Look at the latest window colour trends to ensure your new woodwork is at its best. After all, your bespoke windows or doors have been carefully crafted for you. Choosing a colour that complements your home and decor is uniquely personal, and it should remain timeless yet reflect who you are.
What is the trending colour for woodwork in 2025? Being at one with nature is the colour theme recommended by the experts at Farrow & Ball, leaders in identifying colour trends that stand the test of time and resonate with contemporary interior design directions. As told by the Colour Curator for Farrow & Ball – 2025 is all about natural tones.
Pointing No.2003
A fresh, warmer white named after the tones in traditional lime pointing. With red-based undertones this pretty white is timeless – brightening and softening woodwork. Effective alongside strong colours or brickwork.
Purbeck Stone No.275
From DHW’s neutral standard colour collection, this clay-like tone is a stronger neutral with an underlying mid-grey. It draws greens, greys and beige tones. It is a calming stone shade that is easy to pair with any colour scheme.
Down Pipe, No.26
A standout dark clay colour in DHW’s grey standard colour range, Down Pipe is dark and complex with blue undertones. It is a daring and dramatic colour that is ideal for feature woodwork and welcoming entrance doors.
Hague Blue, No 30
Hague Blue is a popular choice from DHW’s blue standard colour selection working wonderfully as an accent colour. With green undertones, this timeless, dramatic blue sits happily on external timberwork or internal framework. Pair it with neutral or beige tones to make it seem bluer in well-lit areas.
French Gray No.18
More green than grey, flirting between the two tones depending on the light and time of day. From DHW’s green standard paint collection, a soothing colour inspired by 19th-century French decor. Sitting beautifully against external greenery, perfect for exterior woodwork – the new Eggshell.
2025 will see a connection to nature; "versatile shades range from flame red to delicate pink. With our signature richness, depth and extraordinary response to light..."
- Colour Curator, Farrow & Ball 2025
This year’s window and door trends prefer calming natural-toned palettes, showcasing a subtle balance of gentle earthy tones that make for a timeless choice in every home. Whether a deep, night-sky blue or an organic clay hue, it’s recommended that you choose your tone by building around a desired colour scheme.
You can also explore popular standard colours using Farrow and Ball’s light tricks with your windows, doors, orangeries, conservatories and woodwork. Use your structure’s orientation or sun-light position to mindfully select a multi-tonal shade that will adapt during the day.
Toning with beige in stonework and gently contrasting with the vivid greens of your garden, Purbeck Stone and other neutral tones will look refined and soft on the eye on all timber doors, windows or wood-framed buildings.
Light stonework and beige woodwork: Clay light neutral-greys harmoniously blend with light stonework for an elegant, natural finish.
Warm, ethereal white woodwork against brickwork: Pointing’s warmer white woodwork is uplifting and timeless, radiating natural light and a clean finish from your woodwork. Meanwhile, the red undertones in Pointing offer multi-tonal light variations day through night against both light stonework and vibrant brickwork.
Trick of the light: Combine lighter clay tones, like Purbeck Stone or Pointing, with much stronger tones, like Down Pipe or Hague Blue, to make spaces seem more extensive and more open, a classic decorating trick.
Green and white: For a classic crisp contrast, choose cool green against warm Pointing white or for softer tone-balancing; grey-green looks stunning against yellow-toned sandstone walls.
Green and wood: Green works with natural shades and textures. As a nature-inspired colour, it pairs effortlessly with natural materials. As an on-trend colour, French Gray delivers a soft, cool look that combines stunningly with wooden accents.
Green and brick: Green and red sit opposite each other on the colour wheel, making red and green tones a great contrast when used together. This contrast lends itself beautifully to green doors or windows, highlighting the combined red brick tones.
Are you considering matching timber doors to complement your timber windows?
Please take a look at our wooden door colour trends for inspiration.
Door coloursWe use Teknos Micro Porous Paint Systems, which we can mix to any colour combination from Farrow & Ball, Little Greene Paint Company, Heritage Colour Schemes, Traditional British Standards and RAL colour choices. See more about our process here.
Contact us today if you’d like to discuss your colour options further in Yorkshire.
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