The Bead&Button Show starts next week, so I've been mulling over what to put on my shopping list. I'd like to try a new combination of colors, so I visited Pantone's site for their Fashion Color Report. After New York Fashion Week in February, they identified 10 colors for their fall palette. A few of the choices have obvious jewelry counterparts, but some are more challenging:

1. American Beauty: dark red coral crystal, ruby (look for a more red, less pink shade)

2. Purple Heart: amethyst, charoite, cubic zirconia, flower sugilite; ametrine would also work (it has prominent honey yellow shades)

3. Honey Yellow: amber, mookite (especially if it also has shades of burnt sienna or rose)

4. Burnt Sienna: carnelian (Pantone's shade isn't as brown as the crayon color I remember), goldstone, hessonite (in a gradated strand with honey yellow pieces, too?), red magma crystal

5. Iron: hematite, jet nut crystal, pearls in dark gray or deep brown; gunmetal filigree [scroll down], chain, and other findings

6. Rapture Rose: rhodochrosite, pink topaz, or rose crystal

7. Nomad: bronze pearls, shell

8. Warm Olive: olive jade, peridot, serpentine

9. Majolica Blue: Montana crystal, kyanite, recycled glass, sapphire

10. Creme Brulee: African opal, bone beads, sand opal crystal

When I look at all of the colors together, I visualize ceramic beads more so than gemstones or crystals; the shades remind me of the glazes on beads — pretty but not too saturated. I suppose your bead choices will depend on how prominent you want each color to be, too — and whether you want the look to be sparkly, organic, modern, vintage-y, etc. I think I'll bring the first page of the report with me to the Show. But let me know if you have other ideas about the fall palette!