Summer 2026 palettes: what’s changing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The major trend forecasters (Pantone, WGSN, NCS Colour) are converging this season towards a more contrasted reading of interior colour. The neutrality of the post-pandemic years is giving way to more decisive combinations<\/strong>, without tipping into chromatic excess. The balance sought: one strong anchor shade, two or three soft supporting tones, and a punctual accent.<\/strong> This three-part structure is becoming the common language of summer 2026 textile and furniture collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What distinguishes the 2026 season from those before it: colour is fully embraced, but chosen with method. The great paint houses – from Farrow & Ball to Ressource and Little Greene – have each built their new collections around this tension between chromatic assertion and sophisticated restraint. The result: palettes that read immediately, but are never simplistic.<\/p>\n\n\n The terracotta family remains one of the season’s most solid choices not as a repetition of previous years, but with a shift towards warmer, more luminous tones. Golden ochre<\/strong> takes precedence over flat terracotta; burnt copper<\/strong>, almost metallic, punctuates compositions that would have been too tame without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a palette that tells a story: the Mediterranean, dry earth, summer houses. Little Greene has captured it perfectly with Tuscan Red (140)<\/strong> and Madeleine (338)<\/strong>, two ochres of rare pigment richness that change character entirely between morning and evening light. Farrow & Ball offers its version with Red Earth (64)<\/strong>, more orange, more solar, ideal on a single feature wall in a south-facing living room.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Tuscan](\"https:\/\/hartdesignselection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15884.jpg\")
Ochre, terracotta, burnt copper: the solar palette<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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