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Fire Mountain Gems and Beads has partnered with Pantone, the world's color authority, to provide their expert color forecasts. The PANTONE® Spring/Summer 2011 color trends are below.The energy of the new decade will reveal itself in 2011. "The great recovery" and "The great recession" will loosen their grip, and we will walk out of their chilly arms, grateful to be done with them, like a butterfly breaks out of its chrysalis or a chick out of its confining little egg.
We will intrigue and dazzle ourselves with unique, re-invented personalities, with fresh skills and uncluttered outlooks. The optimism we have protected from a threatening climate will re-emerge. We can investigate poetry, seduction, revolution, and even romance again! Colors are tending toward the invigorating and the exultant. And when a little rest is required from all the playfulness, colors are nourishing and peaceful.
No more "irrational exuberance" followed by "crash and burn."
We will, like children experimenting with facets of identity, try on new faces and indulge in some role-playing. One amusing vignette will be followed by another. Monday you will be a serious ornithologist, and Tuesday perhaps a sonnet-writing lover. Saturday you will be a seductress extraordinaire, and Sunday you will be an anthropologist documenting distant cultures. We will acquire some knowledge. We will enjoy it. We will be playful and constructive, and eager to share the new growth we feel within.
2011 is going to be fun.
Gone are the days of traveling with steamer trunks and an entourage. Savvy globetrotters move quietly from place to place, blending in, speaking softly, keeping quiet, and savoring the quiet beauties of landscape and culture, of local food and drink.
The wanderer palette captures the gentle, faded beauty of slow, earthy travel. Colors of air, water, and earth blend together in a painterly way--in the way of memory and storytelling.
Earth red, fudge and green gables anchor the palette in an earthy way. Blue nights and riviera recall dark, faraway seas. Forever blue, purple ash, and limestone are the colors of skies remembered for their subtle beauty. Withered rose and silver peony, at the top of the palette, are colors of delight and sensuality.
| | PANTONE 12-1206 | | Silver Peony | | Austere, Serious, Earnest | | | | PANTONE 18-1435 | | Withered Rose | | Appreciative, Knowing, Hushed | | | | PANTONE 16-4702 | | Limestone | | Logical, Reserved, Efficient | | | | PANTONE 17-3810 | | Purple Ash | | Careful, Respectful, Private | | | | PANTONE 16-4019 | | Forever Blue | | Decent, Ethical, Helpful | | | | PANTONE 17-4027 | | Riviera | | Praiseworthy, Admirable, Fine | | | | PANTONE 19-4023 | | Blue Nights | | Heavy, Bold, Nocturnal | | | | PANTONE 18-1631 | | Earth Red | | Capable, Productive, Worthwhile | | | | PANTONE 19-1619 | | Fudge | | Sumptuous, Engulfing, Luxurious | | | | PANTONE 19-4906 | | Green Gables | | Authentic, Old-Fashioned, Vintage | |
Seduction can be a subtle affair, or an all-out assault. This palette leaves all the options open. Apricot orange, lavender, paprika and claret red glow gently with health and desire--and can kindle a similarly gentle response.
Fiesta, festival fuchsia, byzantium and Chinese red paint a picture of fiery passion that cannot be easily contained. They promise luscious satisfaction and ignite the imagination.
High-rise and blue graphite provide light and dark neutrals against which all the tones of passion can contrast.
| | PANTONE 17-1553 | | Paprika | | Passionate, Fashionable, Cultured | | | | PANTONE 15-4101 | | High-Rise | | Receptive, Insightful, Mercurial | | | | PANTONE 15-3817 | | Lavender | | Fickle, Flirty, Feminine | | | | PANTONE 17-1353 | | Apricot Orange | | Ripe, Ready, Receptive | | | | PANTONE 17-1740 | | Claret Red | | Intoxicated, Giddy, Aglow | | | | PANTONE 17-1564 | | Fiesta | | Venturesome, Daring, Tangy | | | | PANTONE 19-2434 | | Festival Fuchsia | | Bright, Exciting, Hot | | | | PANTONE 19-3138 | | Byzantium | | Complex, Libertine, Sensual | | | | PANTONE 18-1663 | | Chinese Red | | Passionate, Layered, Assertive | | | | PANTONE 19-4015 | | Blue Graphite | | Observant, Ever-Present, Inescapable | |
The green revolution! Does it refer to the vast movement toward ecological stainability? To glimmers of change in the Middle East? Or to the recovery of global economies? Whatever your answer, vivid shades of green from lime to deep mint on the bright side and Amazon and jungle green on the dark are pulsing with life, energy and change. These are positive, vibrant colors--with more than enough strength to interact with each other and a single, strong accent.
Jumble the greens up and add a single energized accent: blazing yellow or amparo blue or chili pepper. In this context, bright white is not merely clean, it is also full of life and contrast.
The effects of these green shades resonate with futuristic references to technology, but also to imagery derived from stories unfolding right now as well as to ironic re-examination of romances from the past.
| | PANTONE 11-0601 | | Bright White | | Crisp, Clean, Complete | | | | PANTONE 12-0643 | | Blazing Yellow | | Unrestrained, Rakish, Risk-Taking | | | | PANTONE 14-0452 | | Lime Green | | Stimulating, Vivacious, Dynamic | | | | PANTONE 18-3945 | | Amparo Blue | | Sentient, Aware, Awake | | | | PANTONE 17-5937 | | Deep Mint | | Modern, Futuristic, Trailblazing | | | | PANTONE 18-6024 | | Amazon | | Revolutionary, Original, Exuberant | | | | PANTONE 19-1557 | | Chili Pepper | | Deep, Sophisticated, Multi-Cultural | | | | PANTONE 19-3952 | | Surf The Web | | Proficient, Available, Open | | | | PANTONE 19-1650 | | Biking Red | | Useful, Informative, Important | | | | PANTONE 19-5914 | | Jungle Green | | Breathing, Prolific, Overwhelming | |
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