Posts Tagged ‘colors’

Color of the Year

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The color scene is bursting with yellow, popping up in clothing, jewelry, accessories and home decor.

Pantone, Inc., global color authority and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, has named Pantone 14-0848 Mimosa the color of the year. This warm engaging yellow brings optimism, hope and reassurance to a time of economic uncertainty and political change.

I love bright colors and yellow is one of my favorites. It makes me feel happy and alive when I wear it. What do you think of the color yellow?

Fall Color Trends

Monday, July 20th, 2009

PANTONE Inc., the world’s color authority, has released it’s expert color forecast for Fall/Winter 2009/2010 through an online bead company I use called Fire Mountain Gems. I know. Who wants to think about Fall when it seems as if Summer just started! The next season of colors has been put into 3 groups called “Weather Patterns”. Global Warming has a little of every color. Greenhouse Effect is mostly blues and greens and Sandstorm is an assortment of natural/neutral colors. These color palettes can be used to create some awesome jewelry. My favorite is the Greenhouse Effect!

Read the full report at http://www.firemountaingems.com/fashion-trends/fashion_trends.asp?docid=COLORFORECAST#fallwinter09