Pantone Past and Present

Pantone has been around since 1963, but they have only been forecasting their famous Pantone Color of the Year since 2000. In honor of their 50th anniversary, we’re taking a look back at all of the Colors of the Year, and taking a sneak peak at what’s coming up in 2014!

2000 Cerulean
2000 Cerulean
2001 Fushcia Rose
2001 Fushcia Rose
2002 True Red
2002 True Red
2003 Aqua Sky
2003 Aqua Sky
2004 Tigerlily
2004 Tigerlily
2005 Blue Turquoise
2005 Blue Turquoise
2006 Sand Dollar
2006 Sand Dollar
2007 Chili Pepper
2007 Chili Pepper
2008 Blue Iris
2008 Blue Iris
2009 Mimosa
2009 Mimosa
2010 Turquoise
2010 Turquoise
2011 Honeysuckle Pink
2011 Honeysuckle Pink
2012 Tangerine Tango
2012 Tangerine Tango
2013 Emerald
2013 Emerald
Radiant Orchid 2014
2014 Radiant Orchid

In addition to the overall Pantone Color of the Year, Pantone also announces the color to look for in Spring of that year. Next year, the color for spring is Dazzling Blue.

2014 Dazzling Blue
2014 Dazzling Blue

Dazzling Blue has been dubbed “facebook blue”, which sounds surprisingly blah; however, the sheen of the velvet blue sofa above really takes “facebook blue” to a whole new level. Maybe what they meant to say is that Dazzling Blue is Facebook Blue with some Dazzle-we love it!

Happy 50th Pantone!

 

 

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