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COLOR NEWS
 See Pantone’s new Fashion Color Report for Spring 2011
Pantone has posted the Top 10 colors for women’s fashion chosen by New York designers for spring 2011.
You can learn more on Pantone’s website, and see their fashion report on color here.
The Most Powerful Colors
in the World
COLOURlovers.com mapped colors in the brands from the top 100 sites in the world to paint a visual picture of dominant colors. It tells an interesting story, and shows that top brands within categories tend to use similar color palettes.
Color may provide not only a sense of community among similar brands and messages, but show how a well chosen unique color might actually help to set you apart from the crowd.
Spotlight on Water!
The sea contains and reflects so many colors but our focus here is on azure, aquamarine, and all shades of turquoise. Each color produces certain emitions within us and azure and turquoise are hues that will nearly always bring a smile—they often make us feel uplifed, light-headed and even giddy. Summer here we come!
Giddiness has been known to occur when a person suddenly comes upon this color. The word’s origins, gidy, states that 'mad' or unstable, and even 'possessed by God' are terms associated with Giddy. Summer is upon us, so wear this color boldly.
- Find a huge floppy hat, or a pair of strappy sandals.
- Pair with any shade in the purple family, but try it with peach to enhance the warm feeling it produces.
- Put on turquoise and azure jewelry (or clothes with these accents), try it on your walls.
- Explore the expansion this color brings, cooling and open. Above all go out and look at the sea!
- Traditionally this shade of blue opens the 5th Chakra, your throat area, seat of Creativity.
Water pleasures and water fun come to mind when we see pictures like this one captured by world renowned photographer Clark Little. Indeed we feel giddy, possessed by beauty, and ready for fun!
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