Kiki’s post about yellow on our Color for Your Home got me thinking about Mimosa, the yellow color that Pantone named 2009 Color of the Year.
We are over two thirds of the way through the year and I was wondering if this color of the year embodies the year now that we know what 2009 [...]

Julie just posted about Gap and Pantone today announcing the opening of a color-filled t-shirt shop in Gap’s rotating concept venue adjacent to its flagship store at 54th and 5th Ave in NYC.
You can read the post on Live In Full Color.

Here’s a peak at the mens tees and Julie has posted lots of pictures.  [...]

PANTONE® announced that they have chosen 14-0848 Mimosa as their color of the year for 2009.  In the announcement the color is described as “a warm, engaging yellow.”
“The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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…
Related links:
Pantone Color of the Year for [...]

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 [...]

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…”

UPDATE December 3, 2009: Pantone announces Mimosa as the 2009 Color of the Year. See more about this year’s color here and find even more on the sunny hue at Live In Full Color.

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 [...]

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.