Wow! This week in our Journey With Color we’ll be talking about a major overhaul to Stampin’ Up! colors. With their 2010 – 2011 Catalog, Stampin’ Up! not only changed up the colors but they also changed the names of the color groups as well as the number of colors in each group.
The last big change to Stampin’ Up! colors was back in the 2005-2006 Catalog. This change is even bigger. It starts with the color groups themselves. The names were change and the number of colors in each group went from 12 down to 10. Bold Brights became Brights. Rich Regals became Regals. Soft Subtles became Subtles and Earth Elements was combined with Neutrals to become the Neutrals group.
In this chart you can see the four new color families and the colors included in them. I like Stampin’ Up!’s short description of the new color families that includes what type of projects they’d be good for.
Overall, Stampin’ Up! moved 8 colors from one color family to another, got rid of 31 colors and added 16 new colors. Of the 16 new colors 10 of them were former In Colors so only 6 of the colors were ones we’ve never seen. The brand new colors (not former In Colors) were Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.
There was also a change to In colors with this catalog. The first change was that they only introduced five In Colors instead of six. The second change to In Colors was that they would now have a life span of two years instead of just one. This will bring the total number of colors available in any given year to 50. Forty core colors and ten In Colors, except for this 2010-2011 catalog which only has five In Colors.
The first five In Colors with a two year span were Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz. Of these colors, my favorite was probably Concord Crush. It was a gorgeous deep purple. Which one of these five colors is/was your favorite?