The 2016 Color of the Year: Piano Key

Fine Paints of Europe has selected “Piano Key,” a rich, luminous black, as our color of the year.

From high fashion gowns to high gloss paint, black is at once classic and rebellious, prestigious and edgy. Decorating with black is surprisingly simple, since this versatile choice harmonizes with most colors.

Piano Key pairs seductively with vivid jewel tones, like saturated blues, crimsons, yellows and purples. If you want to include pastels in your space, consider using black in a neighboring room to ground the color scheme. Opposites attract (think ebony & ivory), so accentuate with white and add varying shades of gray for a very Zen palette of neutrals.

Unlike severe, light-absorbing matte black paints, Piano Key sparkles. The ultra-fine consistency of our superior pigments give this color unparalleled depth and reflectivity. Up tempo in 2016, there’s simply nothing as sleek or as glamorous to adorn your walls.