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I noticed a lot more of these colors at the show as well. Actually, I just noticed a lot more color in general than in past years.

Thanks for the trend update. Dark colors...I tried an olive green a few years ago for our dinnerware and hated it. I don't think dark colors are for me.

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These are my colors (at least right now). Love them.

Oh man - I've spent most of my young adult life trying to avoid furniture so old that it looked like it was from the 70s. I don't think I will ever be able to overcome seeing those colors and wanting to run.

Yay! I'm thrilled by this: my kitchen is olive green & apple-y green, plum & red red red. I don't think the darker colors are too overwhelming if you pair them with a similiar, brighter color.

I've had no trouble finding kitchen tools in red and bright green in the past few years- I guess now is the time to stock up on the olive green and plum?

As long as your fridge and stove stay white/steel, these colors are great. I love the plum and mustard ones. That burgundy is nice too. But I am still stuck in jewel tones - sapphire, peacock, rubies.

I prefer 1950s colors

The mustard Le Creuset stuff makes my heart go pitter-patter. A pretty color is a pretty color. Who cares if it's associated with a particular era?

The marketers are changing the colours on us again!

Haven't they heard that people are tightening their belts?

I predict a vast, unbought inventory of accessories clogging up store warehouses this year.

If we've already got an item, it's doubtful that the ordinary people will be running out to replace it so that our cupboards will be in fashion.

I love the plum and the darker orange terra cotta color (not together though) and I have always loved olive green!

I am not a plum, purple color fan at all something about these colors tend to make things look cheap even though purple is associated with royalty. That blue is just sad, its a real miss. I tend to gravitate towards the mustard color, most food looks good with this color and I would say this is not a trend for me always have liked that color in the kitchen.

i can see how people would like these colors, but i am sad. they just aren't my style. i have a lot of cherry red, tangerine, and lemony yellows paired with cobalt blues in my kitchen. i guess really any bright color when you get down to it. they are more appetizing to me and when it gets down to it, i think kitchens should be appetizing! that being said, i DO like the Le Creuset colors up there.

It's funny because these are the kinds of colors I wear all the time (I'm an autumn), but I prefer brighter, clearer, cleaner colors for my home. I also can't get past the era associations too--there's something about these hues that seem dated to me.

I hate dark colors.

I prefer bright crisp colors but I am sure that there are quite a few people who will be excited about the darker pallate. It's nice to see broader color options.

Love this! It's hard to find stuff in a more somber palette. It doesn't read 70s to me because there aren't any Early American decals. Ha!

Ha! is right. Where's the eagle or the cornucopia?

I'm a chartreuse/pale yellow/tangerine person, so I'll take a pass.

If we're gonna do retro, call me when we get to the '50s pink/jadeite/aqua because, for me, '70s ain't happening.