2008 Color Expressions – Color Combinations

Idea #1: Mod Day Glow Rationale: The 1980’s prom dress updated, glitz and glam for retro, “Gossip Girl”, audacious and immortal; graffiti, gigantic color, pop culture, personalized and individual “Google Color”. Day glow returns in architecture as LED lighting. Description: Sheen and opalescence, outrageous color in contrast – purples with bright pinks, yellows and oranges CMG Color Combinations: Hottie, Blue Passage, Eye Spy, Viva le Vert

Idea #2: Unexpected Plum Rationale: Starting with Prada, this unexpected hue is the evolution of brown. Red + Blue = the Country coming together. The AHA luxury color! The trend has moved into interiors … influences include the book “Twilight”, Gothic Exhibit at FIT. “Gothic Glam, Dark Beauty, Mad Men” Description: Warm shimmers update the dark old look, inky colors such as blues, magentas, greens bring opulence. Spirituality, Royalty, Mystique and Optimism. CMG Color Combinations: Tokay, Evolution, Asian Pear and Odyssey

Idea #3: World Tribe Culture Rationale: The influence of Africa, celebrity attention to adverse conditions, the largest untapped natural resources on the planet and the most recent... the Obama affect. This trend reflects ethnic world influences, local color, energy with high saturation and optimism. Description: Oranges and gold complimented with teal blues or rich organic pigments. Tribal elements and motifs, animal prints, primitive geometrics and textures. CMG Color Combinations: Asian Pear, Cuban Clay, Fairway Green. Tampa Bay

Idea #4: Raw Nature Rationale: Tactile, all natural coming from the earth - dirt. Influence from the green movement... the next generation – organic. No technology! Saturated minerals, Mother Nature’s combinations are balanced, flawless. Description: Earthen browns mixed with sienna, copper, granite, bronzy metallics. CMG Color Combinations: Grey's Matter, Bridgestone, Honest Earth and Chipotle

Idea #5: The Right White Rationale: White is the background for everything, Multifunctional spaces, daylighting, a base for a color story to be told. Influences of Morocco, brings a “clean slate” to interiors and fashion, new ideas, balance colors with new accents, pop color. Whites in combination bring sophistication and plays with black, but always wins. Description: “The right white in every light”, shades of white as a lifestyle statement, clean, decluttered CMG Color Combinations: Luminous White, Snow Melt, Daiquiri

Idea #6: Ethereal Pastels Rationale: Influenced by nature, these neutrals are spiritual, intuitive and relaxing, They soften the hard edges to relieve us of negative information overload. Atmospheric illusion of luminosity allows light to create volume Description: Opalescence, sheen and luster finishes. Translucent and frosted glass. CMG Color Combinations: Aqueous, Sheer, Liquid Sky, Silver Fox

Idea #7: Organic Green Tea Rationale: Asian-influenced, this trend fused the traditional tea culture with modern technology. The green influence on gold embodies health and medicinal benefits. Holistic healthcare is accepted as mainstream... the call to green and organic living has now become everyday. Description: Influences of yellow, with green and gray combinations, bring texture and organic patterns creating holistic and “green” stories CMG Color Combinations: Moondance, Glass Act, Soleil, Honest Good