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16APR

Lechler Presents its new Color Design® "The Way of Ethic Colors" Project at Milan Design Week 2024

During Fuorisalone 2024, the event that takes place every year in conjunction with the Milan Design Week, Lechler, presented "The Way of Ethic Colors", a new project that proposes four collections that explore the ethical dimension of colour and create new chromatic and material landscapes for the interiors of our homes.

photo of historic Holland windmills coated with AkzoNobel Solutions

15MAR

Akzonobel Coated the Historic Dutch Windmills

The partnership with the Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation involves the use of AkzoNobel's innovative coatings to preserve the windmills and restore them to their original colours.

23FEB

The Paints of AkzoNobel Transformed a City in Pakistan

The Pakistani city of Mustafabad has been powered by the innovative Dulux paint from AkzoNobel.

A car coated with Starry Night, the colour of the year for Axalta

01FEB

Axalta Presented Starry Night as Its 2024 Automotive Colour of the Year

To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of its automotive colours of the year, Axalta introduced the dynamic black shade Starry Night.

a car coated in black and the chromatic/achromatic colors variations in 2023 color trend report for OEM coatings

17GEN

BASF Released Its 2023 Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings

BASF unveiled its Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings for the year 2023, highlighting changes in achromatic colors but no changes in chromatic hues.

22NOV

Mankiewicz Presented its Colors of The Year 2024

Mankiewicz has released its colours of the year selection for the year 2024.

A building coated with the Upward colour of Sherwin-Williams

09OTT

Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings Presented Upward, Its Colour of the Year 2024

The breezy and tranquil Upward was selected as colour of the year 2024 by Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings to bring a clean slate a sense of possibility to any setting.

The outside of a building painted with the powder coatings from the Vision 2030 Colour Collection of Sherwin-Williams

04OTT

Sherwin-Williams Presented the New Syntha Pulvin® Vision 2030 Collection for Architectural Powder Coatings

Sherwin-Williams launched its Vision 2030 Collection of powder coatings focused on quality products designed for the architectural market.

Colour palette of the new BASF colour collection 2023-2024 ON VOLUDE

29SET

BASF Released ON VOLUDE, the 2023-2024 Automotive Colour Trends Collection

BASF published its ON VOLUDE colour trends collection developed by leveraging non-human intelligence to support the future of the automotive industry.

27SET

Covestro and RAL Will Cooperate to Present the Trend Colour Report of 2023

The latest colour trend report RAL COLOUR FEELING 2025+ will contain 15 tones which are highly relevant for architectural and industrial applications.

The cover of V, the industrial colour design report of Sherwin-Williams

26SET

Sherwin-Williams Released its DesignHouse Colour Trend Forecast

The fifth annual report of Sherwin-Williams examines the trends shaping the future of industrial colour design.

AkzoNobel 2024 Colour of the Year Sweet Embrace applied on the walls of a living room

13SET

AkzoNobel Presented its 2024 Colour of the Year: Sweet Embrace™

The pastel pink Sweet Embrace™ of AkzoNobel is the 2024 trend for both architectural and industrial applications.

An indoor living room coated with Limitless by PPG

23AGO

PPG Presented Limitless, the 2024 Colour of the Year

The honey beige neutral tone Limitless has been identified by the colour experts of PPG as the next trend for both architectural and industrial applications.

The Interpon Futura Collection from AkzoNobel Powder Coatings

27GIU

AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Launched the Interpon Futura Collection in North America

The new Interpon Futura Collection from AkzoNobel Powder Coatings reveals 54 new distinct colours marrying beauty, science and sustainability.

Details of the Automotive Styling Shades 2027 Trendbook - “Plan B for Planet A” from Heubach

29MAR

Heubach Presented the Automotive Styling Shades 2027 Trendbook at ECS 2023

Launched at European Coatings Show, “Plan B for Planet A” from Heubach will guide the automotive colour styling to 2027.