Color Marketing Group announces 2026+ Key Colors
Color Marketing Group® (CMG), the premier international association of color design professionals, announced their regional 4 Key Colors for 2026 during their Summit Reveal.
CMG 2026+ Key Colors
Each year, CMG holds workshops around the globe to collaborate on color, material, and finish directions for industry. The Summit Reveal, held annually in August, releases the forecast collaboration results to the members. The World Color Forecast™ and the Materials & Finish Forecast consist of trend research and colors that top designers will be applying to their work two years from now.
With over 97 color design professionals in attendance, the virtual Summit Reveal highlighted the global trends, colors, materials, and finish research discussed at ChromaZone®s, color forecasting workshops, earlier this year. In addition to the directional presentations by Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and North America, the event also reviews the color movement across industries. The need for data-driven color applications has seen an increase over the last decade and the analysis of the forecasts fills this demand.
The depth of the CMG 2026+ Forecast’s color, material, and finish trend stories, directions, evolution and global analysis are key in guiding my color and design applications. — Sandra Sampson, Simple Modern Style, Vital Color ™, and CMG VP of Education
Color Marketing Group’s collaborative forecasting process is multi-industry and global. The exchange of information during the Future Thinking and ChromaZone events is informational, educational, and inspiring while building lasting industry relationships.
Information regarding the CMG 2026+ Key Colors is located here.
NORTH AMERICA 2026+ KEY COLOR: BIO-GRAPHING
LATIN AMERICA 2026+ KEY COLOR:
MISTÉRIO COMPLEXO
EUROPE 2026+ KEY COLOR:
PROTOPIA
ASIA PACIFIC 2026+ KEY COLOR:
CHERISH
Sandra Sampson, the founder of Simple Modern Style, a multi-disciplinary color and design studio, is VP of Education for Color Marketing Group and is on the board of the Inter-Society Color Council.