Although I'm nowhere near ready to make my design selection I thought it might be a good idea to look at colour trends so that when I come to decision making I can factor it in. It will also link in nicely with the mixing of dye colours I intend to do.
Pantone are an American based company well known for the Pantone Matching System which standardises colours enabling accurate matching across a wide range of industries including fashion. Each year after much debate Pantone declare a "Colour of the Year" and link it to contemporary events, like recession. Nominating "Honeysuckle" as colour of the year in 2011 the press release said
In times of stress we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating colur that gets the adrenalin going, perfect to ward off the blues.
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| Honeysuckle |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantone
For many years Pantone has closely examined the colours at New York Fashion Week and similar events and distilled the findings into a few key trends.
Leatrice
Eismann
, Executive Director of the Pantone
Colour Institute, says that the greys and neutrals prevalent this season make a good bridge between the soft pastels and more vibrant colours. She maintains that Placid Blue and Hemlock can be used as neutrals. There are some interesting thoughts on the video on the link below. It's well worth a look.
http://www.pantone.com/pages/FCR/default.aspx?season=spring&year=2014&pid=3
Forecasting agency Lenzing predicts colours for Spring 2014 will take shape round 5 themes: sensual, serene, colourquake, oasis and diaphanous.
This is how the colours are presented:
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| Serene |
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| Colourquake |
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| Diaphanous |
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| Sensual |
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| Oasis |
These palettes are all lovely.
Spinexpo is another forecasting agency quoted by Fashionising.com. Spinexpo predicts a slightly different scenario based on tonal families.
These are very similar colours to the previous ones, just grouped differently. It's very noticeable that there are no primary colours. This will be a challenge with my Procion dyes!
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