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2008 Color Forecast & Trends
What’s hot in color today? The color stylists at Martin-Senour Paints offer their insight into the popular hues of today and tomorrow.
Nouveau Chic
Art Nouveau never looked newer than now — its organic romanticism has been coupled with chic geometrics and fresh, young color for an intriguing eclecticism. Perhaps reminiscent of the Summer of Love in pattern and feeling, but so much more au courant with a stylish, 21st century sensibility that uses jolts of color and ornamentation to create a new sophistication that draws you to it.
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Afar
Staying put on one continent is not enough for you. You need the sensory jolt of other cultures, from the spice market in the souk with its saffrons and cinnamons to tribal patterns that look right at home in urban spaces. If you could, you would bring the breezes and exotic scents of the African coast and islands home with you, much as the British did when they embraced Africa and the Far East in the 40s.
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Svenska
Blue captivates you. Cool, bright, deep, rich… whether from nature — shimmering peacock shades and ocean-going marines — or a crisp blue of Scandinavian light with its icy coolness, blue just seems to be the perfect background for our contemporary zeitgeist.
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Botanical Beauty
Natural, soothing, Zen-like calm in the garden is your forté. For you, nature is a sanctuary you retreat to with pleasure. "Thinking green" works for you on so many levels. Of course there's the anticipation of being surrounded by green foliage — deep blue-greens, dark pine, the surprise of chartreuse — but there's also your love of the naturally sustainable, like bamboo and cork, that makes your home such a haven.
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Tantalize
You've always embraced the slow-food movement. You crave the joy you get from being at table with family and friends, laughing, eating, talking. Enjoying every last moment of each other's company, almost as much as you savor every bite of the crème brulee.
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