Mardi Grape ... hot new color of 2010
It was just about three weeks ago that the Pantone Color Institute named turquoise the color of 2010.
Now comes word from the Color Marketing Group that the hot new color for 2010 is grape. If you want to be specific, it’s Mardi Grape.
Color Marketing Group, a leading international organization of color design professionals, has been predicting color trends for 47 years.
Mardi Grape is a crossover between purple, brown and gray. It’s a transfer from fashion with European roots, according to the color association. Chosen by hundreds of color professionals as CMG’s 2010 Next Color, Mardi Grape used to be a fashion color. Now, it’s all set to be the year’s star color for everything else.
“Purple has been with us for a while now, but the big story today is that we’re seeing purple as a neutral for the very first time, said James Martin, president of Color Marketing Group. “This purple is browner and grayer, a neutral we can love long-term. These days everyone is seeking versatile colors with staying power. Colors used to be the focus while neutrals were the understudies. Today, neutrals are the lead performers, chameleon colors that shift and change.”
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