Finding Fabulous Colors for Your 2010 Fall Wedding Planning!

There’s no point in making you wait until the last paragraph to reveal the fashion color trends for 2010 and 2011, so here they are on the left. You may have heard of Pantone, the company that created this palette. These are the hot colors for autumn, winter and spring 2010/2011. Personally, I love them!

Who Determines Color Trends?

Color trends come to us from several sources, including Pantone, whose Pantone Color Matching System (PMS) is largely a standardized color reproduction system. By standardizing the colors, different manufacturers in different locations can all refer to the Pantone system to make sure colors match without direct contact with one another. I found it interesting that, even though a number of groups like this predict their own color trends from year to year, they’re all remarkably similar in their choices.

Perhaps the most influential predictor of color trends is The Color Marketing Group (CMG),  an international association for color design professionals which identifies the direction of color and design trends and translates them into salable colors for manufactured products. Composed of nearly 1,000 members in 20 countries, CMG forecasts color trends from one to three years in advance for color-related services and products, including fashion and even wedding favor boxes.

More About the Colors…

“Oyster Gray” and “Rose Dust” are the two most neutral options for the season, with Oyster Gray as the classic neutral and Rose Dust, a kind of “new ivory,”  a breezy, romantic tone somewhere between light pink and beige.

The typically autumn colors are “Golden Glow,” a terrestrial, deepened shade of yellow; “Chocolate Truffle,” a rich brown with a whisper of plum; “Woodbine,” a solid supporting green and “Lipstick Red,” a vivid, dramatic crimson.

The brighter, more spring-like tones for the colder months include “Lagoon,” a turquoise sure to add a tropical touch to fall and winter; “Purple Orchid,” a fuschia-inspired hue; “Living Coral,”  orange kissed by pink; and “Endive,” a fresh and lively yellow-green.

As I was writing this, I imagined a couple of color palettes using these colors, and I think they’re simply smashing–imagine Rose Dust and Woodbine together; Golden Glow, Chocolate Truffle and Lagoon; Purple Orchid and Rose Dust; Oyster Gray and Chocolate Truffle; Lipstick Red and Endive.

All lovely hues to color your world—and your wedding!