2027 Color of the Year Ancient Marble
E: 395C3127 | C: 432B6553
A distinctive gray-green neutral that balances organic warmth with modern sophistication. Ancient Marble blends contemporary style with enduring appeal, offering a versatile color solution that feels fresh today and relevant for years to come.
2027 Color of the Year
Ancient Marble
With its understated blend of green and gray, Ancient Marble captures the growing desire for colors that feel both natural and enduring. The refined, stone-inspired character feels fresh without overwhelming a design. Highly adaptable across applications and industries, the warm neutral brings authenticity and balance to the built environment.
Ancient Marble SW 6162 emerges from the Sherwin-Williams Colormix® forecast, translating the fresh energy of Celery SW 6421 into a softer, grayed-green hue designed for the unique needs of the building products market. The result is a distinctive yet approachable color that bridges contemporary preferences with lasting appeal, offering relevance today and resilience for years to come.
Beauty Meets Proven Performance
Ancient Marble was designed to inspire, but it was also selected with real-world performance and versatility in mind. Available across multiple Sherwin-Williams coating technologies, including Fluropon®, the color can be specified for a wide range of applications, from curtain walls, agricultural buildings and metal roofing to appliances and HVAC systems. This cross-platform availability allows designers, manufacturers and specifiers to carry a cohesive color vision across projects with varying performance requirements.
A curated selection of trusted finish options are available, including standard, Classic II mica and textured effects, along with low-gloss and textured finishes. Rather than relying on bold specialty effects, these finishes were intentionally chosen to enhance the color's natural depth and character while showcasing the proven coating solutions customers depend on every day.
Building Harmony With the Colors of SHIFT
Ancient Marble can stand on its own, but its design possibilities expand when paired with complementary colors from the Colormix® Foresight SHIFT Color Trend Forecast. These curated hues provide inspiration for bringing Ancient Marble into conversation with adjacent materials, architectural elements and surrounding spaces, creating a unified vision that feels contemporary, connected and enduring.
Ancient Marble
E: 395C3127 | C: 432B6553
A stony gray-green hue with a sense of quiet sophistication and forward-looking versatility.
Fractal
E: 391C1886 | C: 431B3249
With a softly warmed off-white hue and subtle gold undertones, Fractal evokes calm complexity, refined minimalism and the spirit of scientific discovery.
Precious Pyrite
E: 399D9511| C: 439Z11817M
Precious Pyrite is a champagne hue with an anodized texture that feels like a quantum relic from a digital future.
Interstellar
E: 399D9509| C: 439Z11816M
Interstellar is a sophisticated metallic that elevates design while preserving an understated character.
Restore
E: 397C1821| C: 437C3976TX
Restore is a grounded oxblood that settles into the black-brown spectrum while quietly retaining its red-violet and red-blue undertones, like embers beneath aged wood.
Builder
E: 395C3027| C: 435C3687
Builder is a deep green with a pronounced blue undertone, evocative of the misty, gray-toned evergreens of the wilderness.
Naturally Refined,
Effortlessly Enduring
Ancient Marble brings together natural inspiration, timeless appeal and modern sophistication.
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Universal Khaki is a refined neutral that brings a sense of warmth and grounded poise to any space. Its subtle depth and versatility creates an inviting atmosphere where design feels both restorative and elevated. This modern essential is tailored for timelessness to inspire thoughtful creativity that lasts.
From shimmering effects to bold mattes, the versatile neutral offers a variety of finishes tailored to your application needs. You can specify Universal Khaki in multiple finishes such as Fluropon® and WeatherXL™, as well as a wide variety of special effects including Kameleon and Nova.
COLOR CAPSULE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2025 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Our 2025 Color Capsule of the Year is suitable for a wide range of end uses — from window frames to wall panels to residential siding, to name just a few. The palette provides the opportunity to find the ideal color and its perfect pairing. Used as an accent or all over, for exteriors or interiors, the timelessly earthbound tones can create an oasis in all spaces.
The 2025 Color Capsule of the Year introduces expertly chosen colors to be both on-trend and timeless, choosing the hue or hues that suit your project and style. Get inspired by the collection and build your beautiful color story.
UPWARD SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2024 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Upward is a breezy, blissful blue that brings timeless lightness and total tranquility to spaces where fresh ideas can take flight. Ever ascending, the relaxed and carefree color inspires moments to pause and reconnect with the creative spirit.
Our 2024 Color of the Year is suitable for a wide range of uses — from window frames to wall panels to residential siding, to name just a few — making Upward the perfect hue for your next project. Used as an accent or all over, for exteriors or interiors, the airy and transitional blue of Upward inspires meditative spaces of limitless possibility and absolute peace in both residential and commercial settings. A vision for an uplifting new era, this calming shade of blue has the power to inspire, energize and elevate design in a variety of coil and extrusion applications.
REDEND POINT SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2023 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Redend Point is a rust-tinted neutral that imparts cozy warmth and natural earthiness. As a new essential, its soft and restorative depth awakens an environment where the mind and soul can relax and restore.
Our 2023 Color of the Year is suitable for a wide range of uses. From window frames to wall panels to appliances, to name just a few, Redend Point is the perfect hue for your next project. In the spirit of exploration, Redend Point forges a new path as a blushing beige that's sure to leave onlookers in awe. This captivating hue has the power to inspire, stimulate and enliven a broad variety of coil and extrusion applications, elevating design.
Color Codes: Extrusion 392C1137 and Coil 437R3572
EVERGREEN FOG SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2022 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Easily hit the refresh button on any residential, commercial or architectural space with Evergreen Fog, a simple, sophisticated color that is both calming and composed with just a touch of organic lushness.
Our 2022 Color of the Year is a versatile and calming hue of gorgeous green-meets-gray, with just a bit of blue, depending on the light. It’s a simple but sophisticated wash of beautiful color for any exterior space. It allows you to truly discover the balance between the familiar and the fantastical—between seeking sun and rooting deeply. In the soft organic shade of Evergreen Fog, we find meaning, a place to heal, a lasting peace.
URBANE BRONZE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2021 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Create a sense of sanctuary with Urbane Bronze. If your vision calls for a creation of the ultimate retreat for reflection and renewal, turn to a hue whose simplicity and nature-inspired energy cultivate a sense of calm from the ground up.
The trend for leaning into nature continues to shape our spaces, proving that our world is never far away. Urbane Bronze might be a color rooted in the environment, but it also has a unique ability to ground a structure through organic appeal. Whether it's accentuating window trims or accent walls, this warm hue draws from nature for a feeling of relaxation and serenity.
NAVAL SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 2020 COLOR OF THE YEAR
Naval fuses the striking and bold opulence of Art Deco with the awe-inspiring power of the world around us. This deep shade evokes a prominent sense of confidence that combines timeless color with a fresh mix of natural materials and textures that brings navy blue into a new era.
This color includes hints of live greenery and mineral-based materials like marble, allowing us as architects and builders to create a natural sanctuary that encourages rejuvenation. It’s about slowing down to appreciate the beauty in nature and how you can apply it to your next project.
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Discover the story, inspiration and design potential behind our 2027 Color of the Year. Learn why Ancient Marble was chosen, how it reflects evolving design preferences, where it fits within the broader SHIFT Color Trend Forecast and how it can inspire your next project.
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