The New Neutral: Khaki Olive

Neutral palettes are changing. The cool taupes that dominated muted tones in design over the past decade are shifting to a warmer, more elemental register: the organic spectrum of khaki, olive and deep moss.

These are anchoring tones - colours that absorb and temper light over the course of a day, lending a space cohesion and authority. Vegetable monochromes, abstract herbariums, and the shifting gradations of sand and stone: the works gathered here offer both surface and depth, responding to architecture with an innate material sensitivity.

For interior designers and specifiers, this palette integrates seamlessly with raw linen, unfinished oak and aged brass, extending effortlessly from residential contexts to hospitality settings. Rather than impose a scheme, these tones settle into a space, fostering an atmosphere that feels composed, inhabited and enduring.