Color Trends 2017: 20 Runway-Approved Color Combos to Try Now

On a normal day, the streets of Paris are a sea of black and white. Clued-in fashion gals strut the pavement (and cobblestones) in perfectly tailored, un-basic basics. Fashion trends are passed over; ostentatious, logo-filled outfits are unforgivable social gaffes. Uniform dressing reigns supreme; women practically drip with stylish insouciance. During fashion week, it’s a little different. Street style stars from across the globe flock to Paris to take in some of the month’s most hotly anticipated runway collections — and, incidentally, model the trends du jour. Paris’ Fall 2017 showgoers bought into the color craze (again). Bright, bold, (primary) colorblocked ensembles made their way to their seats. No hue was off-limits. Pops of silver, lavender, yellow, crimson, magenta, aqua — we could go on, but we won’t — dazzled the cameras. Per usual, designers had their ears to the streets. Runways from New York to Paris anticipated — and catered to — the fashion crowd’s love of Crayola-box brights. Designers at Acne Studios, Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Roksanda and more spun the color wheel in new and inventive ways. (And yet many wound up favoring the same color trends and pairings, go figure.) The general takeaways? Bright outerwear and boots are for grown-ups, blue and orange are spring’s It couple and you’re no one if you don’t own a pair of super saturated trousers. Click through the slideshow below to take in 20 of the season’s punchiest color trends and color combinations as told by the runways. Adjust your shopping accordingly.

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Deep sky blue and cocoa at Acne Studios Fall 2017.
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Navy, baby blue and mint green at Balenciaga Fall 2017.
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Persimmon, Persian red and magenta at Paul & Joe Fall 2017.
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Sapphire and medium purple at Calvin Klein Fall 2017.
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Gold and caramel at Courrèges Fall 2017.
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Carrot, pale pink and silver at Oscar de la Renta Fall 2017.
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Carnation pink and fern green at Hermes Fall 2017.
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Baby pink and cornflower blue at Jil Sander Fall 2017.
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Pumpkin and khaki at Dries Van Noten Fall 2017.
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Lemon and silvery gray at J.W.Anderson Fall 2017.
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Cream and denim at Marni Fall 2017.
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Cotton candy pink, red-orange and raspberry at Valentino Fall 2017.
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Teal and mauve at Roland Mouret Fall 2017.
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Ochre, Cadbury purple and spearmint green at Mulberry Fall 2017.
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Tangelo and Dodger blue at Prada Fall 2017. (Said combo also made an appearance at Calvin Klein.)
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Cobalt blue, oxblood and chestnut at Roksanda Fall 2017.
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Fuchsia and sand at Sies Marjan Fall 2017.
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Red-brown and bittersweet at Victoria Beckham Fall 2017. (The duo also walked at Oscar de la Renta.)
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Copper and pale pink at Christian Siriano Fall 2017.
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Sandy brown and metallic blue at Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2017.

20 Bold, Runway-Approved Color Combos to Try Now

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