Pantone 2018 Color of the Year

Pantone—the one constant in my career Throughout my design career I’ve gone through T-squares, proportion wheels, repro cameras, inking pens, light tables and courier services—all of which have been replaced by computers, programs and the internet. But one thing that...

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Pantone 2017 Color of the Year

Pantone Color of the Year 2017 What a refreshing change from last year’s infantile Colors of the Year for 2016, Rose Quartz and Serenity. I can still smell the whiffs of diaper poo. This year it’s the fresh scent of tall trees, green...

Roses are red, violets are…uh…

Roses are red, violets are blue. Uh…really? Now did it ever occur to you that “violet” is not “blue”? We’ll let that go for a moment. What’s peculiar is that while light blue, pure blue and dark blue are all...

Pantone 2016 Colors of the Year

That’s right, colors—with an s. For the first time, Pantone has chosen two Colors of the Year, not just a single Color of the Year: Rose Quartz and Serenity Apparently, the colors seem to be more suitable for fashion and home, as they are exact matches to the color...