Computers are increasingly being used in the design and coloring of products, and there are no longer limits on what can be created. This means that texture and dimension are also part of the color selection process. CMG members forecast two separate trends in color for 1999. As blue becomes the dominant influence on color, there remains an interest in red. This creates a lot of blues and purples for Consumer product markets in 1999 because purple is the natural transition for colors moving toward blue with a red influence.
Worldwide attention is on outer space.
This hue is the blue of our oceans as seen from outer space. A transitional color taking turquoise and teal into a mor e water-inspired blue. A true gender-neutral color that unifies not only male and female elements within us, but categories of product. And the organization does not expect consumers to throw out everything they have purchased in order to stay trendy. In fact the growth and reliability of the predicted trends made by the organization has enabled manufacturers of all kinds of products to introduce greater variety and selection to their respective consumers.