Orange, the retro color of Creamsicles and 1970s decor as well as the trendy hue of iMacs, has returned to the design psyche. If Woodman's predictions are correct, orange may soon be the color you paint your walls. We are also going to see more copper, the metal version of orange.
Copper is the color of the hearth and the home.
But they love to sit in their kitchen and look at their hanging copper pots that they never use. Bright tangerine and bold orange first started to reappear on furniture with other citrus colors in 1997 at Salon du Meuble de Paris. At this spring's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, orange was featured in the cutting-edge home furnishings collections of Karim Rashid and Nick for Salon Moderne. He gave us a sneak peek at next year's colors. About 600 to 800 members of CMG meet in the spring and fall to study and predict color directions for everything from clothing to cars and couches.