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The Homecoming, Balance and Pulse colours of the year 2025 from Mankiewicz

15NOV

Mankiewicz Presented the Colours of the Year 2025

The three new colours of the year – Homecoming, Balance and Pulse – reflect the challenges of our time.

PHOTO OF SCOOTER COATED WITH 2025 PPG COLOR OF THE YEAR

26SET

PPG Unveils Purple Basil: the 2025 Color of the Year

PPG’s Purple Basil is a bold, soothing hue that reflect innovation and adaptability in 2025 design trends.

image of the new True Joy yellow, AkzoNobel's Colour of the Year 2025

10SET

AkzoNobel Unveils True Joy: Color of the Year 2025

AkzoNobel’s Color of the Year for 2025 True Joy is a sunny yellow which fills our homes with optimism, pride and a splash of vibrant color.

Photo of Malaysia’s Historic City of Malacca

02AGO

AkzoNobel Successfully Coated the Malaysia’s Historic City of Malacca

The AkzoNobel Dulux paints have revitalised Malaysia’s historic city of Malacca with vibrant shades, preserving its rich local culture.

24LUG

Axalta Presented its Latest Colour Trends: Architectural Fusion

The 2024 colour trends presented by Axalta combine nature and technological aspirations under the name Architectural Fusion.

photo of a combine harvester coated in seed green with Mankiewicz coatings

05LUG

Mankiewicz Unveils a Special Coating for CLAAS Group’s 500,000 Combine Harvesters

The innovative coating solution developed by Mankiewicz guarantees durability and an attractive finish to CLAAS special edition combines.

19APR

Merck is Launching its 2024 Curiosity Cube Tour

Merck's Curiosity Cube mobile science lab will reach 45,000 students in 14 countries, teaching sustainability lessons in STEM.

16APR

Lechler Presents its new Color Design® "The Way of Ethic Colors" Project at Milan Design Week 2024

During Fuorisalone 2024, the event that takes place every year in conjunction with the Milan Design Week, Lechler, presented "The Way of Ethic Colors", a new project that proposes four collections that explore the ethical dimension of colour and create new chromatic and material landscapes for the interiors of our homes.

photo of historic Holland windmills coated with AkzoNobel Solutions

15MAR

Akzonobel Coated the Historic Dutch Windmills

The partnership with the Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation involves the use of AkzoNobel's innovative coatings to preserve the windmills and restore them to their original colours.

23FEB

The Paints of AkzoNobel Transformed a City in Pakistan

The Pakistani city of Mustafabad has been powered by the innovative Dulux paint from AkzoNobel.

A car coated with Starry Night, the colour of the year for Axalta

01FEB

Axalta Presented Starry Night as Its 2024 Automotive Colour of the Year

To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of its automotive colours of the year, Axalta introduced the dynamic black shade Starry Night.

a car coated in black and the chromatic/achromatic colors variations in 2023 color trend report for OEM coatings

17GEN

BASF Released Its 2023 Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings

BASF unveiled its Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings for the year 2023, highlighting changes in achromatic colors but no changes in chromatic hues.

22NOV

Mankiewicz Presented its Colors of The Year 2024

Mankiewicz has released its colours of the year selection for the year 2024.

A building coated with the Upward colour of Sherwin-Williams

09OTT

Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings Presented Upward, Its Colour of the Year 2024

The breezy and tranquil Upward was selected as colour of the year 2024 by Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings to bring a clean slate a sense of possibility to any setting.

The outside of a building painted with the powder coatings from the Vision 2030 Colour Collection of Sherwin-Williams

04OTT

Sherwin-Williams Presented the New Syntha Pulvin® Vision 2030 Collection for Architectural Powder Coatings

Sherwin-Williams launched its Vision 2030 Collection of powder coatings focused on quality products designed for the architectural market.