The announcement of Mocha Mousse as 2025's defining shade marks a significant shift in the cultural zeitgeist.

When Pantone recently announced Mocha Mousse as Color of the Year 2025, I made a beeline for its website (pantone.com), where I was greeted by a photo of a footed glass cup filled with chocolate mousse looking very luscious and precisely the same color as Dione Lucas's famous chocolate mousse.

Mocha Mousse. The warm brown shade feels deliciously cozy for the cold winter months, so we’re already planning out ways to add it to our home decor. We browsed Amazon to find some pieces that you can snag right now to bring the hue into your house,

The 2025 hue is an "evocative soft brown" that was selected to suggest the rich flavor of a piece of chocolate or a cup of hot coffee

The Pantone Color Institute has announced its Color of the Year 2025 to the design community: the soft brown Mocha Mousse.

Mocha Mousse is a departure from the much bolder Colors of the Year that Pantone has selected lately. For the last four years, the title has gone to bright, vivid hues including Peach Fuzz (2024) and Viva Magenta (2023). According to the New York Times, Pantone hasn't chosen a shade of brown as its hero color in over two decades.

Described as the epitome of quiet luxury, Mocha Mousse is a perfect match for the growing desire for organic, sustainable aesthetics in fashion

Color choices can impact not just the feelings you experience in your home or its style, but potentially its resale value.

Pantone might have already chosen its Color of the Year, but these designers have other plans. Last week, Pantone announced its 2025 Color of The Year, and suddenly, the internet was awash in Mocha Mousse.

Since it claimed the title of Pantone’s 2025 Colour Of The Year, mocha mousse has quickly become the go-to colour of the style savvy. But sits behind the appeal of a neutral manicure? We check in with the experts,

Since the hue was already trending at fashion shows in September it's not as hard as you think to incorporate it into your wardrobe. Here are some essentials by Black-owned brands.