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Pantone’s new colors of the year

Mindy D — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:08:00 GMT

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Anonymous032819 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:13:58 GMT

Yellow and gray.

What makes Pantone the "experts" on color?

What criteria do they use to determine the "color(s)" of the year?

Not being snarky, just curious .

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Kachina624 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:19:52 GMT

@Mindy D. Thanks, but they're both awful. Not many people can wear either.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

beach-mom — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:14:52 GMT

OK. They look great together. I'm not a "grey" person, but a lot of people will look great in these. And they are calming colors.

Thanks for posting @Mindy D!.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Kachina624 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:19:00 GMT

@Anonymous032819. Look up their website. They're experts on any and everything having to do with color. Probably not many companies which do the same or similar work.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Marp — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:24:48 GMT

Why is it that when I click on the photo of the colors it goes to a wiki article on Obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

ALRATIBA — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:25:47 GMT

I'm a fan of yellow - it's always been good color for me. I get the most comments when I wear yellow near my face. I have a lot of yellow tops and scarves.

When I was a blonde - gray was terrible on me, but since I've gone "au naturale" - I can wear some shades of gray near my face.

I have lots of gray pants and shoes - and a really pretty shades of gray crochet lace vest that I made recently to wear over LOGO.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

JudyL — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:26:36 GMT

Yellow and gray - interesting choice. Not colors I would necessarily choose. I love my yellow and blue kitchen but I can't necessarily wear yellow. I wear some gray on the bottom but not on top and wouldn't think of combining the two. Oh well, they didn't ask me did they? HAHA It'll be intereting to see what combos of these two colors we see going forward through the year.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Jordan2 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:27:40 GMT

I am not a yellow person. My first car was yellow (I didn't want it but was kind of told it was this or your on your own), it lived up to it's name because it was a LEMON!

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Nataliesgramma — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:22:10 GMT

I don't wear or look good in either color...

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

KaySD — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:28:30 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
Yellow and gray.

What makes Pantone the "experts" on color?

What criteria do they use to determine the "color(s)" of the year?

Not being snarky, just curious .

@Anonymous032819

You can go to their website and read about how they make these predictions. Multiple factors are taken into account.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

alicedee — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:28:46 GMT

Yellow looks awful with my skin tone....and so does that pale shade of gray.

I won't be tempted by fashions in those colors.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

Cakers3 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:30:47 GMT

A pastel yellow can be soothing but a bright yellow can be stimulating.

Gray is subtle but paired with other calming colors such as blue and green can be calming, too.

I cannot see this yellow paired with this gray, however.

Neither color standing alone looks good on me; lighter yellow in a print is ok if mixed with other colors but gray just makes me fade away.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

KaySD — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:31:23 GMT

What a pretty yellow! Very pure shade, clear and bright.

The gray is a nice, neutral one as well. In home decor, it alwayus seems like there's always either a gray or a beige. Lately, seems like both. This gray would be easy to live with, depending on what you put with it.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

jonbon — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:38:36 GMT

Article in The NY Times about the colors. (They look more saturated in the photos there.)

“No one color could get across the meaning of the moment,” Laurie Pressman, the vice president of the Pantone Color Institute, said on a call. “We all realized we cannot do this alone. We all have a deeper understanding of how we need each other and emotional support and hope.”

Hence, said Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, the decision to select “two independent colors really coming together.”

And just to head this off at the pass ... no, nobody is telling you that you must wear them. People get so indignant about it whenever they are announced. It just means that they will be featured and should be easy to find in clothing, accessories, home goods, etc.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

golding76 — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:49:55 GMT

Big meh!

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

SusieQ_2 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:02:54 GMT

I can't say I don't miss the days of Rose Quartz and Serenity but I suppose, like dogs, every color must have its day.

I actually can't think of too many colors I don't like including yellow and gray so, all in all, not a bad choice, imo.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

tansy — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:10:21 GMT

@golding76 wrote:
Big meh!

Me, too!

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

MoonieBaby — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:54:24 GMT

Pantone IS color...it's the best place to look for color. The color inspo spot is Pantone.

I have about half dozen of their color books (slip books) with what you would think is every conceivable color known to man.

I love those things.

Guess it's just me.

Re: Pantone’s new colors of the year

september — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:14:44 GMT

I like pale yellows. But gray again? I feel like there has been so much gray over the past few years, in fashion as well as in home decor. I find it very blah.