2020 Pantone Color of the Year - CLASSIC BLUE
A shade reminiscent of the sky at dusk, and it matches our Bristol Blue rag rug perfectly!!
"It's a color that anticipates what's
going to happen next," said Laurie Pressman, the vice president of the
Pantone Color Institute, which selects the Color of the Year. "What's the
future going to bring as we move into the evening hours?"
The following note is from CNN Style section:
This is indeed a pertinent question as we
embark on a new decade. But as forward-looking as it may be, the 2020 color
brings us almost full circle to the first Color of the Year, Cerulean, another
blue hue chosen in 1999 to likewise capture a moment in time.
"We were moving into Y2K and
wondering: Is the world going to fall apart?" said Pressman.
The Pantone Color Institute said it recognized similar feelings of instability gripping the world today, from the United States to the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Syria and across the globe. It settled on a shade that offers the reassurance, confidence and connection that people may be searching for in an uncertain global milieu.
Pantone has named a color of the year for
more than two decades. In 1963, the company created the Pantone Matching
System, a proprietary system used in a variety of industries such as printing,
graphic design and fashion design to manage colors.