Top 10 fashion colors for Fall provide clues to what's new in home decor

New York's "Fashion Week" has just come to a close and the hot new women's fashions for Fall 2009 will soon be in the retail stores. While it's always interesting to see what the designers' models are wearing, what's of more (or at least equal) interest to real estate professionals is what's ahead in home fashion and decor.

Fashion week provides a sneak preview of the colors which be will hot in both clothing and in home interiors. The hues you see on the runway models are predictors of the colors which will soon be seen in wall paints, furnishings, and other home fashions from placemats to towels. So, if you want to know the colors which top builders and interior decorators will be working with later this year, see the Top 10 hues in the "Pantone Fashion Color Report, Fall 2009" (PDF 2.68 MB).  

Take a peek at the report, which shows the "10 most directional colors."  This is valuable information to share with your builder clients and to use when you are talking to home-sellers who need to update properties.  Accessorizing your listings with the hot new colors will give homes a fresh, current look. You can also purchase complete color palettes and trend reports for 2009/2010 on their site. 

 For 2009, the Pantone color of the year is Mimosa (PANTONE® color number 14-0848), a warm, engaging yellow.  According to Pantone, in this time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow.