Autumn 2025 is shaping up to be a season of calm, grown-up sophistication: homes wrapped in soft neutrals, earthy tones, and just enough confident colour to keep things interesting. Think of it as a curated palette that celebrates warmth, balance and quiet creativity. These are the autumn 2025 interior colour trends that manage to feel both timely yet reassuringly timeless, the kind of seasonless shades you’ll want to live with well past the first frost.
Below, we break down the key colours of the moment – Mushroom, Moss, Terracotta and the very fabulous Lacquer Red – before looking ahead to the 2026 colour forecast for interiors: a soothing, slightly romantic shift towards Serene Blues, Sage Mist, and Sunlit Ochre.
Autumn 2025 — The Key Colours of the Season
Moss Green
Grounded and instantly calming, Moss green is the colour quietly defining Autumn 2025. Rooted in biophilic design and that collective craving we all have for a little more nature in our daily orbit, it’s a hidden gem in the season’s line-up – balanced, earthy and quietly elegant.
Sitting somewhere between an earthy olive and a universal khaki, it’s brilliant for anchoring a space without ever feeling heavy. Take Romney in Moss, whose tactile beauty comes from pure British wool – a fabric that’s as soft and comforting as the colour itself. It’s just as perfect on a generous, room-shaping sofa as it is on smaller, characterful pieces like occasional chairs, cushions or even a neatly upholstered window seat where texture really sings.
Mushroom
Mushroom colour interiors are having a moment, especially for warm autumn living room colours – sitting serenely between beige and grey, this is one of those modern neutral tones we’ve all been looking for. Endlessly adaptable and rather chic, it’s become the anchor of autumn 2025 home colours for living rooms and cosy spaces.
If you’ve been flirting with neutral tones but want something with more depth and timeless elegance, this is your answer. Case in point? Our gorgeous Omega IV velvet in Mushroom, which shows off the curves of this classic armchair to perfection. It’s the sort of quietly confident piece that slips into any room and instantly makes everything look more considered.
Expressive Reds
Now for the showstopper. Lacquer Red is the accent shade of Autumn 2025 – vibrant, sophisticated and gloriously expressive. It’s the confident swipe of lipstick for otherwise calm rooms, injecting energy into warm neutrals and earthy tones.
The “unexpected red theory” – first popularised on TikTok by Brooklyn-based designer Taylor Migliazzo Simon – has, in truth, been around for years. The idea is simple: a pop of red instantly brings a room to life. Use it sparingly (with, say, a cushion, lampshade or vase), and it behaves like warm mahogany with attitude; or go all-out for a hit of unapologetic glamour, as with this sofa in Double Dragon in Lacquer Red, whose bold pattern and saturated hue deliver a bolt of energy to an otherwise neutral space.
Terracotta
Terracotta continues to exude its gentle beauty in both rustic and contemporary homes – warming, nostalgic and completely in tune with sustainable autumn interiors. It brings that handcrafted, artisan charm we’re all craving, whether through ceramics, textiles or full-on colour-drenched rooms.
Here, our printed linen, Ruffled in Citadel, injects warmth into a monochromatic kitchen with a pair of statement blinds. The painterly ribbon motif brings a lovely sense of movement, while the terracotta hue feels both elegant and immensely flattering. Another of those seasonless shades that earns its place again and again, the terracotta colour trend shows absolutely no sign of cooling.
Smoked Indigo
Rich, cocooning and subtly introspective, Smoked Indigo… one of the most popular dark blue paint colours for autumn. As a backdrop, it’s sublime; as an accent, it’s a hidden gem. In this scheme, its enveloping powers are on full display, with grey-blue walls paired with a sofa in Kami in Indigo, a statement printed velvet infused with an oriental mood.
Smoked Indigo has a remarkable ability to make a room feel immediately more thoughtful: calm but never cold, dramatic but never overwhelming. It’s one of those rare shades that works just as well in light-filled spaces as it does in evening rooms, lending depth, polish and a quiet confidence wherever it appears.
2026 Colour Trends Explained
As we look ahead to 2026, a gentler, more contemplative palette begins to emerge. Serene Blues, Sage Mist and Sunlit Ochre lead the way as some of the standout colours – shades that soften and enrich the mood, evoking calm renewal, modern introspection and a quiet but unmistakable sense of optimism for the year ahead.
Serene Blues
One of the key blue interior colour trends for 2026 – feather-light, restorative blues that bring an easy serenity to a room. They’re tipped to be among the standout shades in interior paint colours for 2026, especially in light-filled living rooms and bedrooms that aspire to a mood of breezy elegance.
Here, that feeling comes to life with gentle blue walls and a sofa upholstered in Hinako in Air, a printed linen inspired by traditional Asian folk art with all the artisanal charm of a block print. Its simplified, stylised pattern adds just the right amount of detail without disturbing the calm. Together, these soft shades create a space that feels fresh, thoughtful and quietly uplifting – exactly the mood 2026 seems to be reaching for.
Sunlit Ochre
A golden tone that bridges summer optimism and autumn warmth, Sunlit Ochre has that rare ability to make a room feel instantly happier. It brings a soft glow – never brash, always comforting – one of those seasonless shades that manages to be joyful and grounded at the same time.
It’s especially lovely with earthy textures and warm eucalyptus tones, as seen in this cottage bedroom where greeny-grey walls play backdrop to curtains in Maze in Ochre, a stylised leaf motif that brings exactly the lift the room needs. The cushion in Hopscotch in Mustard adds a quietly cheerful lift, while the plain ochre linen cushion and bedspread do the anchoring work: the sort of steady, good-natured pieces that make a room feel soothing and beautifully put-together.
Sage Mist
Sage Mist is sage but more refined – a slightly lighter grey-green that feels meditative, modern and wonderfully easy to live with. Among the trending colours for 2026 homes, this is your quiet hero: soothing without being sleepy, quietly elevated without ever feeling formal.
In this scheme, Sage Mist comes to life on a headboard in Lottie in Sage, a printed linen that captures the simple beauty of honesty seed pods. The same fabric appears again on the cushions – a gentle repetition that adds texture and interest without disturbing the calm. It’s a perfect example of why this evolved green is set to define 2026’s modern minimalism: sophisticated, grounded and just the right side of serene.
The beauty of these palettes – for 2025 and 2026 – is their staying power. Today’s colours are tomorrow’s classics: versatile, comforting, enduring. They’re the sort of hues that make a house feel instantly more like a home.
Whether you’re refreshing a single room or planning a whole-house rethink, these warm neutrals, earthy tones and gentle blues – and not forgetting that joyful pop of red – create a foundation that won’t date. They are, quite simply, colours with real staying power: understated, lasting, and beautifully easy to build a home around.