Dulux Colour Forecast for 2011 indicates that bold hues of orange and yellow will be leading the colour trends in 2011.
Dulux’s annual colour forecast is a result of inputs from design shows, social, cultural and environmental trend forecasts as well as personal interviews with leading worldwide experts from a variety of style, design and architecture backgrounds.
Trends are distilled by the highly experienced Dulux Colour Forecast team from these annual visits to Europe including the recent Paris Designer Days, where more than 60 design stores and boutiques open their doors to showcase what they do best.
The warming tones of yellow and orange will function as a key antidote to the shadows cast by the global financial crisis.
Andrea Lucena-Orr, Dulux’s Colour Forecaster says their colour selections are influenced by the mood of the world. The choice of yellow and orange reflect the need for renewed reassurance, harmony and tranquillity in an unstable economic climate, mirrored by the desire for freedom, revival and bold abandon.
Andrea adds that the spectrum of yellow tones spans from bold, bright sunshine and canary yellows, which spell optimism and revival to deep reassuring mustards and natural, earthy oranges. Nostalgic creamier tones evoke comforting images of history and the past whilst light and lemony hues create a feeling of space and freedom from the confines of daily struggles.
Elisabeth Condemine, Founder & CEO of Paris company Colour & Marketing concurs, saying that yellow was making a comeback after 20 years.
Award winning UK interior stylist Marissa Daly from Homes & Gardens Magazine UK considers Spain as one of the greatest sources of colour influence across Europe at the moment.
The latest Dulux Colour Forecast incorporates key Intergrain timber colours, Dulux powder coating colours and textures from the new Dulux Design Collection. The Dulux forecast fandeck will be available for purchase online from early November.
