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

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,

Aurora Espinoza, interior designer at Nobilia North America/Kutchenhaus USA, says, "As the trend for natural tones continues to grow, Mocha could very well become the defining color of design in the coming year.

Mocha Mousse is their 2025 Color of the Year. The new color is a medium brown shade that’s slightly rosy and warm in its undertone and soft in its saturation. For the first time in over twenty years,

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

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

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.

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.