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Color of the Year 2024 Peach Fuzz

Color of the Year 2024 Peach Fuzz

Dear reader - I know you have been anxiously waiting. Plans held up, redecorating put on hold, perhaps holding off on that new car color all because you needed to know what exactly is going to be the color for 2024. (/s) Surprise, surprise - Pantone® did not take my...

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Color of the Year 2023 Viva Magenta

Color of the Year 2023 Viva Magenta

Viva Magenta is unveiled as the Color of the Year for 2023 by Pantone®. For me, it certainly isn't a hue I think of when I think "magenta" - but I am influenced by the pinkish variety that is consumed voraciously by inkjet printers I've owned over the years than the...

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Color of the Year 2022 Very Peri

Color of the Year 2022 Very Peri

Pantone® announced their Color of the Year for 2022 yesterday, Very Peri. As Pantone always eloquently describes their picks, Very Peri is intended to be "a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit" as well as "a symbol of the...

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Two Colors of the Year for 2021

Two Colors of the Year for 2021

The wait is over... amongst all the turmoil and uncertainty this year, I know you all have been anxiously waiting for Pantone to reveal their pick for 2021. What could it be? Vaccine Violet? Facts Fuchsia? Maybe Parisian Night to symbolize our rejoining of the Paris...

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Pantone Color of the Year 2020 Classic Blue

Pantone Color of the Year 2020 Classic Blue

Well time flies and it is that time of year again. You have been waiting in anticipation for the announcement - I can just feel it. Pantone® just announced their color for 2020 as Classic Blue. From their press release: "We are living in a time that requires trust and...

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2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral

2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral

Well, at one time I thought I had a self-imposed "tradition" of capturing some thoughts about Pantone's Color Of The Year and seeking photos to match it.   I knew I took some time away from it,  but it seems I have REALLY took some time away.  The last...

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2014 Color of the Year Radiant Orchid

2014 Color of the Year Radiant Orchid

First of all, for my first post for 2014, Happy New Year! And appropriately for my first post, I am continuing a 7 year tradition in following Pantone's Color of the Year.  The 2014 Color of the Year is Radiant Orchid.  An interesting, energetic color to say the...

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Color of the Year 2013 is Emerald

Color of the Year 2013 is Emerald

Pantone announced this week their pick for Color of the Year 2013, which is Emerald (aka. Pantone 17-1463, or RGB value R0, G152, B116).    If you are new to my following of this announcement over the years, you can see my previous posts and previous colors under this...

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Color of the Year 2010 Turquoise

Color of the Year 2010 Turquoise

Turquoise beaches Something I have made somewhat of a tradition is paying attention to Pantone's color of the year for the past couple of years.   I find it interesting to see what they will pick next, the explanations they offer behind it, and to see if I have any...

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