New partnership to speed seasonal sports colours

US: New partnership to speed seasonal sports colours

By Leonie Barrie | 6 February 2013

Color Solutions International (CSI), a division of dye specialist DyStar, is teaming up with Ideas Active Sports Design Network to speed the development of on-trend seasonal colours for brands and retailers.

The move will see CSI specify colours based on seasonal trend forecasts from Ideas, with these the then formulated with production-ready recipes based on globally available dyes from DyStar.

As well as speeding the seasonal palette development process, the companies say it will also help improve colour accuracy and consistency from design to garment.

The Ideas colour forecast is aimed specifically at the international sports market, with forecasts made two years ahead of the season by sports design professionals.

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