{"id":6146,"date":"2021-04-10T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:01:01","slug":"pantone-color-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/information\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantone Color Of The Year 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s that time again: the self-fulfilling prophecy that is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/uk\/en\/color-of-the-year-2021\">Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>&nbsp;has been announced for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 2021, we\u2019re getting two colors of the year. The colors selected to grace museum gift shops, and end-of-year blog posts are Ultimate Gray (a mid-range gray somewhere around #939597) and Illuminating (a citrus yellow that\u2019s approximately #F5DF4D).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time Pantone selected two colors was\u00a0Rose Quartz &amp; Serenity in 2016, and we all know what a tranquil, serene year that was; so 2021 will presumably unleash the curse of an ancient mummy on the world, or see us collide with the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020\u2019s color, \u201cClassic Blue\u201d, probably wasn\u2019t much of a color of the year unless it happens to be the color you painted your home office. If the company had genuine foresight, it might have opted for the blandest beige it could find \u2014 in fact in the Summer paint brand\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dulux.co.uk\/en\/dulux-colour-year-2021\">Dulux almost opted for that<\/a>\u00a0for 2021, naming \u201cBrave Ground\u201d its color for next year, but for beige\u2019s \u201cresilient\u201d qualities rather than any lockdown boredom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps that\u2019s why Pantone\u2019s PR department opted for two colors in 2021: a nondescript grey to keep us going until we\u2019re all vaccinated, and a wildly luminous yellow for the latter part of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantone.com\/uk\/en\/color-of-the-year-2021\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/information\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021\/attachment\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1856,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-300x207.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-1024x706.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01-1400x966.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021-01.jpg 1856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fairness to Pantone, its color choices aren\u2019t predictions as is often reported, rather aspirations. Pantone believes the pairing \u201cexpresses a message of positivity supported by fortitude\u201d which may be just what the world needs right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A combination of colors is much more sensible than a single color, with so much about color dependent on context. But the actual color treatment of 2021 is much more likely to be multi-color gradients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can try out Pantone\u2019s colors for 2021 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ar\/408862793575581\/\">Instagram<\/a>, or on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.pantone.com\/#\/color-of-the-year?language=en\">Pantone Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time again: the self-fulfilling prophecy that is the&nbsp;Pantone Color of the Year&nbsp;has been announced for 2021. For 2021, we\u2019re getting two colors of the year. The colors selected to grace museum gift shops, and end-of-year blog posts are Ultimate Gray (a mid-range gray somewhere around #939597) and Illuminating (a citrus yellow that\u2019s approximately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[85,77,119],"tags":[86,73,122,203],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pantone-color-of-the-year-2021.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7FQPL-1B8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6149,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146\/revisions\/6149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}