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Metallics on My Mind

Kate Smith — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:41:14 +0000

Julie starts writing an article on Metallics in the Garden and everywhere I look I see something with a metallic finish. Isn’t it funny how that happens?

Sure it is a hot trend right now but because I have been talking about it for quite some time as part of the trend forecasts I wan’t even seeing it anymore it seems. That is until Julie mentioned it. Now it has my attention again so I decided to share some of the shine I’m seeing with you.

Start exploring the metallic trend by reading Julie’s inspiration for the article on Live in Full Color and then head over and see the beautiful pictures and read the full article Metallics in the Garden on Sensational Color.

Color Quote of the Day: November 23rd

Kate Smith — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:05:46 +0000

“Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death.”

Emil Nolde
German Expressionist Painter, 1867-1956

What Your Car Color Reveals About Your Psyche

Kate Smith — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:49:15 +0000

U.S. News reports that “People who own emerald green automobiles…have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives. Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people.”

The article goes on to say that, “Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions. But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence. And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all.”

The Color of Demotivation

Kate Smith — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:45:58 +0000

How many times have you seen motivational posters hung within the walls of a company whose leadership is anything but motivating?

Well Loyalis has come up with some perfect replacement posters in his Demotivational series. Check them out here…

I bet without me telling you would have figured out my favorite. Color and duct tape…my kind of humor.

Silver Tops Charts as Most Popular Vehicle Color…

Kate Smith — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:00:25 +0000

… but around the globe other colors are gaining on the front-runner.

Black, a color that held the top spot on the charts for years has regained its popularity and other hues that are brighter and appeal to niche markets are also stepping up to steal some of the limelight.

According to PPG Industries, a leading manufacturer of transportation coatings globally, silver held the top position as the most popular car color.

2007 Color Ranking
Silver 31.5% [down from '06 ranking of 33.0%]
Black 18.0% [up from '06 ranking of 15.4%]
White 12.5%
Blue 12.4%
Red 8.8%
Naturals (gold, orange and brown tones) 6.6%
Other/niche market colors 5.9%
Green 3.8%

It appears that while many of us want our vehicles to be “green” we don’t prefer them to be painted that color.

Black Cars Coming on Strong in the UK

Kate Smith — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:37:05 +0000

Not only are brand new black cars storming up the sales league among customers, second-hand black cars are commanding a £500 price premium over other colours.

“UK sales of new silver cars fell substantially in 2006, while sales of black cars grew to such an extent that it has now nudged blue out of second place. “We appear to be witnessing the rapid beginning of the end for Britain’s love affair with silver cars” said Mike Orford of car company SEAT, who has tracked the trend away from ‘prestige’ silver and towards black.