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SeeVees in Vintage Colors Circa 1963

18th Nov. '08 • Trendspotted: Fashion and Beauty • Tags: pantone, vintage color

Filed as Color inspiration

I just received an invite to purchase the new SeeVees shoe designed as an exclusive collaboration with Pantone. I love the vintage colors and casual style.

Here’s some of the highlights of the invitation:

For the first time in their 45 year history, Pantone has allowed an external design team into their hallowed archives. SeaVees has selected seven vintage colors from the original Pantone color guide. The palette, chosen from the only authentic guide known to exist, epitomizes the cool, casual style of California in 1963.

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Crossing Rubik with Pantone = Rubitone

29th Oct. '08 • Creativity • Tags: pantone

Filed as Color fun

Industrial Designer Ignacio Pilotto is the creative mind behind this project. I think it is so clever and fun. I want one don’t you?

My thanks to the always creative John McCauley, Vice President and Creative Director of MacLaren Momentum in Toronto, Canada for sharing a link to Ignocia blog post on the Rubitone.

Stop by and see the rest of the pictures he has of the Rubitone… (more…)

With color it’s context, context, context!

11th Feb. '08 • Trends • Tags: Color Trends, home, leatrice-eiseman, pantone

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Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of Pantone, Inc. and a fellow member of CMG, is quoted in Home Textiles Today as saying during her Las Vegas Market presentation, “In real estate it’s all about location, location. In color it’s context, context.”

See Leatrice’s descriptions of the Pantone 2008 home furnishings forecast…

Pantone identifies seven 2009 color palettes

16th Jan. '08 • Trends • Tags: Color Trends, pantone

Filed as Kate Smith

Fashion color authority Pantone has published its Pantone View Colour Planner for summer 2009, a forecasting tool titled “Independence.”The planner details seven palettes for use in apparel, cosmetics, interiors, industrial design and graphics:

Female-ism: medium pastels with a tinge of retro glamour.
Classic-ism: almost devoid of color except for one medium blue accent.
Independent-ism: tart, bold and gregarious colors.
Today-ism: deep, dark shades of reddish blues and brown.
Absurd-ism: combines disproportionate color hues and values.
Fetish-ism: “a carnal inspiration and desire for experimentation.”
Surreal-ism: “plays with scale, combination and expectation to create unexpected, and even strange, creations.”

Tod Shulman, vice president of the fashion, home and interiors division at Pantone, said, “For summer 2009, Pantone is forecasting a trend toward color palettes that reflect individuality and make people feel good about who they are.”

My Color My Idea

12th Dec. '07 • Color Inspiration • Tags: pantone

Filed as Just posted

my Color my Idea

myColor myIdea is a site put together by Pantone, which features insights from visual thought leaders in a wide variety of design industries responding to the phrase, “The color of my idea is…” (more…)

Pantone’s “Color of the Year” for 2008

10th Dec. '07 • Trends • Tags: blue, Color Trends, pantone, Trends

Filed as Kate Smith

Blue Iris 18-3943 Pantone Color of the Year; Colour of the Year

Pantone has selected its “Color of the Year” for 2008: Blue Iris Pantone 18-3943.

The company said the blue-purple blend combines “the stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple,” and suggested this hue “satisfies the need for reassurance in a complex world, while adding a hint of mystery and excitement.”

“Look for it artfully combined with deeper plums, red-browns, yellow-greens, grapes and grays,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. She said Blue Iris “best represents color direction in 2008 for fashion, cosmetics and home products.”

Eiseman added, “Emotionally, it is anchoring and meditative with a touch of magic.”

More on Pantone’s color of the year on Live In Full Color… Brand, Color, Trends, Product, Colour

Pantone Color Matched Maple Leaves

4th Dec. '07 • Color Inspiration • Tags: color-matching, color-schemes, pantone

Filed as Flickr photo find

Now here is beautiful example of Pantone color matching done by Chris Glass who has collected these leaves from a single maple tree at different times of the year. Brand, Color, Trends, Product, Colour

Everything has a Pantone color

4th Dec. '07 • Products & Packaging Color • Tags: pantone

Filed as Kate Smith

According to Rivet in San Francisco, “Everything has a Pantone color…it’s just a matter of finding it.”

They’ve posted many photos of their own color matching finds on Flickr.

See all of their photos here…

Do you have a favorite Pantone color? Snap a picture of something in your favorite color along with the color chip and send it to me so we can show off your color favorites. Brand, Color, Trends, Product, Colour

Pantone Spring 2008 Fashion Color Trends

1st Dec. '07 • Fashion & Beauty • Tags: blue, Color Trends, fashion, pantone, Trends

Filed as Kate Smith

The latest color trends forecast released by Pantone shows what they report to be the ten hottest colors for Spring 2008.

See the colors and download a copy of the report here… Brand, Color, Trends, Product, Colour

Pantone Spring 2008 Fashion Color Trends Picture

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