by Zoe Corbyn International Weekly Journal of Science Complex mixtures of many odours tend to smell the same. Neither pleasant, nor foul smelling, and in no way overwhelming: this is how researchers sum up the smell they call “olfactory white”. The smell was uncovered during experiments that mixed aroma molecules from across the scent spectrum. Read [...]
COMING SOON … We will shortly be releasing the dates for 2013′s ChromaZone events being held in the following locations: January – Las Vegas (Registration is NOW OPEN). May – Toronto (May 4th – Register TODAY) and New York City June – Chicago (during NeoCon) as well as: Atlanta Cleveland Dallas Fort Lauderdale Irvine Minneapolis [...]
Color Marketing Group first ChromaZone for 2013 will be held in conjunction with SURFACES. The ChromaZone Workshop will be held on Thursday January 31st at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will commence at 8am and end around 4pm. A light lunch will be served. Participants MUST register in advance. REGISTRATION [...]
Miami, FL, October 27, 2012; Color Marketing Group predicts that Blue will dominate the color movement for a number of years. The number of BLUES represented across all CMG’s regional color forecasts is a key indicator of its importance. What is driving the rise of blue? Blue is a stable, comfortable, and a well liked [...]
Almost 200 color design professionals convened at CMG’s 2012 International Summit this month to forecast CMG’s Global Color Palette. Members from around the world came together in Miami Florida to predict what’s happening NEXT in the world of color. Participants represented the consumer and commercial markets including Home, Consumer Electronics, Visual Communications, Technology, Transportation, Action/Recreation, Hospitality, [...]
By Abha Bhattarai, Published: August 19The Washington Post The upcoming color forecast, according to Mark Woodman, calls for red kitchen towels with a chance of matte black cars.For 50 years, the Color Marketing Group, an Alexandria-based nonprofit of which Woodman is president, has carved out a niche in analyzing and predicting hues for everything from home [...]
By Jane Porter, Entrepreneur Magazine Shoppers most often choose what they buy based on color. In fact, it can account for up to 85 percent of the reason people buy one product over another, according to the Color Marketing Group, a professional organization for color designers in Alexandria, Va. Color’s influence on consumer behavior isn’t [...]
The short answer to “why is Mars red” is that the planet is covered in rust. Iron oxide to be exact. The iron oxide is simply a dust that covers the entire surface in varying depths. That dust is picked up by wind and carried into the atmosphere where it reflects the red [...]
By Brian Hughes, The Washington Examiner Woodman is president of the Color Marketing Group, an Alexandria-based international association for color design that identifies color trends for manufacturers. Why the hyperfocus on color? I have always had an affinity for color that went back to childhood. The old D.C. Navy Yards used to have 55-gallon metal [...]
