These Colors Will Be Everywhere in Interior Design in 2026

Austin-based interior designer Annie Downing agrees that earthy colors are in. One particular shade she loves? Yellowish-orange ochre. “It brings a sunbaked, lived-in quality to a room and pairs beautifully with both antiques and modern pieces,” Downing says.

Red

Multiple designers said that red and burgundy are favorites of theirs that are likely to pop up in many interiors this year. Downing is a fan of true, “bright, confident red,” she says, adding that this year, “I think we’ll see more bravery with color overall: fewer ‘safe’ choices, more personality.”

Lemon-vanilla

Photographed by Or Harpaz, Architectural Digest, June 2023

Lemon-vanilla is a way to use white in a softer way, and to accentuate the bolder and darker colors in the mix. Flack says he loves a 1950s-inspired, light yellow, machine-like shade for something surprising. “I love a neutral with a slight weird undertone of color through it, i.e. a pink, white, a lemon white or even a muddy brown white.”