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2012 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.

Illusion

Illusion

An aura of ethereal hues, from the sea and skies leads you on an enlightened quest of truth & spirituality.

Details
  • 1032-D Airbrushed Pale Gold
  • 1090-D Fresh Soap
  • 1017-D Peach Lily
  • 1080-A Del Isle
  • 1108-A Concrete Dust
  • 1100-C Purple Polly
Primal

Primal

Looking into the depths of the forest and being one with Mother Earth will transform you into the primal state of mind.

Details
  • 1048-B Bellows
  • 1096-C Citrus Burst
  • 1051-B Grey Beard
  • 1085-A Zealot
  • 1128-D Cacti Stem
  • 1041-D Foreign Affair
Elementary

Elementary

The simplicity of color and designs from yesteryears blends the look from long ago and the technology of today.

Details
  • 1076-A Glory
  • 1015-A Simmon's Persimmone
  • 1110-D Wet Twig
  • 1109-B Owlet
  • 1056-B Cubicle Clay
  • 1092-A Cicada
Throwback

Throwback

Looking for a hint of yesterday, when families took road trips, summer days were spent on the lake, and “LOL-ing” was done out loud.

Details
  • 1004-A Patriotic Red
  • 1080-C Harbor View
  • 1013-D Oasis Dawn
  • 1012-B Orang-A-Tang
  • 1049-C Donut Hole
  • 1092-B Stuffed Olive Green
Impressions

Impressions

Creative passion that is generations deep. Taking notes from 30’s floral fashions and 70’s pop-art reimagined, it’s self-expression unconstrained!

Details
  • 1032-C Lemon Burst
  • 1105-D Grape Popsicle
  • 1027-A Yellow Brook Road
  • 1003-B Berry Nice
  • 1084-A Juniper Royale
  • 1070-C Flirt