Color Forecast for 2011
More and more color trends information is being released.
I have posted information already out there on the color forecast for 2011 as more becomes available I'll be updating this lens so check back again soon.
How To Wear Pink - Fall Trends
From laser cut lace to poppy floral mash-up, the new wave of blush-hued designs has far more edge than a debutante's dress. To keep from going too girly, choose pieces that are refined, not froufrou. Cut the sugar factor with accessories that don't always play nice.
Read more: How To Wear Pink - Fall Trends Pink - Harper's BAZAAR
The Sensational Color & Design Trends 2011-2012 Presentation is HERE!
With 21 full color pages our downloadable pdf features 4 mega color trends, 28 of the top hues for interiors, along with 8 decor design directions, plus you can watch the replay of our trend webinar, and it's all yours for only $27 (or free if you are a CfYH certified color consultant or student in an upcoming class so if you are thinking of taking the class now would be a good time to sign up.)
This report is bigger and better than any we've offered before. You get details on all the trend drivers, influences, and inspiration on how to use each emerging color and design direction with your clients or in your own home. (Click Here to get the downloadable pdf and to sign up for the webinar).
FALL 2011 / 2012 TREND DIRECTION
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FALL 2011 Color Trends
Blues, both clean and playful, like Brilliant Blue B52-6, often going into an aqua like Frivolous A56-5.
Clean greens such as Green Gloss A64-6. Happy, optimistic pinks like Panama Rose A36-5.
Bold reds with an orange undertone like Sunset Skyline A31-6. Bright clean yellows like Forsythia Blossom B11-3.
Clean oranges like Autumn Harvest A21-6. We're also seeing a soft introverted color similar to Tin Lizzie D42-4, a muted, hazy and warm purple-ish gray.
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Pantone Color of the Year 2011: Honeysuckle
PANTONE 18-2120 Honeysuckle: A Vibrant, Energetic Hue. A Color for All Seasons. Courageous. Confident. Vital.
A brave new color, for a brave new world.
Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It's a color for every day - with nothing "everyday" about it.
See more at Pantone website
More on the Pantone Color of the Year for 2011:
Trend Tuesday: Color of the Year 2010 + 2011 = Pantone's Perfect Pair
Color of the Year: Honeysuckle in Fashion 2011
Color Trends in Picture Framing 2011
See more Color Trends in Picture Framing
Benjamin Moore 2011 Color fo the Year: Vintage Wine
Benjamin Moore's color designers are forecasting vintage wine as Envision Color 2011's Color of the Year.
First seen on the fashion runways of New York, Paris, and Milan, this rich hue with a deep brown base and a hint of smoky violet is just as magnificent in the home.
As an undertone in many of the latest wood finishes, leathers, and other textiles, vintage wine, and its lighter variations, will make a great paint color pick for many applications over the coming years.
Visit the Benjamin Moore website
More on Color of the Year: Vintage Wine:
Wine is the New Black: 2011 Fashion Color Trend
Trend Tuesday: Vintage Wine, A Full-Bodied Color for 2011 from Benjamin Moore
ICI Dulux 2011 Colour of the Year: Light, Airy, Citrus Yellow
Colour of the Year is a light, airy, citrus yellow that symbolises a freer spirit, sense of fun and positive energy. Encapsulating a mood of hope and optimism, it conveys a feeling of fizzy sherbet, new growth, relaxed fun and the goodness and vitality of sunshine. Yellow in colour psychology is often associated with:
* warmth and sunshine
* refreshing, cheering, and uplifting
* promote communication and learning
* combat fatigue and depression
* engendering feelings of well-being and positive thoughts
* enhance relaxation and minimize stress and anxiety
Visit the Visit the ICI Dulux website
See how this color is showing up in Fashion. Citrus Yellow Sweetens 2011 Fashion
What do you think about the 2011 Color of the Year?
*Do they reflect 2011?
*What color is your color of the year for 2011?
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KateHon
Apr 5, 2012 @ 2:50 pm | delete
- I LOVE the honeysuckle color - I bought a new pair of PJs in just that hue - fun, fun, fun! Awesome information - great lens!
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angielichtenstein
Sep 23, 2011 @ 1:17 am | delete
- Wearing the right colors are always important. Good info.!
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Color_Expert Oct 30, 2011 @ 6:53 pm | delete
- Thanks for the comment and visit, angielichtenstein!
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crudeoilsystems
Sep 21, 2011 @ 11:09 pm | delete
- colors are quite unique, thanks for the info
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Color_Expert Oct 30, 2011 @ 6:52 pm | delete
- Very unique indeed! Thanks for dropping by, crudeoilsystems.
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Landor Trends 2011 | Color Direction
Trends in color direction
by Jack Bredenfoerder
Color trends are fleeting and ephemeral; color connections, told through compelling design stories that speak to the consumer's heart, mind, and soul, are the future of color direction.
What can we expect to see in 2011?
To find out click on Color Directions link once you get to the page. Its on the left.
Pantone Autumn/Winter 2011/2012 Color Trends Webinar
Tuesday, November 30 at 12 noon EST SIGN UP NOW!
On Tuesday, November 30 at 12 noon EST, Pantone will hold a live webinar to address these issues and discuss the color trends for Autumn/Winter 2011/2012. This is a one-hour online event at no charge.
Log on to hear Laurie Pressman, Vice President of Fashion, Home & Interiors, guide you through the key color and style trends you need to know.
With production increasingly taking place in geographies remote from the site of product design, Brooks Tippett will explain the importance of using a technically sound color system in order to easily and efficiently turn these new emerging trends into a colorful reality and get your products to market faster.
The webinar will be illustrated with the latest in color trend and color management information from Pantone, the industry's foremost authority on all things color.
Click here to register today.
AkzoNobel Ushers in the Beauty of ColourFutures 2011
Top colour trends celebrate 'Appreciation' and the simple things in life
While 2010's 'Reclaim' theme concentrated on establishing a sense of balance and honesty to life, 'Appreciation' explores the desire and need to return to a style that focuses on loving the things around us.
Visit AkzoNobel website
CMG Future Visions
Do you wanna get the latest on the outrageous and achievable ideas of what our future holds - 5 - 10 - 15 years in the future? Check out what the CMG Vision Committee sees for the future.
Mudpie Trends Report
Mudpie's latest trend magazine containing images and inspiration for the AW11/12 forecast season is now available to download.
Download your FREE trend magazine for AW11/12, with SS12 colour too!!
Heimtextil Fashion Trends for 2011-2012
The Sobriety trend theme shows where short-lived, seasonal trends end and consistent value begins. The background to this change in consumer behaviour is that, in recent years, consumers have built on an ethical self-image, concrete quality and service demands, which they want to maintain, even in difficult financial times. Consumer behaviour may have changed but standards have not.
The new consumer landscape is characterised by quality, longevity, sustainability and significance. In this context, a new generation of designers are researching forgotten skills and traditional craftsmanship is making a comeback. This goes hand in hand with a growing desire on the part of consumers to find out more about manufacturing and manufacturers. More on this style and color trend for 2011-2012
Mix Mash combines the high-tech with craftsmanship, new with old
Mix and match is what's happening. Turning something old into something new, combining colours and patterns with abandon. Mix Mash clearly shows how tradition is being turned on its head and stylised ethnic influences from all over the world meet with novel patterns, prints and fabrics.
But Mix Mash also stands for a combination of global know-how and local production techniques. The emotional strength and tradition of craftsmanship, coupled with innovation and efficient functionality, symbolise the successful juxtapositioning of high-tech and craftsmanship. More on this style and color trend for 2011-2012
Consumer society has changed - Utility invites you use it.
The global financial crisis, natural catastrophes, a surfeit of products and information are causing people to pause to think about and reflect on their current lifestyle. Nowadays, a decisive factor in purchasing decisions is the consideration about what is really important. Consumers are sick of design for design's sake, Utility stands for simplicity, accessibility and an invitation to use.
Products marketed aggressively in glossy brochures are being replaced by the untreated and fundamental. Designed for everyday use, Utility products give greater meaning to their relationship with the user and suggest a longer lifespan. The pure, modest and unadorned are celebrated. More on this style and color trend for 2011-2012
Wilderness - back to where we came from
The world we live in is high-tech and consumption-controlled, confidence in governments, economic structure and energy supplies has been shattered. So consumers are striving for more self-reliance and want to achieve an ultra-sustainable lifestyle. In order to achieve this, some are breaking free of their normal way of life in a radical way and adopting the Wilderness lifestyle, which means being at one with nature.
A new interest in crafts from the past, including milling and wicker-weaving are evolving. People are looking for distinctive individualistic features marked by imperfection not perfection. A new organic look is being created, which nature captures in all its forms, characteristics and materials. More on this style and color trend for 2011-2012
APLF Colour & Material Trends - Fall-Winter 2010/11
A context ideal for darling, surprise styles.Somewhere between EMOTIONS and SENSATIONS, the coming season will be a time of optimistic fashion, expressed through four themes full of contrasts and paradoxes:
EMOTION-IMPULSE: feel!
SENSATION-LUXURY: touch!
EMOTION-PERFORMANCE: move!
SENSATION-GLAMOUR: enjoy!
The contradictions of this century disorient us: things are changing and threaten to upset the way we live. The spirit of fashion for Fall-Winter 2010/2011 will express this evolution in two simultaneous way:
1. A demand for quality, authenticity, safe values, protection and alternative energies.
2. A need for personalization and individual freedom, which will bounce off restraints and radiate optimism.
These two currents will guide our tastes and desires, leading to a fresh burst of creativity, innovation and non conformism.
Download a pdf copy of their colour and material trends info.
Lenzing Color Trends / Spring/Summer 2011
The task is, above all, to design products in first-class materials and production with aesthetic qualities in order to create lasting emotional and functional relationship between the object and the user.
"Slow fashion" will develop from being a diffuse buzzword to signifying quality in production and product. E.g. working to turn artisan crafts into fashion - and into profit for the locals - and to producing long lasting clothing.
Different materials are only blended for performance purposes, special effects etc, and preferably components that are to be taken care of and disposed of in the same way. On one hand "loom state" fabrics and natural color cottons awaken significant interest, on the other finishing and refinements are still developed and sophisticated. Feel good luxury sense is essential for our choices.
Design for delight!
Download [PDF 2,9Mb]: Lenzing Colors Trends Spring/Summer 2011
Merida%u2019s 8 Color Trends for 2011
Merida Meridian - a designer and manufacturer of natural fiber area rugs - adds their voice to the direction for Color Trends for 2011.
Pantone Must-Have Colors for 2011
Everything Old Is New and Improved
According to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute and the head of the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training, buyers may want to look to the past, present and future to get a sense of coming color trends. "The big picture theme is a Mosaic of Color and Style," she says. "This reflects cultural, universal time frames and seemingly disconnected elements. Though new technologies continue to reinvent the future, we may notice some things have a vaguely nostalgic feeling."
The interest in making everything old new again stems from, yes, the current economy. "Since people are thinking about the economy, that's telling us some of the styling of the past isn't discarded, but instead brought back in a new way. What's important today is to think in terms of practicality. People are going to ask themselves, gee, I already have six pairs of black shoes, so why do I need another pair? Retailers are going to want to give them something new, and this is where color plays an important role. For example, maybe a consumer is drawn to a purple car, but when they get to the show room they decide to go with the black version. But you need to have that purple car to get their attention."...read more
Source: WSA Today
Shaw Carpet Color Trends for 2011
POMPADOR ROSENot quite mauve, this color direction is the "cheek's blush" transition from the pink family. "Pompador Rose" is drawn from both the English Country and Beijing's Forbidden City as inspiration. Slightly grayed, this "new mauve" has its roots in english cabbage rose chintz, 40's hollywood glamour and yet looking ahead with a modern edge.
"SEVILLE" Red
If you're dreaming of adding an element of drama and excitement to your life, then a fiery hot-house red might be just what you need. Nothing says "drama" more than a classic red roadster, a tube of red lipstick, and "oila" you have a red carpet entrance. Velvet saxonies are ideal for dramatic red carpet and work remarkably well with little or a lot of color within the same space.
"SECRET GARDEN" Green
Oftentimes we are drawn to a particular color for a particular reason. In other words, one of my favorite colors is green, any shade of green. Green is linked to so many positives in the color psychology world, environmental, sustainable, nature, down-to-earth and freshness.
"TITANIUM" Gray
Sleek and modern, gray is the signature color of metropolitan living at its best.
"LUCERNE" Blue
Inspired by the swiss lakes region as well as runway fashion, inky indigo blues, deep-water blues and pin-striped navy blue menswear are safe and familiar. Paired with surprising color combinations can make blue either funky or serioius. Blue with gray is reliable while blue with canary yellow or lemongrass is edgy.
What Colors Will Be Big in 2011?
Mythic Paint, a manufacturer that specializes in a variety of no-VOC offerings, has added their voice to the color trends conversation.They compiled insider knowledge gleaned from experts and designers to predict the hottest colors of next year. See what they predict on K+BB
Yolo Colorhouse Trends 2011
Check out the details on the Yolo Colorhouse Facebook page
Behr Paint 2011 Color and Design Trends
For the first time ever Behr has created a range of color found only in the 2011 Color and Design Trends brochure. See the trends for 2011 at behr.com
Sherwin-Williams 2011 Color Forecast
Benjamin Moore Color Pulse® 2011
Now Available
BALANCE is an attribute that we all strive to live. Sorting the Real from the Surreal defines priorities that drive the direction for 2011, as it gives us a chance to dream of the future.From the rural influences to urban application, BALANCE is supported by 4 themes for COLOR PULSE 2011: The Farm, Order, Escape, and Tribe.
Find information on ordering a copy of COLOR PULSE 2011 and attending an online webinar at the Benjamin Moore website
Sico 2011-2012 Paint Palette
According to Sico, the major Canadian architectural paint brand, décor in the near future will be "all about using colors that celebrate the simplicity and beauty of everyday living.Read about the trends on Durability and Design.
Color Trend Vision 2010-2011 Preview
Color Trend Vision stylists and trend researchers have been working hard on the trend shades for 2010-2011 and the early results have been so exciting we want to share them with you!
See the preview on Ciba XYMARA
Spring/Summer 2011: The Return of Color!
Spring/Summer 2011 from inFash
The season is the time of forward looking and exploration of a better world. It also denotes extreme contrast between two attitudes: Closed, or Controlled world of living, and an Open one. Closed consumers demand products and environment that can be controllable, while Open consumers tends to act on impulse, inspirations and virtual reality.See the trends on fashion office
Which Color Trends for 2011 Do You Like Most?
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KateHon
Apr 5, 2012 @ 2:52 pm | delete
- Pantone always seems to be on trend. Love their color choices!
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Aug 18, 2011 @ 8:20 am | delete
- Hi Color_Expert,
Interesting. My favorite color is green. So no mater what is trendy in color, green is for me.
Green is a relaxing color. Kermit would agree! ;)
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MareeT
Aug 17, 2011 @ 12:14 am | delete
- I love the neutral colors with just a touch of green!
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franstan
Aug 11, 2011 @ 7:40 am | delete
- Great lens. Squid Blessings for you
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Gail47
Jul 22, 2011 @ 5:48 am | delete
- Interested in how they will use the colors chosen this year. I like some of the colors, but not all. Good Lens!
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