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I remember when colourlovers.com came out with a similar post a few months back and I said something like this: http://www.colourlovers.com/business/blog/2010/

I remember when colourlovers.com came out with a similar post a few months back and I said something like this: http://www.colourlovers.com/business/blog/2010/10/26/color-of-the-year-2010-by-the-people#comment-12576 http://www.colourlovers.com/business/blog/2010/10/26/color-o... And so while this is still a nice, shiny piece of infographic eye candy, I don't really see the scientific basis behind any of this. It still seems like cherry-picked data to me. Why does it matter that these companies' colors be analyzed compared to any of the thousands of others that were successful in the last year?

dariusmonsef 16y ago
Just pointing out colors in brands that stood out in the last year... I understand you'd like hard scientific data about color associations, emotional and social associations that have impact on the trends... But we're an inspiration company. And in the end, color has an impact on brands... but it doesn't make a break a brand... Maybe I should write a longer post about this.
- treeface 16y ago
  But we're an inspiration company. And what greater inspiration for knowledge is there than properly-gathered statistics? All I'm saying is that you guys could do a lot of interesting things if you relied more on well-selected samples over multiple time series. I don't think your post was at all bad, but it leaves me begging for more information.
  - dariusmonsef 16y ago
    And your comment for more information leaves me wishing for more time to gather and share just the kind of thing you're asking for :)
    - treeface 16y ago
      Of course...I don't mean to imply that you could have put together any real meaningful time series data in such a short period of time. I only mean to inspire you to do it in the future ;-)
rbanffy 16y ago
> I don't really see the scientific basis behind any of this Are you trying to find the scientific basis of fashion?
lwhi 16y ago
Yep, I think this is a fairly vacuous article. There's not much that really be drawn from the analysis - other than; there are a lot of colours available and they were used by businesses in various designs.

dariusmonsef 16y ago

Just pointing out colors in brands that stood out in the last year... I understand you'd like hard scientific data about color associations, emotional and social associations that have impact on the trends... But we're an inspiration company. And in the end, color has an impact on brands... but it doesn't make a break a brand... Maybe I should write a longer post about this.

treeface 16y ago
But we're an inspiration company. And what greater inspiration for knowledge is there than properly-gathered statistics? All I'm saying is that you guys could do a lot of interesting things if you relied more on well-selected samples over multiple time series. I don't think your post was at all bad, but it leaves me begging for more information.
- dariusmonsef 16y ago
  And your comment for more information leaves me wishing for more time to gather and share just the kind of thing you're asking for :)
  - treeface 16y ago
    Of course...I don't mean to imply that you could have put together any real meaningful time series data in such a short period of time. I only mean to inspire you to do it in the future ;-)

rbanffy 16y ago

> I don't really see the scientific basis behind any of this Are you trying to find the scientific basis of fashion?

lwhi 16y ago

Yep, I think this is a fairly vacuous article. There's not much that really be drawn from the analysis - other than; there are a lot of colours available and they were used by businesses in various designs.