Color forecasts

"- Female-ism celebrates women as being relevant, positive and beautiful through its use of medium pastels with a tinge of retro glamour.


- Influenced by modern art and architecture, Classic-ism is almost devoid of color except for one medium blue accent. The palette emphasizes a feeling of restraint and austerity.


- With its tart, bold and gregarious colors, Independent-ism is geared toward creative artisans who are unafraid of true originality.


- The range of deep, dark shades of reddish blues and brown in Today-ism provides a proper balance to other more aggressive and colorful ranges.


- Rejecting rationality and uniformity, Absurd-ism allows colors to be libertarian and focuses on the challenge of combining the disproportionate.


- A carnal inspiration and desire for experimentation is the backdrop for Fetish-ism. The colors captivate and seduce to elicit an attitude of freedom.


- Surreal-ism plays with scale, combination and expectation to create unexpected, and even strange, creations."





The color forecast for Summer 2009 is focusing on independence, freedom, and individuality. The Spring 2009 color palette portrays a hestitant optimism with Fushia Red, Palace Blue, and Super Lemon being vibrant colors, but the other 7 colors are more muted. I think that because Obama is the new president, I think that people will embrace the optimistic colors. However, because our economy isn't going to suddenly pull out of the recession, the conservative colors will reflect their attitude. Also, in the 90's when Clinton was elected after a Republican president, the colors went more neutral, dispite the fact the economy climbed. So the question remains, will the next couple years follow the boom of the 80's or the 90's?





Fall/Winter 2009/2010 focuses on the green range.

"--Seizing on color as a power source to jolt colorful tensions.--Maintaining equal pressure on liveliness and neutrality and encouraging luminosity.--Heightening intensity, and circulating energy in a positive, rippling or alternating current."






Resources: http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/pantone-view-colour-planner-for-summer-2009.html

http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/content/fashion_events/premiere_vision/Premiere-Vision-Color-Trends-AW-09-10.html