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Re: Color trends in industry
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:53:39 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Michael Huffman wrote:
> Here's an interesting blog entry about color trends in industry:
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> <http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005397.html#005397 Prophetable
> colors>
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> I still haven't formed an opinion of the new color changes, but
> I found this blog entry interesting...
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> [Quote:]
> {Ive known people who think official color reassignments are a
> conspiracy theory. The short answer is that they are a conspiracy,
> but they arent theoretical. I submit as evidence the assigned
> colors for <http://www.shoes.pe.kr/2004ss%20color.htm 2004>, 2003 and 2002.
> And here are some recent specimens of the new range, to give you a better
> idea of what they look like when in use.}
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> If you'd click on the 2004 link (it goes to a Korean page) & look about 1/2
> down, the 'fresh' colors are a bluish-gray. Hmm...
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> All color debate/conspiracy aside, I respect LEGO's business decisions. But
> I still find things like this blog entery interesting....
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> --Mike H.
Fascinating. Almost 20 years ago now, I met someone in NYC(1) whose official job
title was "color predictor". She was very up on what the expected fashionable
colors were likely to be 5 or 6 seasons ahead. "Brown is the new Black"(2) and
all that.
So this is definitely a real phenomenon. Whether LEGO changed because of fashion
trends is a different question. I tend to believe them when they say they wanted
to rationalise the palette. I don't think much of it but I believe them.
Thanks for sharing.
++Lar
1 - A friend of the life partner(3)(4) of my wife's uncle(5)
2 - Insert your favorite Parker Posey quote here.
3 - who owned a small men's fashion house.
4 - I sort of don't really like that term. Spouse, if you'd rather, i guess.
5 - who used to dress windows at Barneys, preserving his fashion connection.
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| (...) Certainly. It's very important in the auto industry. Color trends are typically futured out 4-5 years. My understanding is that yellow is the only basic color that periodically falls out of style for automobile exteriors. Spencer (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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