Soulful Sage™ is a soft, silvery green which brings a gentle lift to any space, making it feel lighter, calmer and more inviting. Developed through the AkzoNobel’s extensive annual trend research, Soulful Sage™ reflects a growing preference for spaces, products and surfaces that feel lighter, more reassuring and better suited to a way of living lightly.

“Our 2027 Color of the Year is all about creating lighter spaces for a lighter life,” explains Heleen van Gent, Creative Director of AkzoNobel’s Global Aesthetic Center. “Many people are feeling weighed down by world events and overloaded with information. We want to offer customers a way to create lighter environment so people can feel that weight lifted off their shoulders.”

These colors and finishes work well on their own or in combination, and this year’s palette pairs particularly well with the natural beauty of wood, complementing its grain and character.

“As customer expectations evolve, designers and manufacturers need colors that open up new possibilities,” says Henri Bijsterbosch, Color Product Marketing Manager for AkzoNobel’s Industrial Coatings business.

With Soulful Sage and the wider 2027 palette, we’re giving customers creative tools to bring contemporary color direction to wood surfaces. Our finishes  combine visual appeal with the performance, consistency and the technical support customers expect from Sikkens Wood Coatings.

Our experts can help you find the right combination to achieve the best finish with maximum efficiency.

AkzoNobel’s Global Aesthetic Center has been translating trends into desirable colors for many years. Its annual ColourFutures™ trend forecast meeting brings together in-house experts, international architects, designers and journalists to share insights into how our reactions to the world around us impact our color choices.