Do Color Trends Affect Digital Scrapbooking?

From my understanding, interior decorating color trends can be forecast based on the clothing industry and runways.

Do you think that these same trends also affect digital scrapbooking and the designing of kits and trends in layouts? Do designers ever take note of upcoming trends before they choose a color palette? Or do they wait until they are influenced by the market of clothing and interior paints?

Deborah Zimmer from Rohm and Haas is known for her on-target color trend predictions. You can read her article on the 2008 color trends as she predicts trends for .....


“Go Green” (Mid-tone hues of fern, palm, pine and sage; coupled with clear blue or aqua; sandy tan and adobe brown intermingled)











“Sophisticated Elegance” (black and white; Silver metallics and high sheen; dramatic red ; subtle pink or taupe)












and “Crewel Colors” (Rich cranberry reds, warm browns, along with pumpkin orange; Mix in deep-toned blue and the tapestry)





You can download these images on their site and utilize them to create your own color palette for kits. I personally like all of these color trends, both for clothing and interior decorating, as well as layouts.




Another great site to keep up with color trends is Fashion Trendsetter. This color palette is their indicated trend for the Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 for the fashion world. You can see these colors expanded on their website. Except for the bright pink, I like this color palette. These colors seem to me to be in line with Ms. Zimmer's colors.


You can visit their site to get past season's palettes as inspiration for your kits.

Who else feels as if they "predict" color trends, but what they are actually doing is "setting" them for everyone else to follow? ...giggle.

For more color inspiration, visit the sites on my extensive link list. This list can also always be found on my links page by following the tab at the top of this page.