color Pallet: Quiet Moments 1563. Inspiration image via Master Design Jeffery Bilhuber: The Perfect Room of old and new: Colors layers of Sage with touches of blush/ florals.
4. Use As an Accent Color for a Living Room
Jeffrey Bilhuber introduces classic elegance to a white and camel room with trim, drapery, and a few accent chairs. 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. The Benjamin Moore 2022 Color Palette also pairs so well with the warm tones of antiques.
Avalon : English earthenware inspires the color
5. 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.
kitchen via clarence and ?
6. The 2022 Pallett of Greens is a wonderful paint color on Kitchen Cabinetry as we move away from the all-white kitchen.
A calming and beautiful color, green is perfect for the kitchen. I like the varying hues, 3 colors, used here.
For all my friends on Pinterest, wasn’t this was the most pinned kitchen, by deVOL Kitchens for the last 3 years! (below)
Most pinned kitchen of 2019 - 2020. - Green is everywhere now. deVol Kitchens
The 2022 representation of Green has been updated to a silvery sage as the perfect color to complement other elements, such as wood!
Rita Konig's kitchen-dining room/ kitchen hybrid at North Farm. Credit: Simon Brown / Rita Konig
Is it a kitchen or is it a dining room? Green acts as a the perfect foundation color for this room.
Fabulous bathroom/ WC designed by PCSDA , NY & CA, my new design crush
Color Review and Thoughts:
October Mist is a perfect balance of green-gray and soft and chalky, this is a great neutral with earth tones. With the green base, it has a neutral ability when paired with other colors.
Trim color for October Mist?
“Benjamin Moore’s Alabaster - OC 129 is another go-to. Green appears frequently in my work and I find it pairs nicely with Alabaster’s subtle yellow undertones with a touch of pink” —Deborah
The organic quality and conversation I am having with clients make this color the perfect color story for the kitchen, laundry, bedroom, or living room when used in different ways in each room.
Where are people renovating the most today? The Kitchen and Living Rooms! This color makes sense for 2022.
The 2022 color Pallet: October Mist is also a good color ground for a bathroom surround.
October Mist 1495
or
Other colors from the 2022 Color Pallet that delight!
The 2022 color Pallet: Wild Flower may be the perfect pop of color for the guest bathroom / WC.
Source: sincerelymariedesigns.com
From the 2022 Pallet: A favorite color for the Front Door!
Wild Flower 2090-40 : Any red tone is a warm and welcoming color for your front door. These are some of my faves from the 2021 palette! The bronze hardware also adds some warmth. This is a great door color for a grey or white home.
image via Benjamin Moore
Wild Flower 2090-40
Get the full color sheet below for your reference when visiting the paint store.
This color is rich and relaxing. While In Paris: Inspiration photo, Monsieur Bleu by Joseph Dirand image via Architonic
(similar) L-R: Benjamin Moore: Gray Cashmere, Mysterious, Aegean Teal , and a Green like Fernwood Green
To use a color like High Park Green, Benjamin Moore - Consider Painting the backs of your boring white bookcases in it.
Coordinating Color Trends and Ideas for 2022 Color of the Year Benjamin Moore: October Mist is a wonderful color for front doors, kitchens, bedrooms, 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
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Is Green Pretty? Do I like the hint of grey?
Yes, green works with the sum of other colors juxtaposed to it. October Mist, Green is a neutral color, it plays nicely with other colors. It could look great with earthy woods on floors and furniture, it also looks great with a darker cabinet. Then for your walls, I do also like Benjamin Moore: Steam the creamy white offered in this pallet.
It is also a great color with wood tones, from teak to birch, to mahogany.
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 October Mist, 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
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