Volvo ’s new colors, materials and finishes are a bit more daring than they have been in the past. Amongst the sea of white, gray and black hues there are fresh, bold colors permeating the Scandinavian company’s palette.

Sara Erichsen Susnjar is Volvo Cars’ senior design manager responsible for color, materials and finish for the company’s vehicles that end with -60. Outside her office at Volvo’s design studio in Torslanda, Sweden, there are acres of forest. “That's where we gain a lot of inspiration,” she told Newsweek .

The colors of the forest change all the time, she said. “Even if it’s not snowy anymore, maybe it’s icy instead and that brings out other colors.”

Susnjar pointed to a paint color display. There, alongside those typical hues is Forest Lake, a dark green-blue colo

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