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LIVING CORAL IS PANTONE'S COLOR OF THE YEAR FOR 2019
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When used as a bold statement in
settings and décor, this life-affirming
coral shade with a golden undertone
energizes and enlivens. And it’s reminiscent
of precious coral that adorns
unique jewelry pieces.
Providing comfort and buoyancy in
a complex digital world, PANTONE
16-1546 Living Coral symbolizes our
innate need for engagement, optimism
and joyful pursuits.
“Color is an equalizing lens through
which we experience our natural and
digital realities,” says Color Expert
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director
of the New Jersey-based Pantone
Color Institute. “With consumers
craving human interaction and
social connection, the humanizing
and heartening qualities displayed
by the convivial Living Coral hit a
responsive chord.”
A culmination of the Institute’s yearround
work forecasting trends and
developing color palettes for clients,
the Color of the Year is one moment in
time that provides strategic direction
for the worlds of trend and design.
Living Coral inspires experimentation
and playful expression in makeup
products as well as in men’s and
women’s street and runway styles.
The warm shade suggests comfort
and positivity.
Whether used in decorative accessories,
on tabletops, or elsewhere, it
adds a dramatic pop of color and can
beautifully enhance an outdoor space
such as a patio or porch.
“A strategic use of vivid color is the
perfect way of using a high-powered
hue,” explains Jean Brownhill,
founder of Sweeten, a free service
that matches renovators with vetted
contractors, providing support until
project completion.
“A Sweeten client built a powder room
on the ground floor of their house in
the dining room for easy access for
their small child and guests,” she says.
“It was one of their most comfortable
and decorated rooms — radiant
heated floors, Moroccan tile, Cole &
Sons Palms wallpaper — all revealed
by a door painted in a vibrant coral.”
Eiseman offers her suggestions for
eye-catching home décor using Living
Coral.
“Because it’s expensive to change out a
piece of furniture, wall covering, etc.,
one of the least expensive ways {to
enliven a room is to use paint. And it’s
so experimental,” she notes. “It’s easy
to buy color and use it on something
that needs new life, like an old, shabby
small chest of drawers — and renew it.”
For those who are a little braver and
want to do a bit more with the color,
it’s a gorgeous shade to use in the context
of a print, as in bedding, Eiseman
suggests.
The color makes for beautiful stemware,
plates, table runners, and
placemats — as a background for
food — because it is somewhat of an
appetite stimulant. And, it’s a great
background for greens, like veggies,
according to Eiseman.
She explains that it was chosen for a
number of reasons.
“From a symbolic standpoint, coral
reefs nurture marine life; fish can
protect themselves with reefs, eat
the food off the reefs,” Eiseman
notes. “We know that’s an issue
today – preservation of coral reefs
and keeping our ecological balance.
It’s important and we feel strongly
about it.”
Living Coral lovers can see the color
online at pantone.com and have it
mixed in any paint store.
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