Cowhide as we all know is here to stay as one of the most versatile and stylish design choices around and cowhide’s many styles and sizes can suit almost any pocket and home. One of the more popular cowhide skin innovations is the advent and rise of printed and dyed cowhide skin rugs and cowhide carpets that allows for almost any colour or design possible and has taken cowhide to a new level of sophistication and versatility.
Historically the colours of cowhide skins available to buy depended on the natural colours of the cows and dominant and popular colours were golden brown skin tones, browns, beiges, off whites and cream - right through to the common European Friesian black and white cowhide through to more subdued brown and whites and finally to tri colour - the three colour cowhide skin which is certainly a wide range and covers also every combination of the cowhide skin colours mentioned. The more exotic tricolour cowhide skin will often have 3 or more colours. Commonly a tricolour cowhide will be white, brown, and black shades of cowhide.
Naturally Coloured Cowhide Skins
Brindle cowhide skins are of course firmly in the natural cowhide skin colour category. Brindle cowhide skins can differ from light shades to brownish in colour. Brindle cowhide skin rugs and carpets are simply just right for a subtle design touch inside a room because the colouring is much more gradating and soothing to the eye than some more dominant cowhide colours such as the black and white Holstein cowhide skin.
Holstein or Friesian cowhide skins - these black and white cowhides are perfect for creating a high-impact piece in any space. These cowhide skin rugs and carpets are generally black- or brown-and-white, which showcases the bold dramatic colours of the hide. A cowhide rug or carpet or cowhide accessory of this particular style complements large bold modern spaces which are filled with light, natural wood and air such as a the contemporary chic urban loft type condo.
The Hereford natural colour cowhide skin can be regarded as the benchmark cowhide animal skin. This cowhide is amongst the warmer kinds of cowhide skins, exhibiting red-brown tones which contrast wonderfully with stark whites and other off white shades such as cream.
The speckled natural coloured cowhide skin is generally white in colour with more compact brown or black spots peppering the hide.
Pepper and salt natural cowhide skins would be the complete opposite of the speckled cowhide. Pepper and salt cowhides possess a dark area colour with lighter coloured spots on the skin. These natural cowhide skins look just great on light coloured natural flooring, giving the floor area great contrast, drama and drawing the eye wonderfully to the piece.
Solid natural coloured cowhide skins are available in a wide variety of colours from black to white to brown and many variant colours in-between. Solid coloured cowhide rugs and carpets are perfect when you want to inject some shape and texture into your design for your space.
Stencilled or printed cowhide skins are created by bleaching the cowhide skin to produce a 
blank non-coloured hide onto which just about anything could be printed. Popular contemporary cowhide skin designs are zebra hides, leopard hide markings, or tiger markings when these cowhides are printed and dyed to produce a pattern that resembles a far more exotic animal skin and saves the lives of endangered animal species.
Patchwork cowhide skins are thought by many people as being probably the most exciting things in cowhide designs just right now and are the creations of gifted and talented cowhide stylists and designers. Patchwork cowhide skins are frequently much more than just an accumulation of sewn patchwork squares, but are marvellously unique styles and combinations, ranging from herringbone, to chevron, to running bond styles and designs. This cowhide craftsmanship is frequently gorgeous, compelling and can be thought of as cowhide art and many of the cowhide styles created are often stunning and compelling feature pieces.
Dyed and Printed Cowhide Skins – the Rise of Metallic Colours
Printed cowhides skins are now rapidly growing in recognition and popularity which means that cowhide rugs and carpets are now available in a huge selection of colours varying from uber modern and leading edge metallic gold, metallic silver, metallic bronze, black and bronze metallic - you would be surprised about how popular the metallic cowhide skins and cowhides have now become and are taking the traditional natural cowhide sheen and putting in a modern style twist to take cowhide into the space age and beyond. As Woody might say to Buzz Lightyear when wearing his cowhide waistcoat!
There are many other cowhide skin colours that are also currently popular and these colours include black and yellow, crimson red-coloured, urban city red cowhide, and kiwi green cowhide. And the almost endless list of funky cowhide colours continues with chocolate brown, vibrant yellow, funky red-coloured and brown, indigo blue, perfect pink ,black and brown, lime green and khaki, aubergine and black, rust and brown acid colours. Truly a cowhide colour for any style or taste.
And when pink's your cowhide skin colour of preference there is vibrant pink and brown, acetone pink, and salmony pink are only a couple of from the endless cowhide skin colour combinations we know about.
Modern dye colours and sophisticated industrial dyeing techniques make the range and procedure for dyeing any animal skins much simpler than previously and the results are longer lasting with the dye fixing in to the interior of the skin and giving a dramatic and realistic turn to the dyed cowhide – so natural is the result that the your eyes will truly think there’s such a thing as a crimson cow!
So whatever your taste or style of house design then modern cowhide colours and design can be matched to any mood, style or taste. At City Cows we're devoted to getting a growing choice of affordable, chromium tanned, affordable South American cowhide skins, cowhide rugs and carpets and cowhide add-ons to our ever growing circle of happy clients. Why not take a look at our unrivalled choice of cowhides and cowhide colours today!
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