This year at the Sherwin Williams color forecast they laid out four color moods that are supposed to be trending in 2013 - Midnight Mystery, Honed Vitality, Vintage Moxie, and High Voltage. In my experience, each year the paint colors shift ever so slightly from the last, and over a decade they morph into something "completely new." I put completely new in quotes because one of the things that I always notice is that 'old' colors always hae a way of sneaking back in. Anyone remember emerald green from the 80s and mint green from the 50s? Yep, they're on the way back. And plum and mauve from the 80s? Back in full force! What we pair the color with changes, but often time it's just 'what old is new again.'
So, am I excited about this years color trend forecast? Well, I did love the presentation of Midnight Mystery - bold, sensual, and masculine, but then I have been a fan of rich, deep, dark, moody wall colors for quite a while now.
My best advice to all of my readers and clients is to enjoy the trends, but in the end, choose colors that you love and that suit the geography and architecture of your home, and the personality and habits of your family. Truly, all that ever matters is that you love what you see every day when you wake up, and every evening when you come home from a long day at work.
I absolutely do think it matters - Pantone does the same thing - because it's not so much that the color is "new," but that the combinations and usages bring a freshness to our fashions, our designs, and our lives.
ReplyDeleteThirty years go, houses were being painted tan, beige, yellow, white, light blue - in the past ten years, strong dark reds and greens; aubergine and azul.
I think that lighter, greyer versions will bring some freshness and light into the streetscape; I do expect to welcome lots of metallic greys and purple to the fall fashion palette.