Day 71
Pantone Color of the Year
For those of you not familiar, Pantone is a company that
creates, identifies and matches colors.
From their website: The Pantone® name is known worldwide as
the standard language for color communication from designer to manufacturer to
retailer to customer. As a designer, I refer to Pantone colors often.
As a force of color, Pantone selects a “color of the year”
each year. Fashion designers in particular take note. As a color-lover myself,
I am always interested in the color that the Pantone gurus feel is the “IT”
color. I had mixed feelings when I found the 2012 color, Tangerine Tango. Without
seeing the color, I knew I would love it. Then I saw it and, oh my! It’s MY
color. The year I can’t buy clothes and the color of the year is MY color.
It’s showing up everywhere now. From catalogs to ads to
store windows, the color is calling to me. I have to go through everything I
own again to see if there is some hidden Tangerine Tango in my closet. There
will likely be some left over in stores next year, but by then a new color will be
designated color of the year. I don’t know how they’ll top this one, hopefully
with some spectacular shade of lime green or turquoise. If any of you spot this
fabulous shade in stores- buy it! Wear it! Know you are right on trend with the
color of the year.
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