COLORBARK AW 26/27 Forecast | Professional Colour Trends for Interiors & Design

Color is one of the most powerful tools in design: it shapes mood, meaning, and the way we experience space.

Today, we’re excited to introduce COLORBARK, a new platform by ITALIANBARK®, dedicated to color intelligence for interiors and design.

Born from more than a decade of design research and trend analysis, COLORBARK transforms the creative pulse of the design world into practical, professional color tools. Each tool bridges the gap between color trend forecasting and real-world application, helping designers create projects that feel both relevant and timeless.

The First Release: COLORBARK AW 26/27 Forecast

The first COLORBARK tool is here: the AW 26/27 Seasonal Forecast, presenting our own color trend direction for the upcoming design cycle.
Developed through independent research into the evolving relationship between design, materiality, and emotion, it reveals the chromatic language shaping how we’ll design, feel, and live in autumn-winter 2026–27.

This edition doesn’t follow external trend agencies, but defines a unique, hand-curated vision, where Italian aesthetic sensibility meets global design insight.
The palette captures a balance between tactile warmth and digital lightness, between earth and ether, craft and code, warmth and stillness.

Expect mineral reds, vegetal greens, faded blues, and striking accents, together forming the creative direction of the season: a world where design seeks both grounding and transcendence.

From Insight to Application

The COLORBARK AW 26/27 Forecast is designed for interior designers, architects, and creative professionals who use color strategically, to express emotion, identity, and story.
It goes beyond inspiration, offering a complete palette, technical codes, tactile translations, and emotional direction to support every stage of your design process: to define seasonal color strategy, to build moodboards and visual stories aligned with evolving aesthetics, to inspire product development and spatial styling, to communicate color direction clearly across teams and clients.

Color trends are not rules: they’re signals that help you read the visual culture around you.
At COLORBARK, we define our own chromatic vision, built from independent research, emotional storytelling, and Italian design sensibility.
Each edition connects color, material, and culture, helping professionals design with clarity, confidence, and intention.

A New Way to Stay Connected: COLOR OF THE MONTH

In the spirit of our early blogging days, and in a touch of 3.0 nostalgia, we’re bringing back a monthly color tradition.
COLOR OF THE MONTH by COLORBARK is a free newsletter exploring one shade from our seasonal palettes each month.

Each edition reveals the mood, tactile expression, and emerging relevance of a selected color , helping you stay inspired and connected with the evolving language of design. It’s our way of keeping color alive between releases, one story at a time.

→ Subscribe to COLOR OF THE MONTH to receive the first edition directly in your inbox.

Explore the A/W 26/27 Forecast

The full COLORBARK Seasonal Forecast AW 26/27 is now live: discover more at this link.