Behr Paint’s 2024 Coloration of the 12 months Might Shock You

Behr’s 2024 Coloration of the 12 months, Cracked Pepper (PPU18-1), has arrived! Staying on theme with final 12 months’s decide — a flexible off-white shade known as Clean Canvas — the favored paint model has chosen a delicate black that’s meant to lend character and a contemporary aptitude to simply about any house, indoors and out.

Behr, which is offered completely at The Residence Depot, introduced its Coloration of the 12 months to life outside at an intimate media preview at Napa Valley’s Stanly Ranch, a luxurious lodge set on 712 picturesque acres. With the property’s ranch land and vineyards because the backdrop, design editors and content material creators had the chance to discover kitchen, eating room and front room vignettes, all showcasing the great thing about the traditional hue. From the kitchen island and cupboards to the partitions that framed the outside house crafted particularly for the occasion, the great thing about Cracked Pepper was on full show.

Behr celebrated its 2024 Coloration of the 12 months, Cracked Pepper, by designing a number of outside vignettes, together with this kitchen setup, at Napa Valley’s Stanly Ranch.

“Individuals have been working with gentle, heat neutrals for the previous couple of years, and Cracked Pepper is a coloration that may create a snug ambiance,” Erika Woelfel, vice chairman of coloration and artistic companies at Behr Paint Firm, instructed Good Housekeeping. “It’s a daring, sturdy coloration that could be very adaptable and straightforward to carry into any decor model.”

The evolution of shoppers’ preferences has rather a lot to do with this 12 months’s Coloration of the 12 months selection, too, in accordance with Sarah Fishburne, The Residence Depot’s director of development and design. “Our analysis exhibits that owners are extra open to darker colours,” Fishburne instructed Gold Housekeeping. The corporate’s current survey revealed that greater than half of People (57%) imagine a darker wall coloration is design-forward. What’s extra, two-thirds of People (65%) observe {that a} darkish coloration makes a room really feel daring.

However what should you’re extra comfy with lighter paint colours and really feel reluctant to take a design threat with Cracked Pepper? Woelfel recommends beginning small reasonably than wrapping all 4 partitions with it. “Paint a bit of furnishings, a ceiling, replace an island in a white kitchen or use it for inside doorways,” she says.

Don’t overlook its potential outside as effectively, Fishburne famous. From the outside of a captivating bungalow to a contemporary setting or coastal property, Cracked Pepper’s heat, natural nature has no bounds. Fishburne even used it for the gutters of her pink brick house. “Typically white gutters may be very daunting, however this coloration could be very forgiving,” she says.

In different phrases, the selection is yours!

Senior Residence Editor

Monique Valeris is the senior house editor for Good Housekeeping, the place she oversees the model’s house adorning protection throughout print and digital. Previous to becoming a member of GH in 2020, she was the digital editor at Elle Decor. In her present position, she explores every little thing from design tendencies and residential excursions to way of life product suggestions, together with writing her month-to-month column, “What’s in My Cart.”