During the recently held Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week, The
Pantone Color Institute Forecast an exotic color palette for next year.

 
Exotic destinations like Africa, India, Peru, and Turkey inspire colors for
spring 2011, as “designers continue to satisfy consumers’ need to escape
everyday challenges with intriguing color combinations that transport them to
foreign lands,” according to the report.
 
“The colors designers have chosen for the spring season present an interesting
marriage of unexpected warm and cool tones,” Leatrice Eiseman, executive
director of the Pantone Color Institute, told the press.
 

The effects of combining colors with their opposites on the wheel creates a
striking palette and allows consumers to “pair existing pieces in colors
traditionally associated with fall, with new favorites to punch up springtime
wardrobes,” continued Eiseman.
 
Also fun: the newly launched Pantone
Visa Platinum Rewards Card, available in five different colors from the
Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2011. The purpose? The card lets users
“make purchases in color-coordinated style and express their inner
fashionista,” according to the Institute.

Spring picks for women’s fashion include:

 
Honeysuckle
Pantone 18-2120
 
Coral Rose
Pantone 16-1349
 
Peapod
Pantone 14-6324
 
Beeswax
Pantone 14-0941
 
Silver Peony
Pantone 12-1206
 
Russet
Pantone 18-1235
 
Regatta
Pantone 18-4039
 
Blue Curacao
Pantone 15-4825
 
Lavender
Pantone 15-3817
 
Silver Cloud
Pantone 15-4502

JCK