Farrow & Ball dominate autumnal colour trends in 2021, data reveals

With autumn now upon us, it’s time to enjoy cosy knitwear, crispy mornings, pumpkin spice lattes and farmers markets, and when it comes to autumnal decorating ideas, deep warm oranges, reds and yellows take front and centre.

The home experts at Homedit.com were curious to investigate and uncover which autumn colours are the most popular to paint your home this 2021 season.

To do so, Homedit.com used the top three most searched for paint brands and utilised the Keyword Explorer tool on Ahrefs to determine which shade had the highest global average monthly searches, thus uncovering the trendiest autumnal colours for this 2021 season.

Top 10 trendiest autumnal colours

	Paint shades	Brand	Colour category	Total avg. monthly global search vol
1	Setting Plaster	Farrow and Ball	Red	10,600
2	Dead Salmon	Farrow and Ball	Red	5,700
3	India Yellow	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	4,100
4	Sulking Room Pink	Farrow and Ball	Red	3,900
5	Copper Blush	Dulux	Orange	3,350
6	Peignoir	Farrow and Ball	Red	3,200
7	Cinder Rose	Farrow and Ball	Red	3,000
8	Red Earth	Farrow and Ball	Red	2,600
9	Tallow	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	2,000
=10	Honey Mustard	Dulux	Yellow	1,900
=10	Babouche	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	1,900

Research by Homedit.com can reveal the trendiest and most popular autumnal colour to paint your home this year is Setting Plaster by Farrow and Ball, with a total 10,600 average monthly global searches. The dusty pink, yellow pigmented shade will leave your home feeling timeless. Homedit’s property expert suggests utilising the shade as a backdrop to antique furniture and would complement mahogany tones extremely well.

In second place for trendiest autumn paint colours is Dead Salmon by Farrow and Ball, with a total of 5,700 monthly searches. This reddish warm tone creates the most subtle and serene of environments, giving your home the ultimate warm fuzzy touch.

Taking the third spot is India Yellow by Farrow and Ball with a total 4,100 searches. This gorgeous, strong and moody yellow creates a cosy and vibrant touch to your home, especially when paired with dark browns. This striking shade will pump just the right amount of adrenaline into your walls and is the perfect choice if you want to stir up excitement in your home.

In fourth is Sulking Room Pink shade by Farrow and Ball with 3,900 searches every month. The light, romantic and muted rose tones are the ultimate soft touch to your walls, with its enormous warmth and powdery feel best used with similar complementary tones.

In fifth is Copper Blush by Dulux with 3,350 total averaged monthly searches. A lick of Copper Blush paint on your walls will be sure to give your home the ultimate autumnal warm fuzzy glow, leaving you and your guests in constant autumnal heaven.

Rounding off top 20 trendiest autumnal colours

	Paint shades	Brand	Colour category	Total avg. monthly global search vol
11	Vanilla Sundae	Dulux	Yellow	1,350
12	Soft Peach	Dulux	Orange	1,290
=13	Daffodil White	Dulux	Yellow	1,250
=13	Hay	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	1,250
14	Dutch Orange	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	1,200
=15	Citron	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	1,000
=15	Sudbury Yellow	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	1,000
16	Calamine	Farrow and Ball	Red	940
17	Pink Ground	Farrow and Ball	Red	920
18	Dayroom yellow	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	850
=19	Blossom white	Dulux	Red	800
=19	Yellow ground	Farrow and Ball	Yellow/Orange	800
=19	Picture gallery red	Farrow and Ball	Red	800
20	Banana split	Dulux	Yellow	740