Kicks and Colors

Shoes have some of the best color palettes. Since the beginnings of hip hop culture image has been everything, and if you're shoes were "whack" you didn't get any respect. None.

Here are three great color palette examples courtesy of SneakerFreaker.com. A slide show* of sites around inner city, downtown and Coventry in Cleveland is at the bottom. As many artists who have gotten into the shoe designing businesses are either from or familiar with the inner city, it's easy to see how sites like these in any city could have been inspiration. In fact shoe number two is even a little reminiscent of graffiti, circa 1988.

First up: Lacoste

Colors: chocolate, brown, caramel and a hint of beige.

No. 2: Nike Dunks

Colors: Plum, purple, pale yellow, black, red, aqua, white

Tres: Adidas Rainbow Wings

Colors: Black, electric pink, yellow, cool blue, green and purple.

Now for the slide show. If you've ever been to the inner city, then you'd see how coming up with various color palettes for show designs (or, any design for that matter) isn't a problem. Those artists in the inner city can step outside for instant inspiration.

*Note: slide show photos were taken by myself. If you'd like to use them, just ask!