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Colour Spectrum S/S 2015

Fade Out

Fade Out explores an ongoing captivation with airbrushing techniques and colour gradients within the design fields. We collate the latest innovative projects that employ inventive application of colour, from photochromic dyes, to the use of additive colour theory for lighting.

Complex digital manipulation and simple hand-colouring both feed into this aesthetic. Artists and designers use saturated hues of Pigment Blue, Deep Teal and Hot Cerise that gradually soften into pale neon hues of Aqua, Carnation and Mallow.

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6 Jun 2013
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