will 2015 be a year of contrasts?
if color forecasts are any indication, then maybe so. color authority pantone, a division of x-rite that provides professional color standards for the design industries, named marsala as the color of the year for 2015.
‘marsala is a color that exudes confidence and stability’
-leatrice eiseman, executive director of the pantone color institute®
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living room | interior design by james magni
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bedroom | london, UK | interior design by michael s. smith
via architectural digest
dries van noten | spring 2015 ready to wear collection
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celine | winter 2014 collection | mini luggage handbag multicolor | vermilion
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isabel marant | spring 2015 ready to wear collection
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sherwin-williams paints selected another red hue, coral reef, as the color of the year for 2015.
‘coral reef is an uplifting color’
-jackie jordan, sherwin-williams director of color marketing

living room | interior design by jay jeffers
via tobi fairley
bedroom | interior designer unknown
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missoni | spring 2015 ready to wear collection
photo credits yanni vlamos | indigitalimages.com
aquazzura | resort 2015 collection | beverly hills sandal | coral
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but, benjamin moore paints chose a complementary color, guilford green, as the 2015 color of the year.
‘guilford green is a color that signifies fresh energy and growth’
-ellen o’neill, creative director at benjamin moore
living room | piedmont, CA | interior design by barbara barry
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bedroom | the peninsula beverly hills hotel | interior design by alessandra branca
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erdem | spring 2015 ready to wear collection
photo credit yanni vlamos | indigitalimages.com
chloe | winter 2014/2015 collection | marcie handbag | baobob green
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bottega veneta | spring 2015 ready to wear collection
photo credit yannis vlamos | indigitalimages.com
could it be coincidental that sherwin-williams and pantone both featured red and green in their marketing materials?
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when you mix complementary colors like red and green together, you create brown.
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johann wolfgang von goethe | theory of colors | 1810
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pantone is receiving mixed reviews for choosing a color with brown undertones, like marsala, as the color of the year for 2015.