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Spring colors are always a refreshing change after the darker
colors present in the stores for fall/winter. We have researched
the major color services to bring you a summary of important colors
and palettes for spring 2005.
For little girls, pinks are always important but this season they
play second banana to peaches and corals. Also key are blues from
periwinkles to darker royals that coincide with the strong denim
trend. A hot palette to watch is red combined with oranges, yellows
and fuschia while the candy theme promises to sweeten up the season
for infants and toddlers. Take a closer look!
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Blue
Belle
The one color that is the most popular and the most versatile
is blue. This has been the case for many seasons and continues
to be the strongest for spring 2005. The popularity goes
hand in hand with the strength of denim. For spring the
blues are more periwinkle in tone with more red than yellow
in their composition. Blues will work best tonally, from
the palest to the darkest, in plaids, prints and stripes.
Vintage wallpaper motifs or ditsies done in all blues will
be strong. Denim continues to dominate fashion and although
dyed denim will be strong this Spring, denim blue will prevail!
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- Chambray (Carlin Transit)
- Blue Slate (Carlin Transit)
- Navy (Carlin Transit)
- Blueberry Bon Bons (Color Portfolio Kids Sweet
Tooth)
- Bell Flower (Wildflower Mix)
- Forget Me Not (Wildflower Mix)
- Blue Tulip (Wildflower Mix)
- Blue Carnation (Wildflower Mix)
- Wedgwood 5846(Color Box)
- Klee 5834 (Color Box)
- Grace 5828 (Color Box)
- Poise 5842 (Color Box)
- Aura 5800 (Color Box)
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- Bounty 5814 (Color Box)
- Opal 5824 (Color Box)
- Salome 5817 (Color Box)
- Blue Bell (Huepoint Youth)
- Skim Blue (Huepoint Spring)
- Muscari (Huepoint Spring)
- Beyound Blue (Huepoint Spring)
- Blue Point (Huepoint Summer)
- Porcelain Blue (LA Colors from Amsterdam)
- Ocean drive (LA Colors from Amsterdam)
- Booster Blue (LA Colors from Amsterdam)
- 5157 (Noa)
- 5160 (Noa)
- 5039 (Noa)
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& Cream
Coral takes a front row seat to pinks this season. This color
is key because of its versatility and its newness in the face
of years of pinks. Work tonally with pastel peaches all the
way to the darkest melon. These shades also work well when
teamed with yellow or try an adventurous mix with citrus green
for that kitschy feel. You will find peach shades worked into
most palettes!
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- Flash 5804 (Color box)
- Flicker 5805 (Color box)
- Peach 5809 (Color box)
- Votive 5851 (Color box)
- Degas 5835 (Color box)
- Dawn 5832 (Color box)
- Strawberry shake (Huepoint Youth)
- Fancy Pansy (Huepoint Youth)
- Ripe mango (Huepoint)
- Rosy Pink (Huepoint )
- Candy (LA Colors from Amsterdam)
- Doll House Dream (Color Portfolio Kids Sugar &
Spice)
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- Poppy Rosie (Color Portfolio Kids Sugar &
Spice)
- Peach Blossom (Color Portfolio Floral
- Passion)
- Apricot beauty (Color Portfolio Floral Passion)
- Bungle Lily Peach (Color Portfolio Hot House)
- Avicenna Apricot (Color Portfolio Hot House)
- Fresh Melon (Carlin Jubilation)
- 5040 (Noa)
- 5056(No
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Candy
Machine
Yum yum!!!!! Bright is right! Candy is the inspiration
here and this theme will be translated into many girls' collections
for spring 2005. Reds, pinks, yellows, oranges, peri blues
and greens in their clearest, brightest hues are served up
here. This palette is great on its own in tops and bottoms
but can be the accent to darker colors, including black for
a mod look. Like candy, this look will be eaten up!!!
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- Color Portfolio Kids (Sweet Tooth)
- Get Real (LA Colors from Amsterdam)
- Xtra Wet (Huepoint)
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- Cherry Cola (Huepoint Youth)
- Kaleidescope (Color box)
- Vitamin (Noa)
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Creamsicle
This palette consists of more intense iced pastels
that remind us of a hot day in South Beach with the colored
buildings and vintage cars. These work well next to the
brights for a tonal conversation or as pop colors for some
of the lighter palettes. The pink in this palette has more
of a yellow base, making it more of a coral tone. The lime
is a sherbet green and the blue is more peri but in a softer
hue. This palette works well on its own and makes plaids,
stripes and beautiful floral prints tastier than ever!
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- Brushstroke 1 (Color Box)
- Carlin Jubilation
- Eye candy (LA color from Amsterdam)
- Pure Bliss (Huepoint)
- Noa numbers are 5064, 5157, 5175, 5139, 5127
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Sugar
Drops
For newborn, a feeling of softness, tranquility and peace
is achieved with the use of these watercolor shades. The lightest
pastel pinks, peaches, lilacs, yellows, mints and white are
musts for layette girls and will be great in any age group
for that matter due to the success of the Juicy knit sets
in light pastel colors. These colors are great for velours,
terries, knits and heathers.
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- Haiku 1 The color box
- Daisy Huepoint Youth
- From Noa the numbers are: 5057, 5035, 5042, 5039,
5084, 5045
- Color Portfolio Kids Soda Shop
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Hot
Stuff
Sizzling bright reds, corals and pinks mix and mingle to
create intense heat for girls of all ages. These colors
are great on their own or paired with their cool ounterparts.
Pop in the yellow to make it even hotter and use in large
tropical florals, bold screens, prints and madras then top
off with fun crochet knits. Muy caliente!!
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Best
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- Sunflowers (Extra pack Huepoint Youth)
Taste: last 6 (Noa)
- Carlin delecta-fruits
- Color Portfolio Kids Sugar and Spice
- Baby Carlin Viva la Vida
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This report is an overview of colors for spring
2005. Call your color representatives for complete color presentations!
COLOR BOX
Liz or Elise at 212- 921-1399
HUEPOINT
NY: Hope at 212 921 2025
LA: Pat Brandt at 323 650 1222
Australia: Sharon Rae
Montreal: Robbi Ronis at 514 731 1011
Toronto: Kelly Okamura at 416 466 8440
Margit Publications
For Paul Pelssers color report and
L.A. colors from Amsterdam
at 212 302 5137
Color Portfolio
Color Portfolio Kids
Carlin
Montreal: Patty Shapiro's Office (Normand at 514
389 5627)
Noa
NY: Sharon Gray / Fashikon at 212 944-9079
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