One paint company that is giving home owners a wide range of new paint colors for interior painting in 2008 is Sherwin-Williams. Their 2008 paint palette includes 39 fresh new hues, and each one falls into one of their 2008 color trend categories. A few of their bright pink hues are too bright for any room, but the rest of their 2008 paint colors will entice even the most laid-back of home owners to grab the nearest paint brush and updated their interior decor .
39 New Sherwin-Williams Paint Colors for 2008
According to Sherwin-Williams, each of those 39 paint colors for 2008 home decor falls into one of these four color categories:
Around the World
Expand Your Horizons
Fork in the Road
No Place Like Home
2008 Paint Color Palette: “Around the World” by Sherwin-Williams
Think of opulent, deep colors reminiscent of a baroque and ornate style. The bolder colors in this palette have influences from Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and From Russia, according to Sherwin-Williams.
Borscht – brown with just a hint of mauved beet
Ceremonial Gold – a warm golden hue
Cocoon – A warm green that would blend well with tree bark brown
Crabby Apple – A warm reddish brown that is a shade lighter than Borscht
Dynamo – A modern fuchsia
Feverish Pink – A super bright near fluorescent pink to be used in moderation, for narrow trim, for example
Majestic Purple – A very near indigo blue, very regal
Plum Brown – A deep purplish brown, the color of a freshly plucked ripened plum, if painted by a master
Red Cent – A warm penny color
Relic Bronze – A mustard-y yellow bronze, not the traditional metallic bronze
Tassel – A golden yellow
Tupelo Tree – Green
2008 Paint Color Palette: “Expand Your Horizons” by Sherwin-Williams
“Expand Your Horizons” by Sherwin-Williams is an effort to balance out the grays of technology that permeate our daily living spaces.
Aquarium – a bright, happy blue
Cayenne – An orange red, still popular from 2007
Iron Ore – A deep slate gray
Marquis Orange – A near-ripe tangelo color
Tatami Tan – Cafe au Lait with extra cafe
Wood Violet – Dusty violet
2008 Paint Color Palette: “Fork in the Road” by Sherwin-Williams
This is an energetic palette, with elegant touches.
Ash Violet – Wood violet tinted with more white, a pale and very pretty violet hue
Fountain – A clean, sparkling blue without the green of Aquarium
Frank Blue – A deep, classic, near primary blue
Gecko – Green with hints of a yellow undertone
Gladiola – A color that is too bright to use, much like Feverish Pink
Liberty Blue – unavailable for viewing
Quilt Gold – a happy but not obnoxious yellow
Real Red – A very bright red, with no shame
2008 Paint Color Palette: “No Place Like Home” by Sherwin-Williams
No Place Like Home” by Sherwin-Williams is a Retro-minded color palette for home decor. Soft and secure, fresh, yet historically comforting. Use a 2008 paint color from this palette to select a neutral.
Agate Green – A lively moss green
Bateau Brown – A lovely mauvish brown, ready to set sail
Classic Sand – A pinkish Bermuda sand neutral
Evening Shadow – A misty green neutral, with enough green to add color
Fleur de Sel – Similar to Evening Shadow, but lighter
Gorgeous White – A bright pinkish white hue
Granite Peak – A smoldering gray blue
Mountain Air – The lightest air blue
Pink Shadow – A retro, Art Deco pink
Restful White – is a lazy, quiet yellow
Twinkle – a neutral with just a hint of barely there plum
Source
Sherwin-Williams, http://www.sherwin-williams.com