You may often see colors labeled as Pantone and find yourself wondering what the heck that means? Well, Pantone is the authority on all things color and they determine (based on trends) what they think the color palettes of the seasons are going to be in fashion amongst other things.  And they just announced the official Spring 2009 line up.

The colors are:

                                 
I personally love the Palace Blue, Super Lemon, and Salmon Rose. The experts at Pantone gather inspiration from the latest runway looks, below are some of the inspirations for Spring they include Yigal Azrouël, Nanette Lepore and Abaeté.

Find out what colors are hot for fall after the jump…

 

And in case you missed the report on the colors for Fall 2008, here they are! And, get more information at Pantone.com.