Choosing a single shade to capture a mood, or a moment, is a notoriously tricky challenge, but one that the paint companies enthusiastically embrace every year. For 2025, Benjamin Moore has settled on ‘Cinnamon Slate’ – a subtle mix of soft brown and plum.
In practice, that means this colour’s richness can lend depth to any room without overpowering it, while subtly adapting to changing light levels throughout the day and across the seasons. It’s a compelling way of giving a space presence without making an attention-grabbing statement.
The celebrated colour is part of a palette of nine complementary paint shades that develop the idea of championing the ‘in-between’ hues – those quietly hardworking tones that ground a scheme and tie all the elements in a room together.
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Comforting and calm, they run the spectrum from the light, fresh ‘Glacier White’ and ‘Paris Rain’ to moodier options like ‘Leather Saddle Brown’, ‘Stained Glass’ and ‘Rosepine’.
This is a refined, sophisticated palette, comprised of colours that can all work on their own or in combination with the others to create timeless schemes which won’t go out of style in a hurry.
