www.pantone.com/spring2009, sketch by Douglas Hannant
Pantone, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, recently released the PANTONE® Fashion Color Report Spring 2009. According to the report, blue and purple lead the top 10 hues for spring ‘09. The palette also includes pops of vibrant color representing the optimism of the season, combined with sophisticated neutrals to ground the palette and provide stability in an unpredictable economic climate. A spectrum of greens rounds out the report, evoking a sense of freshness and new beginnings.
The availability of the PANTONE
Fashion Color Report coincided with
the beginning of New York Fashion
Week (Sept. 5-12, 2008).
“New York’s fashion designers encourage hopeful attitudes with lively colors, while sophisticated, grounded hues address the need for stability in times of economic uncertainty, said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®.
PANTONE FASHION + HOME SMART Color System is the only globally available, off-the-shelf color system that fashion designers and their vendors can trust for unsurpassed color accuracy. Using this new system, designers can reduce color development cycles by 50 percent or more. The PANTONE Goe System is a completely new color inspiration and specification system for the graphic arts industry, including 2,058 new PANTONE Colors, plus modern tools and interactive software for multimedia color reproduction. PANTONE 4-Color Process Guide Coated & Uncoated reveals over 3,000 chromatically arranged CMYK color combinations complete with easy to read screen tint percentages to enable accurate color reproduction on coated and uncoated paper stock.
The top 10 spring ‘09 colors for women are:
PANTONE 18-4043 Palace Blue
CMYK: 18 36 1 0
Pantone GOE: 70-2-4C
PANTONE 15-3817 Lavender
CMYK: 33 32 0 0
Pantone GOE: 55-2-1C
PANTONE 14-0754 Super Lemon
CMYK: 4 12 98 1
Pantone GOE: 3-1-4C
PANTONE 15-1626 Salmon Rose
CMYK: 0 50 24 0
Pantone GOE: 22-1-2C
PANTONE 18-2328 Fuchsia Red
CMYK: 27 97 4 0
Pantone GOE: 32-2-5C
PANTONE 14-1307 Rose Dust
CMYK: 17 25 27 0
Pantone GOE: 148-1-1C
PANTONE 16-5804 Slate Gray
CMYK: 45 21 28 2
Pantone GOE: 93-2-2C
PANTONE 16-6339 Vibrant Green
CMYK: 60 4 70 0
Pantone GOE: 111-2-5C
PANTONE 16-0435 Dark Citron
CMYK: 42 10 83 0
Pantone GOE: 136-1-3C
PANTONE 14-5714 Lucite Green
CMYK: 48 0 31 0
Pantone GOE: 108-1-1C
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I enjoyed this blog post and link. The extensiveness of PANTONE coloring is amazing!
Hi Chatty Girl! Thanks for taking a look at our blog.
Yes, I agree, Pantone color systems make the world go round
What would we do without them.
This palette has a few yummy colors and a few that I could do without.
I really like the Dark Citron, I envision it with the Lucite Green for a kicked back, relaxed wedding on the coast.
Then maybe the Palace Blue with the Slate Gray for a Big City bold Wedding.
A spring event would be nice with Salmon Rose, Lucite Green and Dark Citron.
Not so crazy about Lavender or Super Lemon…