Starting TwentyFourteen with a BlogHop, using the Pantone Color of the Year, Radiant
Orchid. Check back on
Saturday, Jan 18th, starting at 8 am EST, to hop from designer blog to designer blog, catching the Tropical Fusion vibe!
The Pantone company has been publishing books of color chips for designers for years, a standard in any design studio, I have several! Here is a little bit more about Pantone and how they choose a color for a whole year. (my favorite year is still tangerine tango!!)
The captivating, magical and enchanting Radiant Orchid. An invitation to innovation, modern and versatile Radiant Orchid
encourages creativity and originality. Imbued with a harmony of
fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence
and its rosy undertones emanate great joy, love and health.
“While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as
a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches
across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination,”
said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color
Institute®. “An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages
expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in
today’s society.”
Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute™ has been designating a Color
of the Year to express in color what is taking place in the global
zeitgeist. A color that will resonate around the world, the PANTONE
Color of the Year is a reflection of what people are looking for, what
they feel they need that color can help to answer. Not necessarily the
hot fashion color of the moment, but a color crossing all areas of
design which is an expression of a mood, an attitude, on the part of the
consumers.
To distill the prevailing mood into a single hue, the PCI team, led
by executive director Leatrice Eiseman, combs the world looking for
future design and color influences, watching out for that one color seen
as ascending and building in importance through all creative sectors.
Influences can include the entertainment industry, upcoming films, art,
emerging artists, travel destinations and socio-economic conditions.
Influences may also stem from technology, lifestyles + playstyles, new
textures and effects that impact color, and even upcoming sports events
that capture worldwide attention.
Pantone doesn't just make color chips, they have cleverly segued into products featuring their trademark chip on everything from mugs to rubiks cubes.
All information and photos courtesy of Pantone.com
