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

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 key figures in the fields of design, communication, and color: Enric Pastor and Judith van Vliet.

Enric Pastor is a journalist specializing in design, architecture, and interior design. He currently leads MANERA magazine, where he explores design with a fresh and cross-disciplinary perspective, and regularly collaborates with brands and institutions to analyze 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 created a trend book that not only identifies the aesthetic and conceptual paths for architecture and interior design but also offers an inspiring perspective on how to live, design, and experience spaces in the coming years.

The coming years will be dominated by five major color macro-trends that address the emotional, social, and environmental needs of our time. Palettes that not only beautify 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 the essentials. Its desaturated colors evoke organic materials and convey serenity: from the warm beige Pebble to the soft orange Terra, including greens like Avocado, grays inspired by bark like Weathered, and the bluish black Debris, which speaks of recycling and circularity.

An honest and balanced palette that works as a natural embrace within the home. In Cosentino's portfolio, tones like Posidonia Green by Silestone or Grigio by Dekton embody this aesthetic: surfaces that breathe sustainability and innovation with a deeply natural look.

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 mixes neutral with bold. Legacy, a medium red full of strength; Matter, a warm gray symbolizing sustainability; Bauhaus, a timeless blue; Energy, a bright yellow inspired by renewable energy; and Mutable, a deep purple representing flexibility and exclusivity.

In terms of materials, highlights 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 colors. Its five tones 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 like Umber by Dekton Kraftizen, inspired by traditional pigments, or Ceppo, with the timeless strength of Italian stone. Colors that connect with our heritage and translate it into contemporary design.

Refuge: color as daily therapy

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

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

Wonder: goodbye to greige, hello to creativity

After years of neutral minimalism, Wonder celebrates excess and theatricality. It is a trend for bold spirits, where color becomes a sensory explosion. Its star tones are: Empathy, an inclusive reddish blue; Statement, a vibrant red; Balance, an energizing 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 by Dekton, with spectacular ochre veins, or Jardin Emerald by 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 just colors, they are ways of inhabiting the present and projecting the future. Palettes that invite the design of sustainable spaces, full of soul and identity, where each color choice becomes a statement of intent.