In honor of Fashion Week in NYC in this past month, we’ll take some tips from top designers and celebrate color!  Top designers are showed off their palettes for Spring 2012 so today’s post will help you connect the color trends to wedding and invitation colors… be sure to join us on FACEBOOK or TWITTER for article updates so you don’t miss any).

We’re taking our color cues from Pantone, the industry’s color authority for fashion, interiors and print.  The staff at Pantone interviews the top designers and puts together a palette of the top 10 colors for each season. You can see their color swatches and design inspiration here. There is also a section on several of the featured designers and their favorite color picks and combination, so you can read more about the colors or designer that matches your personality and style. Here are the colors Pantone has identified as the top colors for SPRING 2012 (note that these are the women’s fashion colors; there is also a top 10 for men):

From the Pantone Website

Based on these top colors for Spring 2012, we’ve put together some examples using Envelopments stocks to coordinate with the hottest looks this spring. Whether you’re creating invitations for a wedding, holiday or other celebration, you’ll find color combinations that work for you. For your convenience, we’ve cross-referenced Pantone’s Spring Trend color selections with a few of the cardstock colors we carry (and coordinating C4 Patterned Accents in these colors) to help you create show-stopping invitation ensembles.

With over 200 colors, there are many other stock options that are similar in color to the top 10 color categories, and if you’re looking for a specific color, we’re sure you’ll find something that works with your preferred color palette as well. Click here to see all our colors online or here to order a swatchbook to see colors in person.

And, of course, you can combine these colors with each other or with other colors from our selections to create your own combinations. Envelopments has developed “Color Concepts” — a feature showing color combinations in different color families. Here are just a few Color Concepts we created using the 2012 colors – but the possibilities and combinations are endless!

Click here to browse more Color Concepts.

Click here to see our gallery. And click here for even more ideas from Envelopments.

If you need assistance with color selection or design, just give us a call at 1-866-MY-INVITE and we’ll be happy to help. You can order blank supplies to print on your own, and remember, we offer complete professional design and print services as well.

Hope this helps in planning for your upcoming event!