pink & blue.  the 2016 pantone colors of the year.

2016 pantone colors of the year | rose quartz (pink) & serenity (blue)

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do pink & blue make you think of

balance?

calm?

or, tranquility?

2016 pantone color of the year | rose quartz | 13-1520

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wellness?

compatibility?

or, duality?

2016 pantone color of the year | serenity | 15-3919

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duality seems like an appropriate adjective, since the pantone color institute ™ selected two colors of the year for 2016, instead of one.  pantone, a division of danaher corporation, provides products and services for the design, retail, and manufacturing industries.

according to abc news, the pantone color of the year press release ‘explained that the combination echoed a growing trend of challenging traditional perceptions about color association.’

what perceptions do you think that consumers, designers, retailers, and manufacturers have about pink & blue?

hermes | light blue printed silk neck ties

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charvet | blue cotton dress shirts

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bergdorf goodman restaurant | new york, NY | interior design by kelly wearstler

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de gournay | askew | hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper

bergdorf goodman restaurant, new york, NY

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kitchen aid | 2016 pantone color of the year stand mixer | cornflower blue (available now)

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kitchen | mérida, mexico | interior design by robert willson and david serrano

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kitchen aid | 2016 pantone color of the year stand mixer | guava glaze (available in july 2016)

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kitchen | spain

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gucci | spring 2016 ready to wear collection | look 29

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gucci | spring 2016 menswear collection | look 54

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gucci | spring 2016 menwear collection | silk crepe cambridge shirt | light pink

production vs. runway

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chanel boutique | costa mesa, CA | interior design by peter marino

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chanel | le vernis nail color | ballerina

chanel le vernis nail color | beige rose

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living room | southampton, NY | architecture by michael haverland | interior design by philip galanes

photo credit roger davies via architectural digest

did you notice that the mies van der rohe barcelona couch (r) is upholstered in pink edelman leather?

knoll | barcelona couch (r) | designed by ludwig mies van der rohe

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interestingly, the living room walls are painted in benjamin moore’s 2016 color of the year, simply white.

benjamin moore | 2016 color of the year | simply white | OC-117

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 the sherwin-williams 2016 color of the year is also alabaster white.

sherwin-williams | 2016 color of the year | alabaster | SW 7008

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do you think that pink, blue, or white is the most marketable color?