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Color collage - Autumn 2011

Here you see a collage based on trend reports for this year's fall season; of course with some subjective predictions!

Pantone announced their fall colors early February. Colors that I believe will have a more significant impact  than others this autumn is definitely the warm "tart" golden yellow color which Pantone refers to as "Bamboo". The other one is the dark green "Teal" color, both  combined with neutrals. The third is the color Pantone refers to as "Phlox" A footnote to this: "Phlox" is actually a much brighter color named after the same plant and more commonly referred to as "psychedelic purple" (Jimi Hendrix' favorite color!). But eventually, "phlox" as shown on the Pantone chart will definitely be on the autumn color map, and come along with glimpses of pink colors reminiscent of "Honeysuckle" (color of the year 2011), believed to have a stronghold on design products this year. The autumn pink may though appear in softer/cooler versions. 

My gamble for the autumn is to predict more use of blue tones than different trend reports shows. Without going into details, just as "Honeysuckle" were meant to be an optimistic, sweet and uplifting color for 2010, there could be seen softer shades of blue colors for more optimism and a "peaceful blue autumn sky".

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