These are the 5 colour palettes that will set trends among designers in the coming years

Colour is no longer understood solely as aesthetics: it has become a language, an emotion, an identity. The book Shaping Tomorrow: Future Design & Architecture 2025–2026, developed by Cosentino in collaboration with over 200 architecture and design professionals, confirms this.

This book features the vision and work of two leading figures in design, communication, and colour: Enric Pastor and Judith van Vliet.

Enric Pastor is a journalist specialising in design, architecture, and interior design. He currently leads the magazine MANERA, where he explores design from a fresh and cross-disciplinary perspective, and regularly collaborates with brands and institutions to analyse the impact of trends on the spaces we inhabit.

Judith van Vliet, on the other hand, is an international colour consultant and founder of The Color Authority. With a strong background in colour research and design, her work focuses on understanding how colour influences emotions, decisions, and environmental perception.

Together, Pastor and Van Vliet have conceived a trend book that not only identifies the aesthetic and conceptual paths towards which architecture and interior design are heading, but also offers an inspiring insight into how to live, design, and experience spaces in the coming years.

The coming years will be dominated by five major chromatic macro-trends that respond to the emotional, social, and environmental needs of our time. Palettes that not only decorate but define how we want to live.

We present the five proposals that, according to these renowned independent experts, will shape the direction of design: Natura, Urban, Origin, Refugio, and Wonder.

Natura: the calm that connects us to the earth

In an increasingly fast-paced world, Natura advocates a return to essentials. Its desaturated colours evoke organic materials and convey serenity: from the warm beige Pebble to the soft orange Terra, through greens like Avocado, greys inspired by bark such as Weathered, and the bluish-black Debris, which speaks of recycling and circularity.

It is an honest and balanced palette that acts as a nature-inspired embrace within the home. In Cosentino's portfolio, tones such as Posidonia Green from Silestone or Grigio from Dekton embody this aesthetic: surfaces that breathe sustainability and innovation with a profoundly natural appearance.

Urban: energy for the cities of the future

Cities inspire resilience, creativity, and diversity. The Urban trend translates this into a vibrant and cosmopolitan palette that blends neutral tones with bold ones. Legacy, a medium red full of strength; Matter, a warm grey symbolising sustainability; Bauhaus, a timeless blue; Energy, a bright yellow inspired by renewable energy; and Mutable, a deep purple representing flexibility and exclusivity.

In materials, standout proposals include Trevi by Dekton, which reinterprets Roman travertine, or Romantic Ash by Silestone Le Chic, reminiscent of a starry sky. Surfaces that enable the design of urban, sustainable, and character-filled interiors.

Origin: authenticity and cultural roots

We increasingly seek to return to who we are, to our roots. The Origin palette proposes earthy, warm, and deeply human colours. Its five shades are: Essence, a white tinged with yellow highlights; Vintage, a vibrant chartreuse green; Heritage, a sunlit terracotta; Cochinilla, a burgundy inspired by natural pigments from Latin America; and Cactus, a sober green reminiscent of desert succulents.

At Cosentino, this trend is reflected in surfaces such as Umber by Dekton Kraftizen, inspired by traditional pigments, or Ceppo, with the timeless strength of Italian stone. Colours that connect with our heritage and translate it into contemporary design.

Refuge: colour as daily therapy

After years of uncertainty, the home is redefined as an emotional refuge. Refuge proposes soft and therapeutic tones that soothe and embrace: Renew, a subtle green; Serenity, a luminous aqua; Togetherness, a cosy peach; Ethernal, a dreamy violet; and Stilness, a warm neutral that conveys peace.

It is an intimate and healing palette that connects with biophilic design and the need for spaces that nurture us. Materials such as Versailles Ivory by Silestone or Trance by Dekton Onirika reflect this quest for calm through sensual veining and soft textures, ideal for creating homes that heal.

Wonder: goodbye greige, hello creativity

After years of neutral minimalism, Wonder celebrates excess and theatricality. It is a trend for bold spirits, where colour becomes a sensory explosion. Its key shades are: Empathy, an inclusive reddish-blue; Statement, a vibrant red; Balance, an energising blue-green; Creativity, a transformative yellow; and Mystique, a deep and mysterious purple.

This palette invites you to play with contrasts and break rules. At Cosentino, materials like Laurent from Dekton, with spectacular ochre veins, or Jardin Emerald from Silestone Le Chic Bohème, evoke this chromatic fantasy that transforms every space into a creative stage.

A chromatic future full of possibilities

The five macro-trends featured in Cosentino's Trend Report form a mosaic of attitudes towards design: from the calm of Natura to the theatricality of Wonder, through the resilience of Urban, the authenticity of Origin, and the emotional sensitivity of Refugio.

More than colours, they are ways of inhabiting the present and shaping the future. Palettes that invite the design of sustainable spaces, with soul and identity, where every colour decision becomes a statement of intent.