Colour Trends

how can sustainability and colour trends coexist

How can sustainability and colour trends coexist?

How can we be sustainable and still use colour trends is up there as one of the biggest challenges I hear from designers all the time. It’s a really great question because sustainability encourages people not to buy, yet colour trends often encourage people to change things or buy new products. So what do we…

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the top 5 pitfalls to avoid when it comes to colour trends

The top 5 pitfalls to avoid when it comes to colour trends

Who doesn’t get excited or even a bit curious to know what the season and annual colour trends are going to be. Even for those of us like me don’t follow trends, we love to have a little peek. And the reason we are often interested is because you can’t ignore that trends are big…

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what inspired a deep dive into colour trends karen haller

What inspired a deep dive into colour trends

Have you ever been excited to hear the latest Colour of the Year or the newest seasonal colour trend, yet once they are announced you find yourself asking the question: “What am I supposed to do with that?” If you’ve said that you’re not alone – I hear this from designers every time a new…

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dulux coty 2024 sweet embrace launch karen haller

Dulux sticks to neutrals with Sweet Embrace

It’s the beginning of the Colour of the Year season and Dulux UK is always one of the first ones out of the gate. I have to be honest here and say that I don’t follow trends but I am fascinated by how trends originate and the psychology behind our reactions and responses to them.…

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why is grey the uks most popular car colour

Why is grey the UK’s most popular car colour?

It’s claimed Henry Ford would say to his customers you can have any colour you want, as long as it is black. Things have come a long way in the car industry since then. There has never been a time when we have had access to such a variety of colours in pigments, finishes and…

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what do we think about pantones viva magenta

What do we think about Pantone’s Viva Magenta?

Pantone have released their Colour of the year for 2023. It’s called Viva Magenta but more about that colour name later. In their official release they begin by welcoming us to the Magentaverse (yes, their play on the Metaverse.) And then they go onto say… “Viva Magenta 18-1750 vibrates with vim and vigour. It is…

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who ignited our love affair of pink karen haller blog

Who ignited our love affair of pink?

Over the past decade or two there’s been quite a lot of pink bashing. There are even pink trashing websites. I’ve always champion pink because I’ve felt it got an undeservedly bad rap. When journalists would call up and ask for my opinion and I’d say I’m pro pink, they would thank me for my…

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colour meets trend event karen haller

Colour Meets Trend event and you’re invited…

Have you noticed that every time you open a magazine or take a trawl through social media there seems to be a new colour trend, a new predication or forecast? If you’ve ever wondered why that is and you’re interested in discovering the mysteries of the mechanics behind trend predictions from three well-known experts, then I’d love to…

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wrapping up colour of the year 2017 karen haller

Wrapping up Colour of the Year for 2017

Have you noticed more and more companies are bringing out their colour trend predictions for the year ahead? And 2017 is no exception. Here is a round up of the four major paint and colour management companies with what they believe will be the Colour of the Year for 2017.

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pantone colour of the year 2016

What’s behind Pantone’s dual colour of the year

At the beginning of every year we find ourselves awash with countless colour trend predictions, forecasts and colour of the year. This year was no exception, but there was one unusual thing that caught everyone by surprise – for the first time one company announced dual colours of the year.

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