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# Pantone Color of the Year 2016 Announced as Rose Quartz and Serenity 
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/pantone-color-of-the-year-2016-announced-as-rose-quartz-and-serenity/
- Published: 2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-15T05:46:03.000Z
- Description: The colour house reveals its most popular shades of 2016.
- Author: Maude Churchill
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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For their 2016 Color of the Year, Pantone have taken a decidedly softer approach. The color company has combined two tones for the first time as an antidote to the stresses of modern day culture, Rose Quartz (Pantone 13-1520), and Serenity (Pantone 15-5919).   
  
Consumers caught up in the frenetic pace of life seek wellbeing as a remedy to their hectic lives, and both shades are representative of that. As Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone executive director explains, "the two hues psychologically demonstrate an inherent balance between a warmer rose tone and a cooler tranquil blue which collectively fulfill our yearning for reassurance and security; offering a soothing sense of peace and order."  
  
The combination of both colours signals a change in attitudes towards gender representations, as industries like fashion witness an increasing blur between them. And this is indicative of a progression within wider society, as consumers become increasingly more comfortable with colour as a form of expression.  
  
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