Pantone’s Fall/Winter 2010 Report lists 10 warm to cool shades as the design palette for Fall and Winter fashion apparel. These trendy colors will be used in fashion accessories and ready-to-wear jewelry too. For jewelry designers, the seasonal guide tells them what color and type of loose gemstones can best compliment fashion fabrics and textures.
Color No 1 – Endive – is a bright yellow-green reminiscent of colors appearing in these stones:
- Aragonite
- Calcite
- Crazy Lace Agate
- Heliodore
- Tourmaline (Yellow)
- Turquoise (Yellow Green)
- Jade (Yellow)
- Lemon Chrysoprase
Color No 2 – Golden Glow – instantly brings to mind the sparkling fanta orange of Spessartite Garnet as well as these orange-colored gems:
- Flame Agate
- Carnelian
- Sunstone
- Amber
- Fire Opal
- Hessonite Garnet
- Montana Agate
Color No. 3 – Living Coral – is a very short list unless one uses recycled dyed coral or a color-matched synthetic. Coral-tones appear naturally in the following:
- Coral
- Sardonyx
- Poppy Jasper
Color No 4 – Lipstick Red – looks a lot like the brownish-red that is common to Mookite. Deepening reds can be found in these gemstones:
- Carnelian
- Garnet
- Mahogany Obsidian
- Red Jasper
- Red Tiger Eye
- Red Spinel
Color No 5 – Purple Orchid – expresses the fine richness of dark Amethyst. Deep purples are also found in these stones:
- Charoite
- Fluorite
- Lepidolite
- Purple Aventurine
- Spinel
- Sugilite
Color No 6 – Chocolate Truffle – provides interesting color and texture choices in this selection of gemstones:
- Black Lip Oyster Shell
- Amphibolite
- Black Moonstone
- Black Obsidian
- Black Tourmaline
- Bulls Eye Agate
- Jet
- Lava
- Lodestone
- Onyx
- Snowflake Obsidian
- Tektite
Color No 7 – Lagoon – is a continuation of the aquatic theme that made Turquoise a summer season favorite. Fall and Winter teal colored gems include:
- Amazonite
- Apatite
- Chrysocolla
- Turquoise
- Chrysocolla
Color No 8 – Woodbine – is a deep forest green is a gentle reminder of the pure greens found in Moss Agate. Woodland green colors are also found in these stones:
- African Jade
- Bloodstone
- Chrome Diopside
- Green Garnet
- Green Tourmaline
- Jade
- Malachite
- Nevada Lapis
- Prehnite
- Rhyolite (Rainforest Jasper)
- Ruby Zoisite
- Serpentine
- Tree Agate
- Vesuvianite
Color No 9 – Oyster Gray – is that lovely silver patina found in fine quality Chrysoberyl Cats Eye. Other gray-to-silver colored gems include:
- Banded Agate
- Hawks Eye
- Tourmilated Quartz
- Picasso Jasper
- Soapstone
- Silver Leaf Jasper
- Silver Moonstone
- Silver Topaz
- Turitella
- Zebra Jasper
Color No 10 – Rose Dust – is mindful of the opaque pink found in Rhodochrosite or the dull pink tone found in poor quality peach moonstone. Pink colored gemstones for possible color matching include:
- Dolomite
- Mabe Pearl
- Spinel
- Rhodonite
- Kunzite
For professional help in color-matching loose gemstones, contact an experienced gem merchant or custom jeweler for design suggestions.
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