It's the time of year when everything is about looking forward. Predicting trends and deciding on our ins and outs for the year, however, while I am generally of the opinion it rarely helps to look back at what's past, I feel like with design trends there's an exception. Sometimes in order to see what's coming up you do need to look back.
This is particularly true with color trends. I find color trends to be a bit of a catch-22, these 'new' on-trend shades pop up all the time, but what's actually deciding on them? They tend to be a zeitgeist for a cultural moment - led so much by what we (and by we I mean those buying the paints) are loving and starting to use in our homes. So looking back at the best-selling paints over the last few years can tell us a lot about what's to come too - is there a slow resurgence in the love of pink, is gray on the rise again, is some random purple shade gaining traction?
