Documenting Balenciaga Colors
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WOW PeachyO 
.... what a cute collection 
!!I especially adore the french blue coin purse 
! Thank you for sharing 
!
.... what a cute collection !!I especially adore the french blue coin purse ! Thank you for sharing !Here's another contribution to this thread. Presenting my SS07 Aqua and FW06 Camel coin purses...
The pic's a bit dark, but I think that it shows the difference in the 06 and 07 leathers. Nevertheless, they're both squishy and have that distinctive Balenciaga smell. Mmm...mmm...mmm...
The pic's a bit dark, but I think that it shows the difference in the 06 and 07 leathers. Nevertheless, they're both squishy and have that distinctive Balenciaga smell. Mmm...mmm...mmm...
I think natural is so much prettier than white, especially in Balenciaga leather that I hate to even say it, for fear of alarming the white B-Bag lovers. However, I would want both in a split second. 
It's a wardrobe thing - and a flexibility thing, for me. I rarely wear anything calling for white, and white gets dirtier quicker. To me, white is a very strong statement - less of a neutral than any shade of brown or beige or gray/black - maybe even less of a neutral than red or (for me) teal/turquoise.
Now, on a slightly different topic - what the heck color is this?
It says it's an 06 orange-red. And it even looks in some pictures as if it's Rouge Vif (except for one, where it looks, well, orangey). It's certainly not Orange Rouille. No matter how light I picture Rouge Vif (if there's really a run that ran lighter than the one I have), I can't get it to "orangey red" - it's one red that, to me, has nary a drop of orange in it. And I'm a pretty big fan of reds and an orange-red wearer deluxe. My name should be Orange Red.
So - is it actually 07 Vermillion? If it is, I think that's just yummy and I want it. But I'd hate for people to buy a Rouge Vif bag and think they were getting an orangey red. I'd say it's a cool red.
You can see that on the ateliernaff rouge/red page.
If you look at the top photo there, the 04 True Red definitely looks orangey and the other two are cool.
In the second picture, you can really see the Rouge Vif's strawberry undertones and relatively lightness in hue, compared to 03 red, and of course, the orange-osity again of 03 red.
In the last picture, it seems to me that Rouge Theater is even more cool in tone than Rouge Vif, and of course, deeper in hue. But even with the cooler red next to it, I can't see any orange-red in Rouge Vif.
That leaves Vermillion, right?
It's a wardrobe thing - and a flexibility thing, for me. I rarely wear anything calling for white, and white gets dirtier quicker. To me, white is a very strong statement - less of a neutral than any shade of brown or beige or gray/black - maybe even less of a neutral than red or (for me) teal/turquoise.
Now, on a slightly different topic - what the heck color is this?
It says it's an 06 orange-red. And it even looks in some pictures as if it's Rouge Vif (except for one, where it looks, well, orangey). It's certainly not Orange Rouille. No matter how light I picture Rouge Vif (if there's really a run that ran lighter than the one I have), I can't get it to "orangey red" - it's one red that, to me, has nary a drop of orange in it. And I'm a pretty big fan of reds and an orange-red wearer deluxe. My name should be Orange Red.
So - is it actually 07 Vermillion? If it is, I think that's just yummy and I want it. But I'd hate for people to buy a Rouge Vif bag and think they were getting an orangey red. I'd say it's a cool red.
You can see that on the ateliernaff rouge/red page.
If you look at the top photo there, the 04 True Red definitely looks orangey and the other two are cool.
In the second picture, you can really see the Rouge Vif's strawberry undertones and relatively lightness in hue, compared to 03 red, and of course, the orange-osity again of 03 red.
In the last picture, it seems to me that Rouge Theater is even more cool in tone than Rouge Vif, and of course, deeper in hue. But even with the cooler red next to it, I can't see any orange-red in Rouge Vif.
That leaves Vermillion, right?
The photo is of The Purse style - which is now discontinued...the last production was for the Fall Winter 2006 collection...so therefore the bag is NOT Vermillion, since it's a 2007 color.
The tag has 2006 1 written on it...so Rouille/Rust would be the color for that season.
The bag actually looks orangey red in my screen so I say Rouille.
The tag has 2006 1 written on it...so Rouille/Rust would be the color for that season.
The bag actually looks orangey red in my screen so I say Rouille.
Wow. It must be the difference in monitors. I've got my calibrated so that Rouge Vif looks pretty much like itself and my Rouille looks like this:
Well, that's BIG picture - but I think you're right, the one on ebay is Rouille. On my monitor, it doesn't look all that orange at all. IRL, my Rouille is a bit more orange than this picture seems to show.
I just recalibrated my monitor with my Rouille in front of me (I'm giving up on trying to get Rouge Vif to look right - it seems impossible to do!) - and you're right, the bag on Ebay does look more orange now.
Thanks. It's definitely an 06 Rouille, but the pictures don't do the color justice - any of them.
Well, that's BIG picture - but I think you're right, the one on ebay is Rouille. On my monitor, it doesn't look all that orange at all. IRL, my Rouille is a bit more orange than this picture seems to show.
I just recalibrated my monitor with my Rouille in front of me (I'm giving up on trying to get Rouge Vif to look right - it seems impossible to do!) - and you're right, the bag on Ebay does look more orange now.
Thanks. It's definitely an 06 Rouille, but the pictures don't do the color justice - any of them.
Here are comparison pics of light colored neutral bags. There 2 naturals, the City and the GH Hobo are very different tones. The GH is about 3 shades darker. The bags in these phots are:
Sandstone City
Natural City
f/w '06 white(incredible leather, feels like 2005)
Natural Giant Hobo
'06 Greige City
Sandstone City
Natural City
f/w '06 white(incredible leather, feels like 2005)
Natural Giant Hobo
'06 Greige City
