You want to redecorate your home, but is red still in? What about blue? If you go with that dark teal color, will you be able to find accessories on the shelf? The folks at Pantone do a pretty good job of predicting hot color trends in home decor and have created 9 different palettes of trendsetting color groups for 2010. (They say there are 8 groups. I guess they don’t count their Tinged Neutral palette as a color group.)
You’ll be happy to know that blue and red are in, but they come in different shades than in past years. I saw an orangey red tomato and a peacock blue design on their 2010 home interior guide cover.
The color groups are:
- Greenmarket – Literally draws inspiration from markets, which explains the tomato. You can see the palette colors for this group, Gatherings and Galaxy at Apartment Therapy. This is my favorite palette, which is odd, because I don’t use very much red in my home.
- Resourceful – Sort of the “Mother Earth” palette with a bit of sky thrown in. You can read in depth descriptions at Home Intel.
- Transformations – Reminds me of Victoria magazine or Easter. Includes pink and lavender.
- Ambiance – Pretty modern palette – lots of grays and silver pink.
- Gatherings – The inspiration for this palette comes from Africa.
- Galaxy – The sky, the earth and the sun all provided the inspiration for this palette. I think it would be perfect for anyone living on the waterfront who is in need of a home decor palette.
- High Definition – This one starts with basic black and white and then throws in some very bright colors.
- Pastiche – Hmm. How to describe this palette? Maybe like someone had an ice cream sherbet fight and when it was over, your house was super colorful. I could see this one in a kids’ room if you use restraint.
- Tinged Neutrals – Tans and grays. Tans and grays. Nice and restful. I can see this one in a lot of model homes.
Photo: SXC
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