Guest Sue Wadden, Director of Color Marketing at Sherwin-Williams

Interior Design with Kandrac and Kole

As the Director of Color Marketing at Sherwin-Williams, Sue reflects on her early beginnings choosing bridge colors, to now creating some of her favorite colors included in the 2022 color palette, titled MODE. We also discuss the 2022 Color of the Year!

MODE is a collection of 40 trend colors, with each color hand-selected to welcome a truly wondrous transition.

Described as the ‘queen’ of Sherwin-Williams, Sue Wadden delves into the difficulties during COVID and how color schemes are cyclic throughout the decades.

In This Episode:

• [00:55] Introduction Sue Wadden.
• [03:21] What does Sue Wadden do at Sherwin-Williams?
• [05:30] How did COVID-19 affect the 2022 palette?
• [09:30] Moving towards nature inspired colors.
• [13:10] Why you should view the MODE color palette on the Sherwin-Williams website.
• [14:00] Opus color palette urban vibe re-emerging.
• [16:00] The new season of 2022 and the digital space.
• [20:00] Why you shouldn’t freak out if you have last season's colors.
• [22:15] Nostalgic design and familiarity.
• [23:40] Annual Atlanta paint color event.
• [27:00] Sue Wadden’s favorite colors

Key Takeaways:

• Covid19 has affected the direction of new color trends.
• Urban and nostalgia design are and will be trending.
• Colors and color schemes evolve over time. We’re also moving towards warmer, nature inspired colors.

Meet Sue Wadden

Sue Wadden has been the interior designer and resident expert for color at Sherwin-Williams for the last 17 years. She lends insight and expertise to choosing new colors and invites you to share in her inspiration.

Some of her favorite colors approaching 2022 include Evergreen Fog (the 2022 color of the year), dark charcoals, and Anonymous (SW 7046) an earthy, warm gray.

One of her big goals is to “help designers and specifiers by developing the right color resources to help make their businesses grow.”

She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998 before starting at Sherwin-Williams as a designer in the Design Studio.

Once she moved to the Diversified Brands Division she was able to focus her attention on consumer color programs and is the inspirational voice of color for Sherwin-Williams.

Resources:

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-wadden-b110687

Quotes:

I just want to know why my clothes only get stuck on the door handle when I'm in a bad mood.

It's not what you broadcast to everyone else that determines the trajectory of your life; it's what you whisper to yourself behind closed doors that has the greatest power and influence.

- Watson Kennedy

Sponsor:

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