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Spotted on the runway: Colour of the year 2019, Living Coral

Colour Institute Pantone has named Living Coral Colour of the Year 2019. “An animating and life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone”, also known as the colour Pantone 16-1546. The colour appeared on Pantone’s shortlist for spring/summer 2019, based on the colours that appeared on the New York Fashion Week catwalk. Pantone 16-1546...

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An animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge. Source: Pantone, YouTube.

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Bright shade of coral is Pantone’s Color of the Year 2019

NYC - Living Coral. That’s the name of the color Pantone predicts will be seen everywhere in 2019. Defined by the company as “an animating and life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone”, the color was chosen as a reminder of the importance of coral reefs. “We get energy from nature. Just as coral reefs are a source of sustenance and...

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Spotted on the NYFW catwalk: Pantone’s “empowering” colors

Earlier this week, Pantone shared the top 12 shades it predicted fashion designers to use in their Spring/Summer 2019 collections. In its biannual report, Pantone forecasted the colors of the season to be “empowering” and full of “confidence and spirit”. ...And they were right. FashionUnited spotted all of Pantone’s predicted colors on the...

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Pantone predicts “empowering” colours for NYFW SS19

With New York Fashion Week in full swing, Pantone, the authority on colour, has shared the top 12 shades it predicts designers will be using in their collections for spring/summer 2019, which it adds are “empowering” and full of “confidence and spirit”. In the biannual report, Pantone states that the colour choices are uplifting and that the...

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Spotted on the Catwalk: Key Fashion Colours for SS/18

London - Now that 2018 has officially begun, the new fashion season is imminent. Although it may still feel a lot like winter in most of the Western Hemisphere, the start of the Spring/Summer 2018 season is just around the corner, which means its time for a splash of colour. But which colours will lead the way for Spring 2018? The Pantone Colour...

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Pantone names Ultra Violet 2018 colour of the year

Colour giant Pantone has unveiled Ultra Violet, a “dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade” as the 2018 colour of the year, as it states it communicates “originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking”. “We are living in a time that requires inventiveness and imagination. It is this kind of creative inspiration that is indigenous to...

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Pantone names springs colours for LFW

Colour authority Pantone has followed up its colour predictions for New York Fashion Week with 12 colours it thinks will dominate the London Fashion Week catwalk, with pink continuing to be a key trend. “Colour’s increased influence in fashion design is being felt around the world. Designers for both the US and UK markets recognise the need to...

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Pantone unveils spring 2018 colours for NYFW

Colour authority Pantone has released 12 colours expected to dominate New York Fashion Week as part of its spring 2018 fashion week forecasts, alongside what it is calling “seasonal classic” colours for the first time, in a “multi-faceted palette” that “broadens opportunity for self-expression”. “As consumers continue to embrace colour,...

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Spotted on the catwalk: Pantone x Prince Purple

Retailers attempt to shift previous’ season pieces with final reduction sales, as they prepare for the arrival of new Autumn/Winter collections. Set to be filled with with millennial reds and pinks, sometimes a combination of the two, the colour in focus for this season’s collections is distinctly purple though. Inextricably linked to the late...

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Pantone’s top 10 colour trends for autumn 17

London - The Pantone Color Institute has identified the top colour trends from the latest New York and London fashion weeks for autumn 2017. The bi-annual report used to just cover the New York Fashion Week colour trends but this year the global authority on colour extended its research to London to identify the top 10 trending colours in...

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