Just came across some pretty interesting news on the HOW Design blog:

Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, selected PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris as the color of the year for 2008.

"From a color forecasting perspective, we have chosen PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris as the color of the year, as it best represents color direction in 2008 for fashion, cosmetics and home products," explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. "As a reflection of the times, Blue Iris brings together the dependable aspect of blue, underscored by a strong, soul-searching purple cast. Emotionally, it is anchoring and meditative with a touch of magic. Look for it artfully combined with deeper plums, red-browns, yellow-greens, grapes and grays."

So much of scrapbooking is color inspiration. Finding a piece of paper or embellishment you love and then making a layout work around it. Perhaps we should all be keeping Blue Iris in mind when we're looking for some new inspiration. It will be interesting to see how this color enters the design world over the next year...

Eileen