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From: Tkbdsgns@aol.com
  Subject: 2004 Color Forecast for Transportation


  Chuck,
   
  Here are the forecast colors for 2004 from the Color Marketing Group for the transportation industry.  Perhaps this assist your
  clients when faced with the color decision for their aircraft.  These are colors that will be introduced into the industry.   Consumer preferences dictates their popularity.  One of the great things about colors in the transportation industry is that they
  are colors that are certain to be around for some time.  Reason being as they have been accepted by both the male and female
  gender.  Please advise your clients that as an Interior Designer I would be happy to work with them on narrowing down the
  choices for their paint and interior selections.  Unifying the outside to inside will insure your airplane will display a professional
  custom appearance.  This process can be overwhelming and I can elevate that frustration by channeling their preferences and
  needs.  Together we can come up with a beautifully personalized scheme that will be timeless and as a result their aircraft will
  have a new look longer, "be in style for a quite a while" if you will and perhaps avoid costly mistakes of using out dated materials.
         
   
  TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED

  Tusk - Ivory influences aluminum reflecting the global warming of silver.

  Acier - Sounds like French, but this steely gray is really from Pittsburgh, and has universal appeal. It is an expansion of the cool metals.

  Aloeminium - The healing power of aloe combines with aluminum.

  Mystic Quartz - A purple whisper adds mystery to silver; mature, technical and genderless.

  Broadway Bronze - This dark and murky complex neutral is pulled from the streets of the concrete jungle.

  Peace - A unifying global blue represents peace on earth.
   
   
  "Special-effects-enhanced hues such as Cu, Glassy, Hyper Green, Acier, Aloeminium and Tusk offer consumers luminous and metallic options," said Color Directions Committee Co-Chairman Carol Byrne, Transportex Design &
  Marketing Company, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. "These directional colors, when teamed with current hues, offer consumers a full palette of color and texture."
  Color Marketing Group (CMG), founded in 1962 and based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, is an international, not-for-profit Association of 1,500 Color Designers. Color Designers are professionals who enhance the function,
  salability and/or quality of a product through their knowledge and appropriate application of color. CMG members forecast Color Directions one to three years in advance for all industries, manufactured products and services. These
  Consumer/Residential and Contract/Commercial products include: Transportation, Visual Communications, Technology, Home, Consumer Goods, Juvenile Products, Fashion and Action/Recreation.
   
  TKB Designs
  Tammy K. Brenner
  tkbdsgns@aol.com