BASF 2025-2026 Automotive Color Trends

Sorry, this content is for members only.

Join To View This

Related Post: BASF

Sustainability and innovation remain central to the collection, with some colors incorporating renewable or recycled raw materials, while innovations such as multi-color pigments and liquid metal-like surfaces add visual sophistication. Overall, DRIVING THE PROXY presents refined faux solids with smooth surfaces and subtle sparkle effects, alongside a transition toward warmer, emotionally resonant hues like reddish shades, mauves, and nuanced browns. 

The latest collection presents a refined range of faux solids and solid-like designs, defined by smooth, fine surfaces and subtle sparkle effects. These finishes create a sophisticated interplay of texture and light, often enhanced by fine metallics that add depth without overpowering the color.

A clear shift in the color palette moves away from traditionally cool, technical tones toward warmer, more emotionally resonant hues including reddish shades, mauves, and nuanced browns. This evolution reflects a broader cultural redefinition of innovation, now associated with warmth and human connection.

While pastels remain part of the range, they are increasingly replaced by richer, more saturated red-brown tones. The dark palette stands out with intense yet subtle effects, moving beyond solid black to explore layered depth.

BASF 2025 2026 Automotive Color Trends

Sustainability aspects have been considered in the development of the collection. Some colors incorporate renewable or recycled raw materials, while innovations such as multi-color pigments and liquid metal-like surfaces add visual complexity and narrative value.

Surface finishes span from high-gloss metallics to deep mattes, contributing to a tactile and visual diversity that enhances the collection’s versatility.

To provide structure and clarity, the collection is divided into:

Essential Colors — Focused on feasibility and long-term appeal.

Signature Colors — Trend-driven, innovative, including colors with sustainable aspects.

BASF 2025 2026 Automotive Color Trends

TESSERACT BLUE in EMEA – extended blue with a dimensional shift 

TESSERACT BLUE is a vivid blue with green and violet highlights, created through advanced interference pigments. Inspired by geometric abstraction, TESSERACT BLUE delivers a multidimensional surface experience that challenges perception and creates visual depth.  

BASF 2025 2026 Automotive Color Trends

PHYGITAL MAGNETAR in Asia Pacific – the still surface of accelerated progress 

PHYGITAL MAGNETAR is a warm, fluid metallic shade with bright white highlights. It captures the region’s duality: relentless innovation on the one hand, and a strong desire for calm and clarity on the other. Using advanced two-coat technology, PHYGITAL MAGNETAR bridges the physical and digital worlds with a smooth, liquid-metal effect. 

BASF 2025 2026 Automotive Color Trends

AUXETIC NEUTRAL in Americas – where neutrality becomes identity 

AUXETIC NEUTRAL is a rich, culturally inspired brown that redefines neutrality as a bold design statement. Its clean sparkle adds vibrancy and depth, creating a tactile, multidimensional surface. The color draws influence from both fashion and industrial design. 

BASF 2025 2026 Automotive Color Trends

You may also like:

Subscribe to our mailing list