Happy Friday friends! Aside from the arrival of the Holidays, December is an exciting time of year in the design world because its always when the Pantone Color of the Year is announced. Each year the highly-anticipated hue sets the mark on how future trends and styles will be created across the board in fashion, interiors, print, and web. Just announced yesterday, the Color of the Year for 2013 is the lively, radiant, and lush Emerald 17-5641.
O MY WORD I am thrilled! Greens are an absolute favorite color of mine and looki ng at the past year and how green has played a strong roll throughout the design industry, it truly makes complete sense. Its going to be amazing to watch how itll affect the year to come. Just look at the years past
The 2012 color of the year, PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, a spirited reddish orange, provided the energy boost we needed to recharge and move forward. Emerald, a vivid verdant green, enhances our sense of well-being further by inspiring insight as well as promoting balance and harmony.
Most often associated with brilliant, precious gemstones, the perception of Emerald is sophisticated and luxurious. Since antiquity, this luminous, magnificent hue has been the color of beauty and new life in many cultures and religions. Also the color of growth, renewal and prosperity, no other color conveys regeneration more than green. For centuries, many countries have chosen green to represent healing and unity.
Explore this page. Find out more about this radiant jewel tone and its many applications in fashion, beauty, home dcor and design. Dig deeper into the thinking and decision-making process that answers why, of the nearly infinite range of colors perceivable by the human eye, 17-5641 Emerald captured our attention, our imagination and our collective eye to become this years selection as the Pantone 2013 Color of the Year.
Lets have a peak at some inspirational multi-faceted effects of Emerald
Personally, I think green is an easier color for people to introduce into their homes, clothes, etc. Its on the opposite side of the color wheel from pink and orange, so its nice that a darker, deeper hue was chosen. Green can be sophs
The most abundant hue in nature, the human eye sees more green than any other color in the spectrum, said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. As it has throughout history, multifaceted Emerald continues to sparkle and fascinate. Symbolically, Emerald brings a sense of clarity, renewal and rejuvenation, which is so important in todays complex world. This powerful and universally-appealing tone translates easily to both fashion and home interiors.
Emerald in interiors
Enhance your sense of well-being at home by rejuvenating the interior with Emerald paint, accents and accessories. This jewel-like hue will create a luxurious feel in an entryway, powder room, dining room or study, and bring life to a living room as an accent wall. Add a splash of color to the kitchen and dining room areas with Emerald dinnerware, stemware and appliances.
Enliven your home with Pantone bedding, pillows, bath towels and accessories in Emerald available exclusively at jcpenney stores and on jcp.com beginning Feb. 1, 2013.
As we re-energize our home department next spring, we are excited to partner with the leading authority on color to introduce the first-ever line of Pantone bedding and bath products, said Paul Rutenis, jcpenney general merchandise manager for home. The cheerful array of on-trend pieces will make it ea sy for customers to infuse the perfect color into any home dcor.
Via: Pantone Color of the Year 2013: Emerald
