This prediction is based on the 2002 Consumer Color Directions Palette assembled by the Color Marketing Group (CMG), an international non-profit association of color designers who identify and forecast color trends in consumer products. Consumer color preferences in the coming months, CMG says, will trend toward "lighter, softer and more complex" tones.
Incorporating input from more than 700 CMG members, the group develops cross-industry, short- and long-range color forecasts. The association's annual forecasts serve as a guide for designers who develop colors for new and existing product lines. Various industries are represented in the color forecasts, including those in the transportation/automotive, communications/graphics, interior/exterior home, and fashion categories.