For example, you will be seeing fabrics with a lot of technological innovations in construction and fiber content, but how it feels is very important. Paint is not simply a flat surface, but textured, glazed, and iridescent. Wallpaper is coming back as another way to create texture and depth. Sheer, layered, and textured aspects of color are very important. 10 years ago, many of these effects were not easily manufactured.
Water is an important theme that is appearing no only in colors, but transparency too.
The iMac computer is only one of many products that are sheer. Spiritualism also is affecting the colors on the market, and this will be seen in the Plums and Reds that abound. Another big trend is the continuation of metallics. No longer shiny and glitzy, metals are patinaed, subtle, and tasteful. Used to highlight other colors, not to be the highlight itself.