2023 Paint Color Trends: Best of the Best Picks

What paint colors will be popular in 2023? 28 most popular interior paint colors.

Here are all of the best paint color picks from Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, Valspar, Behr and HGTV by Sherwin Williams!

Not ONLY did they pick the Color of the Year (click to read that post), but also full 2023 Paint Trend collections too!

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I like this mix of paint brands because it represents the major paint retailers:

• Sherwin Williams Dealers
• Benjamin Moore Dealers
• The Home Depot Stores
• Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores

With a background in textile color matching, 5 years in the paint industry, and the gift of color memory paint colors are my expertise.

For YEARS, I’ve shared the annual best of the best paint color picks and they are my most popular blog posts.

If you want to look back at the history of how the colors have changed, here are all of my picks:

• 2022 Paint Color Trends: Best of the Best Picks
• 2021 Paint Color Trends: Best of the Best Picks
• 2020 Paint Color Trends: Best of the Best Picks
• 2019 Paint Colors Best of the Best Picks

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Sometimes the paint color of the year isn’t your favorite or work with your home, right? I’m here to help!

My mission in analyzing all of the paint colors for you is to find colors you WANT to use in your home. The cherry on top is learning about the paint color trends for 2023.

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Not only will I be sharing my 28 best of the best paint color picks, but also will narrow the trend color palettes further to give you the BEST options by color group.

2023 Top Interior Paint Colors

1. White paint color trends
2. Neutral paint colors trends
3. Blue paint colors trends
4. Green paint colors trends
5. Red / Corals paint color trends
6. Purple paint color trends
7. Clay paint color trends (NEW in 2023)
8. Yellow Paint color trends (NEW in 2023)

Yep I dug deep this year to give you the colors you need!

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NOTE: Every monitor will represent the colors differently. ALWAYS buy a sample before choosing a color.

Top 2023 Paint Color Trend: Neutrals

The craziest thing happened this year that I’ve never seen the paint brands do before.

The 2023 Colors of the Year were ALL different and there wasn’t a SINGLE theme across the selections.

2022 was an incredibly chaotic year and there wasn’t much consensus on anything.

Possibly that is being reflected in the new paint color picks. When I pulled the basic colors of the year together, I literally said YUCK.

Luckily, there are deeper palettes of colors to choose from and why I develop my top paint color selections each year.

FYI, Valspar doesn’t select just one color. Their top color is Ivory Brown.

2023 Paint Color of the Year

• Benjamin Moore – Raspberry Blush
• Sherwin Williams – Redend Point
• Behr – Blank Canvas
• HGTV by Sherwin Williams – Darkroom
• PPG – Vining Ivy
• Valspar – Ivory Brown

See what I mean? Two colors are “non-colors” black and white. Then a bright coral and a muted clay color.

I threw in PPG because I do see deep aquas across all of the paint color palettes and Valspar as a reference.

This made my picks this year a lot more difficult!

But I am up for the task of determining the colors of the new year.

2023 Popular Paint Color Trends

Now let’s do a deep dive into all of the 2023 trend paint colors from the major paint companies.

In 2022, the colors were soft usable and pretty. Grayed green was the HOT color for all of the brands.

my 2022 analysis predicted color trends in 2023:

• Warm pinks are developing into peach and deeper brick tones.
• Deep berry, violet and lilac are new on the scene.
• Primary and clean bright colors are popping up as accents.
• Moving to warmer toned neutrals.

“As trends change, paint color is truly the most inexpensive way to update your home and refresh the look.”

Porch Daydreamer

The ONLY 2023 trend paint color that I personally have in my home is PURE WHITE.

It’s OK not to follow the trends and my advice is to choose colors you love that work with your home decor.

2023 Best of the Best Paint Color Trend Picks

Now it’s time to share with you the 28 top colors for 2023.

After looking at 82 colors, these are my picks for the colors that are most useable for your home.

Each manufacturer provides unique paint palette collections with colors reflecting the major trends.

Paint Color Collections of 2023 by brand:

• Benjamin Moore
• Sherwin Williams
• Valspar
• Behr
• HGTV by Sherwin Williams

Are you curious to know my FAVORITE 2023 trend paint palette? My personal favorite are all of the colors from Behr!

“Blank Canvas” is perfect paint color as we look to 2023. Behr is the brand that expertly and succinctly represented the 2023 paint color trends.

Porch Daydreamer

In my color of the year write up, my analysis pointed to Behr being the paint brand that got the color of the year correct for 2023.

Porch Daydreamer® 2023 Paint Color Picks

My hope is you find a color that you are interested in and want to explore in the coming year.

In all honesty, yellows (especially chartreuse) I struggle with but they are too important to ignore in 2023.

Neutrals as I mentioned earlier DOMINATED the Sherwin Williams picks, so I worked to build in actual color from the various palettes to balance out the mix.

What are your thoughts? Are there colors in this collection that will work in your home?

My goal is always to find a cohesive mix of paint colors that can work together to tell a story about the new paint color trends.

Are you looking for a specific color group for one of your decorating projects?

2023 Paint Picks by Color Type

To help you I’ve narrowed down into even more specific groups of colors:

1. White Paint Colors in 2023
2. Neutral Paint Colors in 2023
3. Blue Paint Colors in 2023
4. Green Paint Colors in 2023
5. Earth Tone Paint Colors in 2023
6. Red and Coral Colors in 2023
7. Purple Colors in 2023
8. Yellow Colors in 2023

You can click the links to jump straight to those colors.

best White paint colors 2023

1. B Blank Canvas | 2. SW Pure White | 3. V Cozy White | 4. SW Pediment | 5. SW Kestrel White | 6. V Villa Grey | 7. B Spanish Sand | 8. SW Skyline Steel

As you can see the neutrals are shades of off-white, cream, and greige.

They progress into deep dark browns and coffee colors.

Gone are stark white walls! My FAVORITE WHITE is Sherwin Williams, Pure White.

It works with warm and cool colors with ease.

Best neutral Paint Colors 2023

1. SW Shiitake | 2. V Ivory Brown | 3. SW Cool Beige | 4. SW Antler Velvet | 5. B Perfect Taupe | 6. SW Chatura Gray | 7. SW Threshold Taupe | 8. SW Urbane Bronze

Beige, Greige, Taupe and Coffee are at the heart of this palette.

Shades of mushroom have definitely become prominent in 2023.

Watch for the undertones in beiges they can go red and purple!

best blue paint colors

1. V Rising Tide | 2. SW Indigo | 3. B Half Sea Fog | 4. V Everglade Deck | 5. B Sophisticated Teal | 6. BM North Sea Green

If you are a longtime follow of Porch Daydreamer, you know I am a “blue person”.

I am pretty disappointed there are so FEW blues that are easy to use.

The deep shades are beautiful, but be used as a backdrop or accent wall in your home.

best Green paint colors

1. SW Evergreen Fog | 2. B Conifer Green | 3. V Green Trellis | 4. SW Kale Green | 5. SW Silvermist | 6. SW Blue Peacock

The greens are primarily yellow based, which can be hard when decorating a room.

Sherwin Williams kept their 2022 color of the year Evergreen Fog in the mix again this year. Typically they carry forward the color of the year.

Loving both of the bottom colors. Blue Peacock is DARK, so use it sparingly as it approaches black.

Best terracotta and Earth tone Paint Colors

1. SW Malted Milk | 2. SW Likeable Sand | 3. BM Conch Shell | 4. SW Reddend Earth | 5. SW Redend Point | 6. SW Carnelian

Sherwin Williams LEANED into the earth tones in various shades of clay.

There are areas of the country where decorating with these colors makes sense, but in much of the country I don’t see these colors being widely embraced.

I did attend the Sherwin Williams Colormix 2023 forecast and saw a flat lay mood board with the color of the year Redend Point.

It was pretty, but they pushed the blush undertone of the color. So lean into that if you use it!

Best Red and coral Paint colors

1. BM Raspberry Blush | 2. SW Peppery | 3. SW Toile Red | 4. BM Cinnamon | 5. B Vermilion | 6. V Southern Road

Rusty red is a color that we saw last year and here it is again!

All of the reds are DEEP. I’m still not certain why Benjamin Moore chose Raspberry Blush and every color in their 2023 trend palette is very hard to use.

When I look at this palette I think LIPSTICK! Shades for a wide variety of skin tones.

I don’t see these paint colors dominating interior walls in 2023.

Best Purple and Plum Paint Colors

1 . BM New Age | 2. SW Wallflower | 3. SW Studio Mauve | 4. SW Fabulous Grape | 5. B Aubergine | 6. BM Wenge

Mauve is BACK in every value from light to very dark.

There are claims that mauve is the new millennial pink and will take over in 2023. My guess is we will see more and more home decor in varying shades of mauve.

Mauve is actually a very OLD FASHION color dating back to the late 1800’s. What is old is new again!

Best Yellow Paint Colors

1. SW Chartreuse | 2. BM Savannah Green | 3. SW White Raisin | 4. HGTV Restrained Gold | 5. SW Serape | 6. B Spiced Mustard

Hello Chartreuse I see you! Did you know this color was named after a French liquor from the 1700’s?

The dye used back in that era was made from ARSENIC, which is a poison. Maybe that’s why I don’t like the color – just get a back vibe when I look at it do you?

The color was revived in 1920’s, but I believe this color was chosen as a reflection of the 1950’s.

We see Chartreuse in fashion, but I’m not seeing it on interior walls for most people!

I added a deep gold Serape ( it looks bright here), but it’s very muted and warm.

Is orange on the way for 2024?

My hope is you feel well informed on all of the 2023 paint colors trending in the coming year.

Are you planning to use one of these paint colors in a new project?

Let me know in the comments your favorites or what has you scratching your head!

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PORCH DAYDREAMER

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