Colored Gemstone Guide for Spring
Coordinate your colored gemstone jewelry to this spring's runway look
Dec 16, 2006
This is a two part series of articles discussing the Spring – Summer 2007 color palette being shown on the fashion runways by various designers such as Michael Kors and how to select colored gemstone jewelry to accent these colors.
This first article will discuss colored gemstone jewelry for warm colors such as yellow and red. The second article will discuss blue and green hues.
Sometimes it is just plain hard to accurately describe an exact hue or tone so get out your box of 64 Crayola crayons to use as a guide to various colored garments being shown on the runways.
Selected are four warm colors that are representative of what has been seen to date on the runways: bittersweet, tumbleweed, melon and dandelion. None of these colors are primary colors – they are secondary or tertiary colors.
Using a color wheel you can quickly select colored gemstone jewelry to compliment or create a monochromatic look with these four popular Spring-Summer hues. The color wheel article also explains the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary colors
Tumbleweed – a dark tannish color. To compliment tumbleweed you would wear a dark bluish gemstone such as Lapis Lazuli (check out the November Birthstone article to see this color combination) or blue Sapphire. Teaming tumbleweed with deep yellow Citrine would create a monochromatic look. Tumbleweed would also look fantastic with white Opal that has some nice flashes or Mexican Fire Opal.
Bittersweet – is also a tan color but a warmer, reddish tan – almost a brick color. Carnelian would make for an attractive monochromatic look. Wear blue/green gemstones for a complimentary color scheme – Aquamarine would look stunning with this color.
Melon – this pinky orange color would be complimented by jade or green garnet – emerald is also a possibility. A monochromatic look would be achieved by wearing this color with rose quartz or pink tourmaline.
Dandelion – wear turquoise or blue apatite to create a complimentary look and citrine or peridot to create a monochromatic look.
Don't have access to a box of Crayolas? The crayon colors In the image shown on this page from left to right are dandelion, bittersweet, melon and tumbleweed.
