Valspar’s 2025 Color of the Year Proves Deep Blue Hues Are Here to Stay-by Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

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It’s time! The selections for 2025’s Colors of the Year are starting to roll in.

Valspar just released its pick for 2025, and it did not disappoint. They opted for a deep, romantic hue: Encore Blue. This shade is a rich, stunning royal blue that evokes healing and relaxation.

Many big-name paint brands announced blue as their color of the year for 2024 (all caught the blues, we guess). With Encore Blue as the selection to define the upcoming year, it seems Valspar isn’t straying from the blue theme for 2025.

Read on to learn more about Encore Blue from Valspar and how to use this gorgeous shade in your home.

The Meaning Behind Encore Blue for 2025

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In Valspar’s press release for the 2025 Color of the Year announcement, Sue Kim, director of color marketing, wrote about what makes Encore so unique and timeless.

“Its atmospheric deep blue tones emulate both the elusive luxury of Old World design and the futuristic blending of our physical and digital world, making it a color that feels familiar and unexpected at the same time,” she explains.

Kim also remarked why Encore Blue would be a perfect fit for your home, noting that it’s a color for any space or application. Its versatility shows it can shine on its own (think: a whole wall) or can provide pops of color indoors and out.

“Encore Blue allows us to reach for more as we reclaim our imaginations and embrace a more joyful version of adulthood.”

“This makes it an ideal backdrop to ground a room, leaving space for spirited pops of complementary colors,” she says.

Using Encore Blue will bring a sense of peace and calm to your home that will transform your house into a home.

Kim remarked on why this shade evokes such a calmness and peaceful feeling in your home.

“With everyday stress reaching a crescendo, we are often compelled to build peace and restoration into our routines, lifestyles, and surroundings,” Kim said. “Encore Blue allows us to reach for more as we reclaim our imaginations and embrace a more joyful version of adulthood.”

How to Use Encore Blue in Your Home

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The possibilities are truly endless when thinking of ways to use Encore Blue—you can even use this shade in every room of your house.

The beauty of Encore Blue is that you can use a variety of different applications around your home.

This elegant shade actually comes with its color palette of accompanying shades to play with from Valspar, like Lavender Escape, Sprig of Sage, Gosling, and Graceful Gray.

If you’re a fan of the maximalism trend, you can use the color-drenching practice which uses Encore Blue in every element in your space. This design approach brings a clean look to your home without having to use more colors and also gives your home an old-time feel without looking dated.

For a more modern, sleek look with just the right punch of color, you can easily pair Encore Blue with complementary blue shades like Blue Prism, and Blueberry Ice (also from Valspar).

Remember, this stunning shade can be used outdoors too, so let your inner interior designer self shine through and get to painting.

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