Color forecast is amazing, as always! It’s time to identify the major shades and to bring to your attention the fall/ winter 2016-2017 color trends, using Pantone Color Institute’s fashion color report as the base, also the colors utilized by the fashion houses and designers.
Here’s a guide to colors you can totally rock this season:
Colors can vary depending on different circumstances and mood. Every color has a different meaning, depending on what energy you are expressing at that point.
- RIVERSIDE
- Cool and calming, strong and stable
- Displays a subtle vibrancy and sophistication
- Borders on exciting
- Maintains a sense of constancy
- AIRY BLUE
- Designers seeking weightlessness in a world heavy with conflict
- Blue tones appear in nearly half of the designs
- Airy Blue nods to Serenity
- SHARKSKIN
- Pair-able with almost any fall color, bright or muted
- A color that the rest of the palette can literally and theoretically rest on
- Elegant and formal on the other, yet never glamorous.
- AURORA RED
- A bold red that is warm, sensual and immediately pleasing to the eye.
- Gets the metaphorical blood of the palette pumping.
- Exciting and dynamic, breeds unmistakable confidence.
- Red is energizing. It excites the emotions and motivates us to take action.
- WARM TAUPE
- Suggests reassurance and stability
- Trusted, organic and grounded
- Departs slightly from the foundations of the Fall 2016 palette
- Timeless
- DUSTY CEDAR
- A fall and winter version of the Pinks we’re used to seeing in spring.
- Dustier rose-toned Pink shade with some complexity.
- Exudes warmth and welcome.
- LUSH MEADOW (my favorite)
- Rich and elegant, vibrant and sophisticated.
- This shade displays a brightness, panache and depth of color that elevates it from more natural greens.
- Elevates the overall elegance woven through this season’s collections.
- SPICY MUSTARD
- Adds another splash of uplifting vibrancy
- A spicier, zestier Yellow than previous seasons
- Unexpected and unusual
- Comes through in both the abstract and geometric accents that designers employed
- Adds another splash of uplifting vibrancy
- A spicier, zestier Yellow than previous seasons
- Unexpected and unusual
- Comes through in both the abstract and geometric accents that designers employed
- POTTERS CLAY
- Elements of russet Orange in its undertones, gives a grounded feeling that’s anything but flat
- Neutral earth tone; expected for fall and winter palette
- A shade with real substance; a strong foundation
- BODACIOUS
- Lends itself to vibrant color combinations
- Unexpected in fall
- Bright, rich Purple, with hints of a more sophisticated Pink
- Turns fashion accents into fashion statements
By Parkha Faisal
