I was bit lukewarm about the colors but the pairings are all the things I love. I want to love color but I'm slightly scared of it so all these slightly muted colors makes me happy. My long neon nightmare may be coming to an end.
So my bathroom that hasn't been updated since the 80's is now back in style. My bedroom was that horrid shade of pink before I painted it gray and peacock. Maybe I should've kept the pink!
In the right context and presentation I love all colors. And I think pastels have been trending for awhile...that and triangles.
I'm not particularly happy about a pastel trend in clothes but trends move so quickly nowadays that I'll make do. (Because I'm SUCH a slave to fashion, lol).
Do you remember those couches from the 90s? They were overstuffed, they often reclined, sometimes they had cup holders and remote control corrals embedded in them, your grandma may still have one? Those? They were cream and featured all these color pairings too, but especially the pink and the blue. Always pink and blue.
I heard a story on NPR last night with the president of the groups that picks the colors. It sounded like she was inspired by the hydrangeas in her garden.
I heard a story on NPR last night with the president of the groups that picks the colors. It sounded like she was inspired by the hydrangeas in her garden.
Still don't like them.
She sounds like a grandma. Figures since these are grandma colors.
I heard a story on NPR last night with the president of the groups that picks the colors. It sounded like she was inspired by the hydrangeas in her garden.
Still don't like them.
She sounds like a grandma. Figures since these are grandma colors.
Here is a photo of Leatrice Eiseman, the ED of Pantone Color Institute. I don't get how she picked both Radiant Orchid and the pastel crap this year.
Pantone's choice of a baby pink and a pastel blue as color of the year for 2016 was inspired by "mindfulness," a movement that has become increasingly popular in interior design.
The color authority said this year’s shades -- officially named Rose Quartz and Serenity -- were chosen as a symbolic “color snapshot of what we see taking place in our culture at a particular moment in time,” intended to convey a “a soothing sense of order and peace.”
But there's more.
The soft pink and light blue hues are also a nod to gender equality and gender fluidity.
"In many parts of the world we are experiencing a gender blur as it relates to fashion," Pantone explained in today's announcement. "This more unilateral approach to color is coinciding with societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity, the consumer's increased comfort with using color as a form of expression, a generation that has less concern about being typecast or judged and an open exchange of digital information that has opened our eyes to different approaches to color usage."
The pastel pairing is the first time the esteemed color institute has released two colors of the year.
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, described the soothing colors as a way to counter stress. "Joined together, Rose Quartz and Serenity demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer embracing rose tone and the cooler tranquil blue, reflecting connection and wellness, as well as a soothing sense of order and peace," she said in the statement.
And while it remains to be seen if a cotton candy-colored KitchenAid mixer or baby blue chaise can summon calm, Pantone’s rose-colored take on forecasting trends -- in light of a rise in transgender awareness -- is a thoughtful approach that can be appreciated.
Los Angeles interior designer Timothy Corrigan and others said the choices represent a welcome change:
"People are ready for softer colors. They are moving away from the strong bold colors and geometric patterns that have been popular over the past few years. There is a return to comfort and innocence."
The soft pink and light blue hues are also a nod to gender equality and gender fluidity.
I like this, although I am not at all surprised that the design community is embracing all genders. They have a history of embracing all sexual orientations.
Do you remember those couches from the 90s? They were overstuffed, they often reclined, sometimes they had cup holders and remote control corrals embedded in them, your grandma may still have one? Those? They were cream and featured all these color pairings too, but especially the pink and the blue. Always pink and blue.
I'm dying, my parents had the exact couch you just described.
Do you remember those couches from the 90s? They were overstuffed, they often reclined, sometimes they had cup holders and remote control corrals embedded in them, your grandma may still have one? Those? They were cream and featured all these color pairings too, but especially the pink and the blue. Always pink and blue.
Do you remember those couches from the 90s? They were overstuffed, they often reclined, sometimes they had cup holders and remote control corrals embedded in them, your grandma may still have one? Those? They were cream and featured all these color pairings too, but especially the pink and the blue. Always pink and blue.
You rang?
There ought to be a Tumblr on couches from the 90s.