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Roksanda Ilincic house by RA Projects

Six interiors with pops of Pantone's 2020 colour of the year Classic Blue

Classic Blue is the colour of 2020, according to Pantone. Here are six interiors that already make the most of the bold shade.


Roksanda Ilincic house by RA Projects

Roksanda Ilincic's house, London, by RA Projects

A blue steel-fin stairwell design also functions as a bookshelf in this London home that local studio RA Projects designed for Serbian-born fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic.

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Breadway by Artem Trigubchak

Breadway, Odessa, by Lera Brumina and Artem Trigubchak

The hue, known as Pantone 19-4052, is used to mark the takeaway area of this cafe and bakery in Odessa, Ukraine, while the cabinets are coloured in Pantone's contrasting 2019 shade Living Coral.

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Apartment G by Anne Dubois

Apartment G, Paris, by Anne-Laure Dubois

Paris designer Anne-Laure Dubois uses blue at the base of this kitchen counter offsets wood floors, white walls and pale poplar plywood in this apartment.

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Color Camp by J Byron-H

Color Camp, Los Angeles, by J Byron-H

Cobalt blue chairs and bar stools are the most striking element of Los Angeles' Color Camp nail salon by American architect J Byron-H.

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House in Rua Faria Guimarães, Porto, by Fala Atelier

Fala Atelier has overhauled a Portuguese home with blue-painted shutters that close off windows from the inside.

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Ridgewood Rowhouse by White Arrow

Ridgewood Rowhouse, New York City, by White Arrow

Painted kitchen cabinetry, sofa cushions and vases on the dining table feature the navy 2020 hue in this house in Queens, renovated by New York design studio White Arrow.

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