Each year, Pantone® decide on a colour to define the upcoming year. The Pantone® "colour of the year" has been decided for 2019, and it is PANTONE 16-1546, better known as "Living Coral". This is a warm but vibrant pink shade, and according to Pantone®, it promotes comfort in ever-changing times (1). It is an optimistic and intimate colour that also seeks intimacy and connection. Pantone® describe it as working well in a world where social media plays an important part of life, and it also helps to ground us to nature. Last year's colour was vibrant purple (ultra-violet), which is a luxurious and spiritual colour.
Pantone® helps to set the colour trends. Expect to see this colour used in the world of fashion, interior design, home furnishings, and graphic design over the next year. The past few years of Pantone® 'colours of the year' are listed below.
2018: Ultra-Violet
2017: Greenery
2016: Serenity & Rose Quartz
2015: Marsala
2014: Radiant Orchid
2013: Emerald
2012: Tangerine Tango
2011: Honeysuckle
1) Pantone®. https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/color-of-the-year/color-of-the-year-2019 [7 December, 2018].
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