With the release of the forecast, Patsy Kuipers, color and design specialist for the commercial and residential flooring divisions of DuPont, strongly emphasized the importance of recognizing quickly changing color trends when decorating a home. "The speed at which new trends are adopted is influenced by changes in society and current events," she said. "The global access provided by computers has had a tremendous impact on the color palette."
According to Kuipers, flooring industry professionals and consumers need to understand the importance of color when decorating. "As members of the interior design community, we know people judge an environment or object within 90 seconds of initial viewing and most of that assessment is based on color," she explained.