Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2025 Is Cozy and Delicious
By: Adam Campbell-Schmitt
Adam is a contributing writer to HGTV, covering home news. His writing has been published across more than a dozen news and lifestyle websites since 2015.
All About Mocha Mousse
Pantone’s announcement calls Mocha Mousse a “soft brown that transports our senses into the pleasure and deliciousness it inspires” — just like its namesake dessert. In addition to resembling a creamy, whipped chocolate, it also evokes other inviting colors and textures, like brown eggshells, sueded leather or a mohair throw.
“Sophisticated and lush, yet at the same time an unpretentious classic, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse extends our perceptions of the browns from being humble and grounded to embrace the aspirational and luxe,” Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director Pantone Color Institute, said in the announcement. “Infused with subtle elegance and earthy refinement, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse presents a discrete and tasteful touch of glamour. A flavorful brown shade, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse envelopes us with its sensorial warmth.” The color choice also reflects “the everlasting search for harmony” and a “growing movement to align ourselves more closely with the natural world.”
“With that in mind, for Pantone Color of the Year 2025, we look to a color that reaches into our desire for comfort and wellness, and the indulgence of simple pleasures that we can gift and share with others,” Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute, explained. Mocha Mousse follows last year’s cheery choice of Peach Fuzz, which Pantone said was a reflection on our desire for closeness and connection.
