Why We Call Ourselves Fruity Chutes!

Rainbow of fabric colors used in Fruity Chutes parachutes

Author: Gene Engelgau | Published: Nov 25, 2015

When you look at all the awesome colors we offer, you can see why we have the name Fruity Chutes!

So Fruity Chutes got its name with the idea that we would specialize in making the world's most colorful parachutes in “fruit flavored colors”. We originally stocked eight colors all named for various fruits. Since we make fruity colored parachutes, the name “Fruity Chutes” felt perfect. Plus, it's fun and easy to remember.

We now have 12 great colors with four fluorescent and eight standard.

Fruity Colors We Offer:

  • Lime - Fluorescent Green
  • Pink Papaya - Fluorescent Pink
  • Tangerine - Fluorescent Orange
  • Lemon - Fluorescent Yellow
  • Coconut - White
  • Cherry - Red
  • Orange - International Orange
  • Pineapple - International Yellow
  • Cucumber - Kelly Green
  • Blueberry - Royal Blue
  • Plum - Purple
  • Blackberry - Black

Of these, the original eight “fruit flavored colors” we offered were Lime, Pink Papaya, Tangerine, Lemon, Coconut, Cherry, Blueberry and Blackberry.

In other news, we have fluorescent colors again! Our fabric wholesaler had discontinued the fluorescent colors due to color fastness issues - the colors are more sensitive to sunlight. They got a lot of flak for discontinuing (including from us), so they brought them back. One color that has been missing for some time is the florescent pink. It has incredibly high visibility in most all conditions, so we're glad to have this option again.

Additionally, we make a lot of stock chutes now to shorten lead times. These generally are Red/White, Orange/Black, and Yellow/Black. We try to keep stock in all three combinations across our product line. Many times we have other color combinations, especially for the smaller chutes. In all cases, let us know what you would like and we'll see what we have. Of course to get a chute fast, you would need to choose a stock color! Custom color chutes generally have a 4 to 5 week lead time.

Topics: General News,Colors