Colour of the Year 2025 – Paint & Paper Library Jewels Collection

The ‘Jewels’ colours are as surprising and spectacular as they are beautiful.


Launching in January 2025, the ‘Jewels’ capsule colour collection features eight majestic paint shades that are a testament to nature’s ability to surprise and delight.

Eight dynamic new colours inspired by rare and semi-precious minerals.

Each one is able to completely transform a space as a single, bold colour, or to accent a scheme alongside the ‘Original’ or ‘Architectural’ Paint & Paper Library shades.

Peruvian Yellow 710

The unexpected, almost magical variants of bright yellow Peruvian sulphur crystals are

most commonly found in, or near, volcanic vents and hot springs. This arresting colour is

particularly suited to contemporary spaces and vintage-inspired interiors

Blue Tiger 712

The Indian town of Wagholi – where this colour was found in a tiny, very rare specimen of

electric blue pentagonite – takes its name from the Marathi word for Tiger.

A stunning contemporary blue that works equally well among warmer or cooler

neutral palettes.

Cobalto 714

Calcite is more commonly a colourless mineral, but the presence of cobalt in rare specimens

(cobaltoan calcite) creates beautiful variants of this vibrant magenta shade, with higher

quality stones developing stronger hues in fascinating organic forms.

Atlas 716

This enigmatic, contemporary red takes its name from the Atlas mountain range, one of a

handful of arid places where shimmering vanadinite crystals can be found in shades of

burnt orange, red and brown; popular among collectors for their rich colour and

exquisite, highly reflective composition.

Midelt Sage 711

An elegant mid-green, matched to a selection of alluring ‘forest epidote’ specimens

from Midelt in central Morocco, where elegant pistachio-green crystals have

formed on metamorphic rock. A charming, natural paint colour that retains all

the distinction of its source.

Malachite 713

This sumptuous shade is read directly from an exemplary piece of velvet malachite

(also known as ‘silky malachite’ and even ‘forbidden broccoli’). Formed in caves, in

sculptural and even stalagmitic forms, the stones are heavy and cold to the touch, but are

popular when polished due to their characterful green-copper patination.

Purple Azurite 715

For centuries, azurite has been used to create a blue pigment for paints and dyes.

Found in the same geological environments as its sister mineral malachite, its colour is

attributed to the presence of copper. This luxuriant paint shade is read from the deep

facets of a particularly high-quality specimen, so rich in colour they are in fact purple.

Rose Cluster 717

The origin of this delicate pink is a truly unique, coral like cobaltoan calcite cluster, formed

on a platform of baryte. The solid grey tones of the baryte perfectly contrast the pink’s

delicate floral quality, both in colour and form.