London, UK, 14th September 2018 – Pantone LLC, a global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, today announced the Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report Spring/Summer 2019 edition for London Fashion Week. Published for the fashion industry by the Pantone Color Institute, a trend forecasting and colour consultancy, this season’s report features the top 12 stand out colours, as well as current takes on the four classic neutrals we can expect to see from fashion designers on the runway as they reveal their highly anticipated spring/summer collections.

According to Pantone Color Institute’s colour experts, spring/summer 2019 reflects our desire to face the future with empowering colours that provide confidence and spirit; colours that are uplifting; joyful hues that lend themselves to playful expressionism and take us down a path of creative and unexpected combinations.

“The mindset for Spring/Summer 2019 underscores our desire for colour that transcends seasonality and brings together high fashion and street style,” said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Vibrant without being overpowering, highlighted shades for both men’s and women’s fashion illustrate our desire for authenticity and our continued need for creativity and relatable, accessible design.”

About the Spring/Summer 2019 LFW Colour Palette:

Lively hues supported by an array of reliable classics defines the spring/summer 2019 colour story for men’s and women’s fashion.

About the Spring/Summer 2019 Neutrals:

There will always be a need for structure in everyday fashion. This season’s classics work well on their own or serve as a foundation for distinctive colour contrasts.

Adobe Stock x Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report

To support the Fashion Color Trend Report Spring/Summer 2019, Pantone has partnered with Adobe Stock to curate a collection of images that reflect the palette of 12 top fashion colours as well as the 4 core shades. With more than 125 million visual assets, Adobe Stock enables powerful storytelling and allows creatives to elevate their work. It also offers an amazing resource for visual inspiration and creative development. Click here to view the Adobe Stock x Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report gallery.

About Fashion Color Trend Report

The colours featured in the semi-annual Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report are selected from the Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Colour System, the most widely used and recognized colour standards system for fashion, textile, home and interior design. Each season, the Pantone Color Institute issues the Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report as semi-annual colour trend forecasts for the upcoming season, highlighting the top colours you can expect to see at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week. The Pantone Fashion Color Trend Report serves as a colour reference throughout the season for fashion enthusiasts, reporters and retailers.

About The Pantone Color Institute™

The Pantone Color Institute is a consulting service within Pantone that forecasts global colour trends and advises companies on colour in brand identity and product development, for the application and integration of colour as a strategic asset. Recognized around the world as a leading source of colour information through seasonal trend forecasts, custom colour development, and palette recommendations for product and corporate identity, Pantone Color Institute partners with global brands to leverage the power, psychology and emotion of colour in their design strategy.

About Pantone

Pantone provides a universal language of colour that enables colour-critical decisions through every stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers. More than 10 million designers and producers around the world rely on Pantone products and services to help define, communicate and control colour from inspiration to realization – leveraging advanced X-Rite technology to achieve colour consistency across various materials and finishes for graphics, fashion and product design. Pantone Standards feature digital and physical colour specification and workflow tools. The Pantone Color Institute™ provides customized colour standards, brand identity and product colour consulting as well as trend forecasting inclusive of Pantone Color of the Year, Fashion Runway Color Trend Reports, colour psychology and more. Pantone B2B Licensing incorporates the Pantone Colour System into different products and services, enabling licensees to communicate and reproduce approved Pantone values and improve efficiencies for their users. Pantone Lifestyle brings colour and design together across apparel, home, and accessories. Learn more at www.pantone.com and connect with Pantone Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn.