“Less is More”: Top 3 Color Trends for Fall 2020

English text by Selina Lum

 

This year’s vibrant summer, bright and eye-popping colors escalated the hot summer day adventures. Entering the new season of Fall 2020, simple and earthy colors palette seize fashion lovers’ eyes. And for Fall 2020, fashion designers are taking a short step away from the brighter hues it has predicted for New York Fashion Week, adopting a “less is more” approach.

Offering a rich narrative, the color palette for Fall 2020 highlights a consensual desire for versatile, timeless color—reflecting a less-is-more mindset—amid the stagnant urban life. That is becoming increasingly important to consumers prioritizing value and functionality, with color palette stripped of excess. Imbued with strength and personality, colors for Fall 2020 encourage the ongoing desire for minimalism and lesser saturated tones as the visual statements that stand out.

 

What is muted pastel color tone?

Muted pastel color tones encompass an array of soft and pale earth colors. Labeled as “the color of the desert”, these colors include but not limit to khaki, naked, rice, apricot, and cream yellow. The palette is full of warm, richly pigmented earthy colors. It is a neutral color with a sense of soft fadedness and refined elegance.

 

This Fall/Winter 2020, 3 muted pastel colors are the most fashionable:

Almond Oil

“Tasteful, smooth, and subtle” are the words the fashion designers use to describe Almond Oil, the warm off-white that showed up as the lighted neutral in New York. It’s a creamy shade that can add a touch of lightness to all the deep and muted Fall 2020 color trends, and many appearances on Christian Dior and Chanel Fall/Winter 2020 are discovered in the form of a soft, billowy blouse.

With the influx of earth-toned outfits, tasteful Almond Oil is this unassuming, beautiful warm, off-white hue that caught the eye. A palate cleanser of sorts, Almond Oil feels soothing like safety with a touch of optimism. Think almond milk-colored clouds in clothing form: soft knits, French terry sweats, and chunky sweaters perfect for cocooning yourself in at home. And when combined with crisp lines or delicate fabrics, Almond Oil radiates sophistication, too.

Almond oil white is one of the must-have colors recommended for this fall and winter. The elegant beige is aesthetically more mellow than the same pure white, which can brighten the skin tone. It can be called the most versatile and versatile color this season. As a super soft neutral color, wearing Almond Oil tone outfit silently delivers romance, gentleness and delicacy.

 

 

Sandstone

Tied to nature, earthy Sandstone speaks of the rustic outdoor. Earthy Sandstone is the perfect touch of latest “less is more” approach in fashion industry. “Sandstone brown” can be regarded as an upscaled color of “caramel color”. It is derived from the colors of rock brown and sandstone in the desert. It has more texture than orange, and it is whiter and more refined than brown.

It’s not quite a neutral, but it’s certainly a timeless earth tone imbued with just a bit of warmth, like the sands of Wadi Rum. Despite being gentle and subdued, this color is also very uplifting and comforting, so it’s perfect for seasonal outerwear. Whether you pair it with other tonal shades or more saturated opponents, it’s easy to incorporate into your Fall 2020 wardrobe. It had its debut on the Chloe and Burberry’s New York runways.

 

Jet Stream

Jet Stream is one of the most appropriate Fall/Winter 2020 fabric colors to represent autumn in New York and London. The fairy color of  “beige gray” is between oatmeal and gray. The cooler color is more white, and it is a bit more deserted and upscale, but the difference lays in that grey has more black pigments. This Jet Stream is chic and timeless and is described by designers as “dependable, solid and everlasting.”

It skews a little cool and off-white, which means it’d fit well with all the blue shades presented this season. In fact, according to Pantone, it is actually “suggestive of our affinity for raw and recycled.” Perhaps this is a sign that this season, minimalistic individuals leans towards wearing eco-friendly garments.

The delicate plainness of Jet Stream can also set off and balance other vibrant and extravagant color elements in one outfit. This color exudes one’s own inner elegance and sophistication. Wearing it at the end of summer will give oneself a sense of luxury; wearing it at the beginning of fall will give one a sense of gentleness soothing into the fall season!

 

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Editor’s Thoughts

This muted pastel color palette is a story of mindfulness as we see a stripping back of color to the essentials. Rather than defined as boring or mundane, these colors are still sure to inspire creativity and make a statement. They are pragmatic in the sense that they are easy to mix and match into thoughtful and unique pairings, but they still evoke pleasure and joy. One can only describes suchcolor dynamics vaguely as “genderless, season-less, you-be-you fashion.”

Discussing design priorities during and post pandemic, the simplistic muted pastel color tones —Almond Oil, Sandstone and Jet Stream — signify nature, balance, comfort, and growth. This Fall 2020 new color trend is easy to pair and balance hue change in styling. It is a process of discovering new self-expression and living a minimalistic lifestyle with outfits of muted pigments.