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pantone 2012 colour of the year: tangerine tango

It’s that time of year when trend forecasters reveal what’s going to be hot for the coming year. Just announced: Pantone’s colour of the year: Tangerine Tango.

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new paint colours for men

When it comes to decorating inside YOUR home, is it safe to say that women make most of the choices? And if this is the case, do you think men would be more inclined to care if they felt decorating had a more masculine edge? Here’s why I’m asking:

CIL Paints has just launched a paint colour collection targeted towards men, the first of its kind in Canada. It’s not that the paint colours have actually changed but the names have. So instead of “Fairytale Green” the same colour is now called “Mo Money”. “Lexington Park” has been renamed “Dirty Socks”. “Midlife Crisis”, “Brute Force”, and “Deathstar” are just a few more of the new names to round out the collection. Let’s take a look:

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