Paris Fashion Week Fall 2013-14 Color Trends.

Paris Fashion Week closed fashion month with a dark rainbow of colours sprinkled by favourites -orange, red and yellow color palettes that made it all through Fashion month.

Orange. A color favourite for all fashion capitals for fall 2013, orange came courtesy of Andrew Gn, Yohji Yamamoto and Miu Miu in Paris.

From L-R: Andrew Gn, Miu Miu, Yohji Yamamoto, Amaya Arzuaga and Manish Arora

Fuschia. Fuschia popped up in Paris at Balmain, Zuhair Murad and Junya Watanabe after a brief rest in London.

From L-R: Dries Van Noten, Guy Laroche, Balmain, Zuhair Murad and Issey Miyake

Yellow. Another favourite for fall, it was sunny and bright at Miu Miu, Christian Wijnants and Dries Van Noten.

From L-R: Dries Van Noten, Issey Miyake, Manish Arora, Miu Miu and Christian Wijnants

Purple. Elie Saab, Lanvin and Louis Vuitton took to purple's regal tones for inspiration.

From L-R: Elie Saab, Lanvin, Yohji Yamamoto, Andrew Gn and A.F. Vandevorst

Red. A color that has made its mark on fashion month and all capitals, red burned at Christian Dior, Maiyet and Nina Ricci.

From L-R:  Zadig&Voltaire, Giambattista Valli, Christian Dior, Maiyet and Nina Ricci

Pastel Shades. Pastel hues came in mint, lilac and lemon from Mugler, Elie Saab and Vionnet.

From L-R:  Rochas, Carven, Vionnet, Elie Saab and Mugler

Blue. Emmanuel Ungaro, Acne and Mugler brought the dark tones of blue for fall 2013 collections in Paris.

From -R: Emmanuel Ungaro, Acne, Maison Rabih Kayouz, Allude and Roland Mouret

Maroon. Maroon made it on the International runways of Paris courtesy of Chloe, Jean Paul Gaultier and Acne.

From L-R: Chloe, Kenzo, Paule Ka, Jean Paul Gaultier and Acne

Green. Declared as the color of 2013 by Pantone, Manish Arora, Issey Miyake and Christian Wijnants drew inspiration from its natural tones for their fall 2013 collections.

From L-R: Issey Miyake, Christian Wijnants, Celine, Cedric Charlier and Manish Arora

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New York Fashion Week: Fall 2013 Color Trends.

When it came to the fall 2013 color palettes, predominantly dark colours were liberally sprinkled with rich, bold colors to brighten up the collections and the runway. These are some of the Fall 2013 color trends from New York Fashion Week.

Black on Black. Chic and sophisticated black on black is the color combo for fall.

From L-R: J.Mendel, Prabal Gurung, Jeremy Scott, Helmut Lang and Altuzarra

Hot Pink. Hot pink was on the mind of every designer as most of the collections had a lot of this hot hue.

From L-R: DKNY, Oscar De La Renta, Tracy Reese, Christian Siriano and Lisa Perry

Red Hot. Definitely not one for fall, red sizzled on the runways of Jason Wu, Pamella Roland, DKNY, Tracy Reese and Jenny Packham.

From L-R: Jill Stuart, Marchesa, J.Mendel, Giuletta and Prabal Gurung

Navy Blue. Navy blue marked its place as the emerging colour trend for fall at Prabal Gurung, Victoria Beckham, Reed Krakoff, Oscar De La Renta and Naem Khan.

From L-R: Reed Krakoff, 3.1 Philip Lim, Ruffian, J.Mendel and Calvin Klein

Yellow. Naturally bright and perky than warranted for fall, Yellow featured in collections from Kate Spade, Narcisso Rodriguez, Michael Kors and Victoria Beckham.

From L-R: Zac Posen, Libertine, Michael Kors, Victoria Beckham and Bibhu Mohapatra

Camel. Simple and elegant camel tones were spotted at DKYNY, Michael Kors, Altuzarra and Derek Lam.

From L-R: Marc Jacobs, Ruffian, DKNY, Derek Lam and Tracy Reese.

Dark Green. The deeper shade of Green made its way onto the fall color palette of Ralph Lauren, Reed Krakoff, Altuzarra amongst others.

From L-R: Ralph Lauren, Altuzarra, Lacoste, Cushnie et Ochs and Timo Weilland

Winter White. Winter whites were favorable for fall when it came to Naem Khan, Jason Wu, Rodarte,
Rachel Zoe and Anna Sui.

From L-R: Jason Wu, Pamella Roland, Jenny Packham, Chado Ralph Rucci and Bibhu Mahapatra

Grey. The soft tones of grey were lavish at DKNY, Michael Kors, Bibhu Mohapatra and Kimberly Ovitz.

From L-R: Michael Kors, Reed Krakoff, Kimberly Ovitz, Bibhu Mohapatra and DKNY

Fuschia. Marchesa, Diane Von Furstenberg and Mara Hoffman maintained fuschia's momentum on their runways.

From L-R: Costello Tagliapatra, Marchesa, Diane Von Furstenburg, Mara Hoffman and Thakoon

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