Timeless Hue welcomes the shift towards thoughtful and durable spaces
CLEVELAND, 28 August 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Dutch Boy® Paints, a leading and trusted name in the paint industry, has announced Mapped Blue (429-5DB) as its Single Coat Color of the Year 2025, in response to growing consumer interest in spaces that promote well-being and longevity. Alongside this announcement, Dutch Boy® Paints has also released its full 2025 Color Trend Forecast, reflecting the evolving concept of home and the growing emphasis on thoughtful, lasting design choices that incorporate personal values and support a more sustainable lifestyle.
Dutch Boy® Paints has announced Mapped Blue (429-5DB) as its Single-Coat Color of the Year 2025, in response to growing consumer interest in spaces that promote well-being and longevity. Alongside this announcement, Dutch Boy® Paints has also released its full 2025 Color Trend Forecast, reflecting the evolving concept of home and the growing emphasis on thoughtful, lasting design choices that incorporate personal values and support a more sustainable lifestyle.
The central color for each of Dutch Boy® Paints’ three distinct color trend palettes for 2025, Mapped Blue is a versatile mid-blue with subtle yellow undertones that provides a reliable foundation for homeowners’ evolving personal style. Its stylish hue and adaptability allow it to complement a wide range of colors and design aesthetics, making it an ideal choice for those looking to create thoughtful, long-lasting interiors that reflect their individual tastes.
“Our Color of the Year 2025, Mapped Blue, is more than just a trend: it reflects the changing values of consumers,” explained Lisbeth ParadaColor Marketing Manager for Dutch Boy® Paints. “We are seeing a clear shift, particularly among Millennials and Generation Z, towards products that offer durability, functionality and timeless aesthetics. Mapped Blue is the answer to this call, offering a classic yet modern charm that adapts to different design styles and stands the test of time.”
To complement the Color of the Year 2025, the color experts at Dutch Boy® Paints have carefully curated three different one-coat paint color palettes that combine classic appeal with a modern sensibility, offering DIYers easy solutions through unique one-coat skin technology. Each palette contains three unique one-coat skin colors, all centered around Mapped Blue, providing a unified foundation for different design styles.
Tailor-made palette: This inviting color scheme effortlessly blends traditional and modern elements. It starts with a simple white (003W) and a warm wood (411-4DB) that beautifully balances the coolness of Mapped Blue (429-5DB) and offers a dose of elegance with Anchored Blue (434-7DB).
Essential Palette: This palette embodies functional simplicity with soft Antique White (011W), modern Stem Green (330-4DB) and warm Smoked Copper (306-5DB). Combined with Mapped Blue (429-5DB), these colors create balanced, modern interiors that support a relaxed lifestyle while remaining aesthetically pleasing and practical.
Captivate Palette: Blending digital experiences with home comforts, this palette combines White Linen (007W), vibrant Honey Hive (213-4DB) and deep Midnight Bliss (338-6DB) with Mapped Blue (429-5DB) as the anchor to create an immersive environment ideal for connectivity, escapism and relaxation.
In addition to its interior use, Mapped Blue can also help create a timeless foundation for a home’s exterior. Combine it with natural stone or brick, or with Dutch Boy® Paints’ Butterscotch (914-1DB) exterior wood stain to add a touch of warmth that creates a welcoming atmosphere.
Dutch Boy® Paints’ 2025 Color Trend Forecast aims to make painting easier for homeowners by offering an extensive selection of one-coat finish colors, including Mapped Blue and its accompanying palettes. The brand’s innovative one-coat finish technology improves the painting process by allowing homeowners to achieve professional-looking results in just three simple steps: (1) choose a popular one-coat trend color, (2) pair it with Dutch Boy® premium paint and Purdy® applicators, and (3) apply it safely using the recommended technique.
“Our 2025 Single-Coat Color Trend Forecast, which focuses on Mapped Blue as the Color of the Year, reflects the changing needs of today’s homeowners,” said Michelle BangsSenior Brand Manager, Dutch Boy® Paints. “With these three carefully curated palettes, we want to give DIYers the opportunity to create spaces that are both personally meaningful and enduring.”
Mapped Blue and its accompanying single-coat color palettes are available exclusively at Menards® in the brand’s award-winning Twist & Pour® container – a unique, easy-to-hold, easy-to-open, easy-to-pour container with an integrated spout.
For added convenience, the 2025 Color of the Year will also be available in Dutch Boy® Paints’ new and improved Platinum® Plus interior paint formula, featuring stain-resistant technology and now with an anti-scuff formula for all of life’s “uh-oh” moments.
For more information about Dutch Boy® Paints, the 2025 One-Coat Color of the Year, and the trend forecast, visit trends.dutchboy.com or Menards® retail stores.
About Dutch Boy® Paints
Founded in 1907, Dutch Boy® Paints remains an industry leader in providing innovative and high-quality products and packaging solutions. Over 100 years later, it remains one of the most recognized brands on the market. In recent years, a new vitality, youthfulness and the promise of simple solutions have further defined the brand. Tradition and trust have been brought to life with energy and empowerment, inspiring DIYers and paint lovers for generations to come. For more information, visit dutchboy.com.
About Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Group
The Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Group provides innovative products to meet customers’ paint and coatings needs. The group manufactures products under well-known brands such as Valspar®, HGTV Home® by Sherwin-Williams, Dutch Boy®, Purdy®, Krylon®, Minwax®, Thompson’s® WaterSeal®, Cabot®, Dupli-Color® and many more. Founded in 1866, Sherwin-Williams Company is a global leader in the manufacture, development, distribution and sale of paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. For more information, visit sherwin-williams.com.
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