Styles Hot Colors for 2010

Knowing what the season’s hot colors are can help you keep your personal style fresh – even when the season’s pick-of-the-crop colors aren’t in your personal color palette. Check out the season’s hot new colors here. They span a wide range, and it is likely that you’ll find one or more that coordinate or contrast well with the colors that love you as much as you love them.

 

Yellow-based colors:

• Turquoise. For the spring, there’s nothing muted or toned down about the green-leaning turquoise that you’ll see featured everywhere.
• Tomato. It’s hot and spicy. ‘Nuff said.
• Coral. If red isn’t your color, look toward coral. It gives the same eye-popping look.
• Violet. The violet we’re seeing tends to be yellow-based and goes well with yellow-based greens and blues.
• Buttery Yellow. This rich sunny color is more versatile than you think. It blends well with both yellow-based and blue-based hues.
• Poppy. Look for hot, rich colors that are just a shade to the middle of tomato and coral.
• Green-Yellow. This great color adds a spring-like feel to your look and it mixes well across your yellow-based palette.
• Puce. Not quite pink. Not quite grey. It’s a quirky color that takes a bit of effort to mix and match well.

Blue-based colors:

• Fuschia. This hot color is the alternative to coral if you’re looking for blue-based shades to blend and contrast with your personal color palette.
• Lavender. Look for the lovely blue-toned lavenders.
• Cobalt Blue. This is that exquisite shade of blue that makes your think of sapphires saturated with sunlight.
• Indigo. Think cobalt blue lightened by diamonds. It’s sparkly and pure.
• Dark Purple. Imagine an eggplant infused with blue overtones. You can’t go wrong with this color. It’s regal.
• Tangerine. This wonderful orangy vibrant color is just “blue” enough to incorporate into your blue-toned wardrobe.
• Mud. Don’t say “yuck.” This vibrant grey color is interesting and versatile

Mix and Match With Yellow-Based or Blue-Based Colors

• Ebony. Look for rich ultra-black colors to add depth to your color schemes.
• Ivory. There are shades of ivory to go well with every skin color and blend with your wardrobe colors. Look at them in natural light to be sure you get the right ivory for you.
• Bright Sky Blue. This blue is the new black. It’s rich, versatile and blends well across the color palette.