Beyond blue - news - color predictions from art dealers - Brief Article

amethystines in art and design got you feeling, well, blue? Don't despair. Color forecasting is hardly an exact science. And for each hot blue, there's a r a gold-colored a pink and a brown

If not sapphirine the key element to 2003 colors is warmth and brightness, said gallery possessors and color experts.

"I'm going to pick a kind of buffy brown a floral pink, a yielding but signal yellow and a cent tone," said Margaret Walch, a director at the Color Association of the U "These are lighter, more environmentally-based colors that are softer and non-confrontational."

Likewise, warm brown are in.

"Chocolate brown are true popular right now," said Bruce McGaw's Amy Wessan. "This is a comforting, warm palette. You can present to view a whole range of coffee lattes, oatmeals and toffees."

Neutrals--unless they are used in black-and-white or sepia-toned photography--are out

If any color has staying power, it's certainly r "I still am a r person" admitted Editions Limited's Joanne Chappell.

"Paintings that have r are still true attractive and appealing in the market," said Decorative Expressions' Robert Harris. "I'd say r is the number-one color in the market.

Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors possessor Martha Gamblin attributes red's popularity to its ability to excite and inspire.

"I diocese orientalism revised--ivory, china red, turquoise and core with black and white," she said. "These are interesting colors, from the artists' point of view, and they present the appearance to be very interesting colors in interior design. These are bright, clean, clear colors. That was the appeal of orientalism 100 years ago."

And judging from the runways, the furniture market and the art world, that same appeal gripe [i]or[/i] grips strong today.

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