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Today my studio recievd a call from a wedding magazine doing an article on floral color trends for the year. My first question was which season? I told her every season has it’s own color trend.. but she was most interested in the one color that played the dominant role throughout the year.
My observations on colors trends are based on their popularity in the Fashion Industry. Ultimately, the bridesmaids’ dresses will determine one of the three major colors in a wedding.
The industry forecasted color for 2009 was chartreuse. For those not familiar with chartreuse, it’s a lime-green (50% yellow, 50% green). The name is from the French liqueur, Green Chartreuse which is a naturally greeen liquer that gets its color from chlorophyll.
Although chartreuse as been used a great deal in spring and summer, chocolate brown has shown to be the dominant player. We’ve seen chocolate brown as a base color, paired with accent colors such as pink, tiffany blue, ivory and chartreuse.
In the floral world, brown is the new black. It presents the perfect neutral background to showcase both bold and mild accent colors in a chic, clean, modern display.
Brown also has its artistic flexibility, allowing designers to infuse natural earthy elements into their designs. We see this with the use of trees as centerpieces, willow branches, pods, tree bark, roots, vines and moss. Introduction of these elements can take a design from “beautiful” to “WOW”.
As we move into fall, brown will continue to dominate the color palate of classic designs and then take its exit for winter. A short vacation, until its return in Spring 2010.
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