Trending: Paintbox brights pics

 American writer and actress Brit Marling wore a red and pink T-shirt dress by Preen to the Another Earth New York premiere.

 This sporty lime green dress with black piping by Michael Kors was certain to get Freida Pinto noticed at the 2011 Comic-Con.

 Gossip Girl actress Katie Cassidy wore a bright orange Herve Leger by Max Azria body-con dress to the Miu Miu and Lucrecia Martel's Muta party.

 Girls Aloud singer-turned-actress Kimberley Walsh ran the risk of melting into the background when wearing this plunging bright red Karen Karam dress on the red carpet.

 Alber Elbaz's spring/summer 2011 collection was jammed full of colourful dresses in a variety of silhouettes.

 The MaxMara collection was awash with bright head-to-toe colour.

 When promoting her new film, Friends with Benefits, Mila Kunis wore a red off-the-shoulder Lanvin dress.

 The spring/summer 2011 Miu Miu collection was full of dresses in bright satins.

 Roland Mouret's runway collection fused his signature ladylike glamour with a bright palette.

 Actress Rachel Nichols opted for a turquoise asymmetric Versace dress from the autumn/winter collection for the 2011 ESPY Awards.

Recently married Rachel Weisz made her first red carpet appearance since her wedding in this red Valentino resort 2012 dress.

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Trending : Paintbox brights

On both the red carpet and runway, head-to-toe colour in poster-paint hues have been a summer success.

 Columbian actress and star of The Smurfs, Sofia Vergara, wearing a purple maxi dress from Missoni resort 2012.

 Amanda Seyfried had her bright green Prabal Gurung dress slightly altered from the runway version for the 2011 Comic-Con.

 Emma Stone worked both the paintbox brights and peplum trends with this Giambattista Valli ensemble.

 Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto wore an asymmetric emerald green dress by designer Juan Carlos Obando to the Los Angeles premiere of her new film 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'.

 Glee actress Jamya Mays wore a green Reem Acra strapless minidress to the world premiere of 'The Smurfs' in which she plays Grace Winslow.

 Heavily pregnant actress Jenna Fischer chose a blue, empire line maxi dress to show off her baby bump on the red carpet while promoting her new film 'A Little Help'.

 At Christopher Kane's spring/summer 2011 runway neon brights in primary colours stole the show.

 Nicole Kidman wore an Elie Saab red fitted dress with a peplum detail to the Snow Flower and the Secret Fan screening in New York.

 Sarah Jessica Parker wore a rich purple long sleeve pleated Mary McFadden dress to a press conference in China.

Tennis star Serena Williams chose to wear a somewhat revealing hot pink jacket dress to the 2011 ESPY Awards.

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