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July 13, 2022

Color Confidence

COLOR CONFIDENCE WORKSHOP PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT OCTOBER 21-23, 2022   “Color isn’t a ‘thing’.  Since color is physiological and psychological, it’s important to challenge all the senses and how they influence each other.” Guest Contributor, Alicia Keshishian, Chroma-licious, Executive Committee member, Color Marketing Group Color is a powerful tool.…
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July 6, 2022

Leatrice Eiseman’s Master Class on Color and Design

Leatrice Eiseman’s Master Class on Color and Design Leatrice Eiseman is an author, speaker, color/design consultant, spokesperson and educator.  She is executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, director of the Eiseman Center for Color information and Training and a long standing member of Color Marketing Group. Lee will be…
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Color Alert 2022
July 1, 2022

July Color Alert®

JULY COLOR ALERT®  “My future’s so bright, I need to wear shades.” Thumbing one’s nose at the rampant negativity that is so prevalent is a powerful way to move forward. It’s leaving the past behind and moving forward in a bold fashion. Despertar, translated as “awakening” in English, is an…
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June 23, 2022

Experience something new at this year’s International Summit

COLOR BEYOND will encourage you to think about more than color, trends, and forecasts.  We've replaced our legacy workshops with new and collaborative events designed to heighten your connections and broaden your perspective.  In our hands-on workshops you'll explore materials and how they relate to CMG's directional color stories and their impact…
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June 22, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – Design Directions

1985: Recognizing the integral relationship between color and design, in the early 1980s CMG formed the Design Directions Committee. It was charged with keeping members appraised of design directions and the influence of design and style trends in color selections. It was considered a supplement to Color Directions, not a…
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June 14, 2022

Introducing 100 New NCS Standard Colours

For the first time since 2004, NCS Colour are launching new, standard colours, going from 1950 to 2050 colours. NCS Colour are adding 100 new NCS Standard colours in the low chromatic colour area to offer their users more options and greater control when working with these colours. Low chromatic…
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June 8, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – Consumer and Contract Color Forecasting

1981: CMG’s western regional meeting examined the ingredients of successful color merchandising for the Contract market. Recognizing that there are significantly different color directions for Contract and Consumer markets, the program is instituted on the national level. Previously, there were two national meetings a year, with the Spring Meeting having…
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June 7, 2022

NCS Colour Trend Forecasting

NCS COLOUR TREND FORECASTING 2023 - A Year of Re-Nual NCS Colour Trends 2023+ gives unique insights into international drivers for colours, materials, and finishes, that are applicable cross-industry. The forecast is developed by a team of internationally renowned experts within their fields. As a result, the forecast offers relevant…
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Color Alert 2022
June 1, 2022

June Color Alert®

JUNE COLOR ALERT®  Aggressive, self-assured, no-nonsense. Get ready to turn colour on its head. Born of gaming culture and cyberpunk, the roots of Punk Purple are from Color Marketing Group’s 2020 Asia Pacific meetings. As predicted, the hue is emerging in 2022 as a strong colour statement. It is a…
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May 31, 2022

The CMG Color Story Evolution – Summit Keynote Presentation

THE CMG COLOR STORY EVOLUTION at this year's International Summit Sixty Years of Color Forecasting When Color Marketing Group® Executive members, Montaha Hidefi, VP Color Forecasting, and Doty Horn, Board member, volunteered to examine, study, and analyze sixty years of CMG archives to prepare for the Keynote presentation during this…
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May 24, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – CMG Computer Bank

1980: Previously managed through typewritten lists and carbon paper copies, CMG embraced the emerging computer age by entering its growing membership records into a new “computer data bank.” This time consuming process enabled the Membership Directory to be cross indexed by product, industry, member and expertise, providing an even more…
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May 13, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – CMG Growth

1977:   CMG President Yale Forman holds a three day meeting with Board members, past Presidents and Board nominees to brainstorm the future of CMG. A new path of growth and expansion is charted, including the decision to hire full-time professional administrative staff, promote international growth, develop effective and continuous…
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Color Alert 2022
May 2, 2022

May Color Alert®

MAY COLOR ALERT®  If ever there was a time for a deep, nurturing neutral, it is now! Actually, that’s been the case for the past couple of years, but now it is emerging. As the coolness of grey is further moved aside for the continued color warming trend of colors,…
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April 27, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – Dorothy Liebes

The 1970’s: 1970: Textile designer Dorothy Liebes is named as the first recipient of CMG’s Forrest L. Dimmick Award, for revolutionary, dramatic, or exceptional contribution to the field of color marketing.   Liebes was renown for her vivid, modernist textile designs for E.I. DuPont’s home furnishing fabrics, and by the early…
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April 20, 2022

CMG President’s Update

"It is hard to fathom that we are already heading into the second quarter of 2022! Maybe it is a sign of our success in putting 2 years of pandemic in the rearview mirror because time is speeding ahead. Buckle up, it isn’t slowing down and color doesn’t sleep!" by…
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April 14, 2022

CMG Swatchbook – Color Directions

The 1970’s: 1970: By the late 1960s, studying current colors was not enough, and participation in CMG’s COLORFAIR was waning. Color decision makers needed more forward direction; thus, a new program that focused on future rather than current colors emerged. Initially titled CMG’s Colorcard, it asked members to submit their three…
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International Summit
April 4, 2022

2022 International Summit

Color Marketing Group's 2022 International Summit is where the leading color design professionals from around the world will convene for three days of color inspiration, collaboration, and learning.  At the center of this Conference, we'll to do what we do best - forecast color directions.   This year, as we…
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Color Alert 2022
April 1, 2022

April Color Alert®

APRIL COLOR ALERT®  Intervalo is for those moments in between, to pause, reflect, and reset. A deep blue with a nuance of green, Intervalo emerged from CMG color workshops in Latin America and Europe in 2020, with anticipated arrival in 2022. Indeed, not only has it arrived in those regions,…
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March 24, 2022

CMG Swatchbook

The 1960’s: 1969: Beatrice West was elected as CMG’s first female President. After studying architecture in the 1930’s, Beatrice charted her colorful career path by consulting with builders on the use of color in postwar tract housing, whose color palettes helped to sell more than 100,000 homes in 36 states*.…
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March 10, 2022

CMG Swatchbook

The 1960’s:   1963: CMG COLORFAIR, the first exhibit of its kind, is an annual gallery of CMG members' product samples, displaying colors available in the market by 29 color groupings. Organizing by color rather than industry, reveals interplay, if any, between industries and various fields of business activity, such…
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