Here’s the official forecast for spring 2007 colors from Pantone. Which one of these colors is your favorite?
| Offical Pantone Color | My Comments | |
PANTONE 12-1206 | “My flesh” | |
PANTONE 15-0326 | “Shrek lives on” | |
PANTONE 16-3801 | “Messed up Gray” The Opal gray is nice, but it has too much yellow in it. Golden Apricot is a nice color. | |
PANTONE 14-1041 | “Standard Apricot” Golen Apricot is a nice happy orange color. Interesting how there’s a bit of cyan added to the mix. Too bad it’s not a bright orange. It’s much more subdued. Just like all the colors in the palette except for… | |
PANTONE 19-2924 | “Extreme Purple” HOLLYHOCK! The most saturated color in this group. All the other colors are being so wimpy and light. Hollyhock is the only one that can stand up and be the bold one of the group. I would have to say this is my favorite color of this group. It’s just a gut level choice. I used to like purple a lot in high school, it might be growing back on me again. But I probably have this as my fav, because it’s the most bold and different. | |
PANTONE 13-0648 | “Acid Yellow” Green Sheen is an interesting departure from the Tarragon. Much more yellow. And it’s an interesting departure from the color yellow. It’s like yellow, but with a bit–just a bit of green added to it. It’s like an acid yellow. | |
| PANTONE 16-3929 Grapemist C=57 M=28 Y=1 K=0 | “Standard blue” The standard inclusion of blue within the palette. Blue is dull. Blah Blah blue. Grapemist could also be read as Grapem-ist. Why in the world is there just a 1% of yellow here? | |
| PANTONE 16-1220 Café Crème C=19 M=38 Y=45 K=5 | “Hot Chocolate” This is actually a very nice color. It does match a good creme coffee. Although it reminds me more of hot cholocate. Man, that would be a rockin color, Hot Chocolate. | |
| PANTONE 16-1720 Strawberry Ice C=1 M=56 Y=29 K=0 | “Strawberry Ice” To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal Light up a stage with Strawberry Ice like a candle. Again with the 1% values. What’s with the one percent of cyan? That is just poor color values. How can Pantone do that? | |
| PANTONE 14-4318 Sky Blue C=45 M=9 Y=8 K=0 | “Sky Blue” Another inclusion of blue. What do I have against blue? |
Source: “Pantone Unveils the Top 10 Colors for Spring 2007” on creativepro.com. I made an illustrator file with the swatches, if you want to import it into Adobe Illustrator. 2007spring-pantone.zip. View the rest of my color posts.
Here’s the official press release from Pantone split into two parts (too many characters to fit into the comments): =================== Pantone Unveils the Top 10 Colors for Spring 2007 “Strawberry Ice” Leads Fashion Colors for Spring 2007 Color Choices : Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory The Spring 2007 runways will radiate with surprising neutrals and innovative splashes of corals, yellows and purples, reports Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries. Each season, Pantone surveys the designers showing at New York Fashion Week to collect feedback on prominent collection colors, color inspiration, color philosophy and each designer’s signature shade. This information is used to create the PANTONE Fashion Color Report and serves as a reference tool throughout the year for fashion enthusiasts, reporters and retailers. The top 10 most directional women’s ready-to-wear colors for spring 2007 (along with printing values) are: PANTONE 12-1206 Silver Peony C= 3 M=13 Y=15 K=0 PANTONE 15-0326 Tarragon C=37 M=7 Y=60 K=0 PANTONE 16-3801 Opal Gray C=34 M=21 Y=28 K=0 PANTONE 14-1041 Golden Apricot C=8 M=26 Y=70 K=0 PANTONE 19-2924 Hollyhock C=55 M=97 Y=14 K=3 PANTONE 13-0648 Green Sheen C=13 M=5 Y=72 K=0 PANTONE 16-3929 Grapemist C=57 M=28 Y=1 K=0 PANTONE 16-1220 Caf Cr me C=19 M=38 Y=45 K=5 PANTONE 16-1720 Strawberry Ice C=1 M=56 Y=29 K=0 PANTONE 14-4318 Sky Blue C=45 M=9 Y=8 K=0
“Most often, colors are not completely reinvented each season,” observes Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute . “Instead, they evolve from one season to the next. The Apple Cinnamon of fall, for example, becomes the Caf Cr me of spring. What does change each season is the variation of the colors, and/or the combinations of colors. While navy, black and white are still a presence for spring 2007, designers are choosing a greater variety of neutrals as the canvas for this season’s captivating new hues.” The colors featured in the PANTONE Fashion Color Report are based on the PANTONE for fashion and home color system, the most widely used and recognized color standard in the world. The PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2007 is available online at http://www.pantone.com/spring2007 About Pantone, Inc. Pantone, Inc., developer of the globally accepted PANTONE Color Systems, is the leading source of traditional and electronic products for the selection and accurate communication of color. With over 40 years of experience, Pantone is recognized as the worldwide market leader in color communication and color technology for the graphic design, printing, publishing, fashion, home furnishings, interiors and industrial design industries. More information is available at http://www.pantone.com ===================
Looks like the venerable pink and green have returned
I updated this post to include my thoughts on each color. Before it was just a chart with the color, name, and values.
green sheen. I’ll have to try and use that color sometime. I don’t think i’ve ever used an acid yellow in a design. This is a nice list. It’s good to force yourself to use colors you normally don’t use. You can be surprised what a fresh, unexpected color choice can do for a design.
Someone else made some comments about the colors: http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archives/fashion/pantone_2007.php And their comments are actually productive.
could you tell me the pantone color forecast for men 2007 spring/ summer?
Plz. send me the updates !
plssss send me d updates of fashion forecast including the pantone colours and the new trends