You can also put two old colors together for a new 'wow' look, such as apple red against a periwinkle blue background. It looks new, but it isn't really. Color Wars Trends in fashion also follow world trends. When the economy is bad, people tend to wear a lot of black. After last winter's Gulf War, lots of people wore camouflage colors.
Stars make certain colors popular.
When the TV show Miami vice was on, a lot of men started wearing pastel colors because Don Johnson did. If the actress Julia Roberts wears Split Pea, that color may become popular. If Bart Simpson wears neon green, so will lots of kids. That green color lets buyers quickly identify Ninja toys in a store. And when kids see a certain shade of pink in a toy store, they know they're looking at a Barbie-doll product.