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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">We also discuss the 2022 Color of the Year!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MODE is a collection of 40 trend colors, with each color hand-selected to welcome a truly wondrous transition. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Described as the ‘queen’ of Sherwin-Williams, Sue Wadden delves into the difficulties during COVID and how color schemes are cyclic throughout the decades.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">[00:55] Introduction Sue Wadden.</li> <li class="li1">[03:21] What does Sue Wadden do at Sherwin-Williams?</li> <li class="li1">[05:30] How did COVID-19 affect the 2022 palette?</li> <li class="li1">[09:30] Moving towards nature inspired colors.</li> <li class="li1">[13:10] Why you should view the MODE color palette on the Sherwin-Williams website.</li> <li class="li1">[14:00] Opus color palette urban vibe re-emerging.</li> <li class="li1">[16:00] The new season of 2022 and the digital space.</li> <li class="li1">[20:00] Why you shouldn’t freak out if you have last season's colors.</li> <li class="li1">[22:15] Nostalgic design and familiarity.</li> <li class="li1">[23:40] Annual Atlanta paint color event.</li> <li class="li1">[27:00] Sue Wadden’s favorite colors</li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong> </p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Covid19 has affected the direction of new color trends.</li> <li class="li1">Urban and nostalgia design are and will be trending.</li> <li class="li1">Colors and color schemes evolve over time. We’re also moving towards warmer, nature inspired colors.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Meet Sue Wadden</strong></p> <p>Sue Wadden <span style="font-weight: 400;">has been the interior designer and resident exp