Tiffany Blue, the most popular robin’s egg blue, is a trademarked color of Tiffany & Co., which bears the same number (1837) on the Pantone Matching System (PMS) as the year Tiffany & Co. was founded. The private custom color (created in 2001) Pantone 1837 is not publicly available and is not printed in the Pantone Matching System swatch books.
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Fall 2016 Hues of Strength, Confidence and Complexity
The inspiration for Fall 2016 color palette is led by the desire for tranquility, strength, and optimism; seen in the usage of cool hues. Together with the rich red tones and the hot pinkish purple and spicy yellow, this transcendental gender palette creates a structured but playful start to Fall Fashion 2016.
Design Lessons – by Amanda Oliver from designSchool.canva.com
01. Minimalism is Key. Don’t Overdesign.
– simple is good
For the first time, Pantone has declared a blend of two shades as its color of the year for 2016: Rose Quartz PANTONE 13-1520 & Serenity PANTONE 15-3919.
The new 2016 Pantone Color of the Year: Rose Quartz and Serenity is a modern day stress reliever that simultaneously reassures and calms the being.
The balance between the warm rose and the cool blue soothes and brings peace and order. The Rose Quartz is gentle while Serenity is airy, a combination that brings respite in these stressful and turbulent times.
Transporting and Transformative Canvas
This season’s unisex colors gravitate toward a calming and peaceful palette, which pays homage to the beauty of natural resources. The tones encourage relaxation, curiosity and exploration. The vibrant colors that are simultaneously quieting and classic “transports us to a happier, sunnier place where we feel free to express a wittier version of our real selves,” according to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute™
Make Color Work for You
Experts from iStock by Getty Images and the Pantone Color Institute™ will walk you through the power and psychology of color and explain how you can use this information to find images that better engage your audience.
Pantone’s newest color reveal is the PANTONE Minion Yellow (after years of research); based on the Minions from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me franchise, including the upcoming prequel Minions (scheduled for release July 10, 2015). Stuart’s “matoka” – banana (banana, banannaaaaa) color aka Minion Yellow is an extroverted ray of sunshine and optimism that energizes, illuminates and clarifies. This idea is the apparent collaboration with Pharrell Williams.
Fall 2015 Landscape of Evolving Colors
This autumn, earthy neutrals will blend with bold colors and patterns; the rich, multifaceted colors evoking love for nature, warmth and security. More importantly, the androgynous colors allow the designers to pay homage to provoking eras throughout the American history – from the seductive ‘20s to the bohemian hippie and modernists of the ‘60s and ‘70s – without being reliant on typical gender assigned colors.
