Couture Jeweler, Michelle Pajak-Reynolds’s artistic talent and entrepreneurial spirit has made her a rising star in the jewelry and fashion industries. Her extraordinary one of a kind jewelry pieces are highly sought after by fashion stylists, celebrities and collectors. Michelle’s jewelry designs have been worn by such stars as Sophia Bush, Jillian Barberie, Nona [...]
By Pauline Anderson Special Advertising Feature Watch for shades of blue, especially with green overtones, on more walls this season. An exquisite aquamarine tone called Tide Pools was chosen by the colour experts at Pratt & Lambert Paints as its 2013 colour of the year. The tone evokes sparkling oceans and the outdoors and “is reflective of [...]
Join fellow color/design experts in Taipei City, Taiwan April 19th and 20th, to hear CMG Chairholder Monika Fecht’s Trend Presentation: COLOUR JOURNEY 2013/2014. Registration is now open – contact Sharon Griffis sgriffis@colormarketing.org. This meeting will be a ONE day ChromaZone Colour Workshop including trend and colour forecast for 2014/15. The workshop will be headed by Jane [...]
MEMBERSHIP IN COLOR MARKETING GROUP IS MORE VALUABLE THAN EVER BEFORE … On February 1st the color forecasts from CMG’s 2012 ChromaZone Color Forecast Workshops will be released to CMG members. The colors will be released digitally in pdf format (View a Sample Forecast), complete with notations and a Written Report from each Workshop. This [...]
Peta Tomlinson peta.tomlinson@scmp.com Cheery and optimistic palettes are set to replace the doom-and-gloom hues of the past as signs of hope are reflected in residential design. ‘Tis the season of good cheer – literally. As 2013 chimes in, say goodbye to “austerity interiors”, and welcome a bright new era of colour, texture and style. Householders, [...]
By Marni Jameson, Special to the Denver Post In the same way many of us can sense a cold coming on or a storm in the offing, some tuned-in types can spot a hot (or cool) color trend long before it arrives. These color forecasters to around with divining rods implanted in their foreheads. When [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
