Pantone Color of the Year

From the color experts who brought us Viva Magenta, Veri Peri, Ultimate Gray, and Illuminating, Pantone is christening 2024 the year of Peach Fuzz (13-1023). A softer departure from last year’s bold pink pick, Peach Fuzz is a warm and comforting color that evokes feelings of kindness and tenderness, while

In 2023, Pantone invites us to the “Magentaverse” with its color of the year: Viva Magenta (18-1750). This rich red hue was selected by their “global team of color experts [who] comb the world looking for new color influences.” According to Pantone Vice President Laurie Pressman, they draw inspiration from

2020 introduced us to the much needed calming Classic Blue, and 2021 brought us resilience and optimism with Ultimate Gray and Illuminating. In 2022, Pantone is back to selecting a singular shade to represent the next year’s color trends: Very Peri (17-3938). After spending months sifting through trends across every

2021 is a year with so much going on that it gets not one but two Colors of the Pear from Pantone: Ultimate Gray (17-5104) and Illuminating (13-0647). Every year, Pantone’s experts keep an eye on industries and trends in order to select the most commonly used and iconic color—or

It’s that time of year again—Pantone is back with their annual Color of the Year. What’s Pantone’s pick for 2020? Classic Blue (19-4052)! After reviewing trends across different creative sectors and taking note of the colors that keep popping up in home design, fashion, consumer products, and other influential industries,

Pantone continues to dazzle us with 2019’s color of the year: Living Coral (16-1546). To select their Color of the Year, Pantone sends a team out into the field for months to explore different trends, industries, and influencers, discover where there is overlap in color selection, and finally winnow the

Every year, Pantone explores trends across a variety of industries to figure out where these patterns intersect—and what color is seen commonly enough across all these areas to warrant becoming their annual Color of the Year. Past years have brought us the refreshing and zesty shade of 2017’s Greenery, mindful

It’s that time of year again! Yesterday, Pantone announced their 2017 Color of the Year: Greenery (15-0343). To select their Color of the Year, Pantone sends a team out into the field for months to explore different trends, industries and influencers, discover where there is overlap in color selection, and

Last Thursday, Pantone announced their 2016 Color of the Year. This year’s announcement broke the mold and contained a nice surprise for designers and color enthusiasts, when for the first time in the color authority’s history, Pantone recognized two colors for their cultural impact and significance: Rose Quartz and Serenity

Every year, Pantone selects a color it believes accurately captures and predicts trends in fashion, product development, home design, marketing, and graphic design. Pantone doesn’t take the task of choosing the Color of the Year lightly – they pore over color influences from around the world in areas such as