Color Trends
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the year for 2016. The company unveiled its Color Trends 2016,
a corresponding palette of 23 colors to illustrate how white
works within the color spectrum.
“The color white is transcendent, powerful and polarizing
– it is either taken for granted or obsessed over,” said Ellen
O’Neill, Benjamin Moore creative director. “White is not just
a design trend, it is a design essential. The popularity of white,
the necessity of white, the mystique of white is quantifiable in
our industry. Of the top ten best-selling Benjamin Moore colors,
variants of white occupy five spots. It was inevitable that we
The Benjamin Moore Color Studio forecasts color trends after a year of research attending major industry shows around
the world, while also taking cues from standouts in architecture, fashion, textiles, home furnishings and the arts. White transcends style, and is seen in traditional, transitional and modern
interiors. The color also presents attractive exterior looks for the
home, from colonial to contemporary and virtually everything
in between. The Color Studio arrived at Simply White OC-117
after careful review of the company’s more than 250 white selections. According to the Color Studio, it was the most neutral,
level and constant in the various light sources used in today’s
design environments.
PPG Industries unveiled its 2016 Color Palette of the Year,
which showcases colors from the company’s leading paint
brands: the GLIDDEN Paint, OLYMPIC Paints, PPG PAINTS
and PPG PITTSBURGH PAINTS lines.
At the time, the company cited consumers’ desire for “journey,
Glidden Paint named Cappuccino White (45YY 74/073) the
brand’s 2016 Color of the Year. A calm, sensitive and creamy
neutral, Cappuccino White creates a sense of delicacy and grace-
ful design that promotes wellness, purity, mindfulness, balance,
privacy and peace. It is the color of seashells and ocean-smooth
rocks. The elegant white pairs well with delicate pastels and
light neutrals.
Blue Cloud (D48-5), a loud celebratory blue, is the 2016
Color of the Year for Olympic paints. An unapologetic blue
that is easily noticed, it is impactful, self-expressive, social and
glamorous. The tone is sparkling and deep, and it resembles the
ocean on an impossibly clear day. PPG’s color experts recommend mixing this dazzling bright blue with softer, neutral tones.
PPG THE VOICE OF COLOR program, the color platform
for the PPG Paints and PPG Pittsburgh Paints brands, named
Paradise Found (PPG1135-5) as its 2016 Color of the Year. It is
a serious green that is nurturing as well as sturdy and protective.
While Paradise Found appears quiet and muffled, it provides a
sense of strength and organic energy that is reminiscent of the
military and natural environments. Keeping in mind the conscious awareness in society of an increasing need for security
and development of personal strength, consumers who prefer
this color likely wish to create a space that is naturally beautiful
and reassuringly safe. It is edgy, yet still comforting, and it inspired by the urban militia trends seen on fashion runways. CW
Paradise Found was PPG THE COLOR’s Color of the Year. Sherwin-Williams selected Alabaster as its Color of the Year.
