Clever’s Guide to Color Trends Through the Decades
In case you haven’t realized it yet, I love examining the history of interior trends. From bathrooms to bedrooms, and eventually, everything in between, following different design movements decade by decade has taught me a lot about how much interior design reflects the state of the world in which it exists. One of the most (seemingly) basic elements of design is color. But color is complex — it’s expressive and it’s crucial. There are few things that say so much with so little. Colors can be just as evocative of certain eras as music. We all remember the craze around millennial pink (and then hyper blue) that started in the 2010s, and the Gen Z purple that followed and told it right off. I found myself asking, What are some other hues or palettes that really spoke to specific points in time? To fully immerse myself in the wonderous world of color, I reached out to several experts to get some of their insight. I wasn...
