West Elm Goes Pastel

I'm not sure how I feel about West Elm's new Spring pastels. After seeing these at the store, I did some searching on the Web to see what the experts are predicting in color for 2007. I saw a lot about neutrals, back-to-nature colors like green, blue, and brown, and stark contrasts like black and white.

I suppose these fit in with the back-to-nature theme, but I'm really not sure I like this. It just seems like an abrupt change from the burnt orange, crimson and charcoal colors that seem to have dominated for the last few years.