Pantone color of the year

Pantone’s Color of the Year: Viva Magenta!

Pantone announced their 2023 Color of the Year: Viva Magenta. Many companies use the color magenta in their branding. For example, T-Mobile uses magenta for its logo and branding. Fiverr uses magenta in its branding to represent creativity and innovation. Cosmopolitan, the iconic women’s magazine, uses magenta. Pinkberry, the frozen yogurt chain, uses a light version of magenta in its branding and store design. By the way, we’ve written about the Ten Best Colors of the Year 2023 before. Take a look!

Who or what is Pantone?

Pantone’s Color of the Year is a color trend prediction selected by Pantone, a company that specializes in color systems and technology. Read about Pantone’s Magentaverse in their excellent article, above. The color chosen as the Color of the Year is meant to reflect current cultural and design trends. Now that the year is about one-third over (can you believe it?), what do you think about magenta? Is it still on track to stay popular in 2023?

In garden design, adding a few spots of magenta flowers or plants can add some fun to your yard

Playful magenta

The Pantone Color of the Year for 2023 is Magenta, a vibrant and lively shade of pink. This color is said to reflect a sense of playfulness and optimism, as well as a desire for individuality and self-expression. Magenta is also associated with creativity, energy, and confidence. Personally, whenever I see magenta, I think of big, splashy flowers sorta like the wallpaper my bestie had when I was a kid.

For bold design, go with magenta

The color can be used to create bold and striking designs in fashion, home decor, and graphic design. Magenta is also a popular color in branding and advertising, as it helps to draw attention and make a statement. It’s uplifting and fun, too.

Magenta sparks creativity

Sometimes the color you choose can make all the difference. Magenta is a great color choice for those who want to express their individuality and creativity. It’s a color that can be used to create designs that are both fun and playful, as well as bold and expressive.

Pantone’s color of the year is not just for fashion, graphic design, or interiors but also for industries like automotive, consumer electronics, home appliances, and home furnishings. The color can be used in products, packaging and marketing materials to reflect current cultural and design trends.

Don’t be afraid to use magenta

If you want to get started, you could use small spots or dots of magenta in your design. For example, maybe outline a word or two with magenta. Or use it to dot your i’s! Because it does scream loudly if you use too much of it.

Adding cushions to a couch is a good way to start using the vibrant Magenta

Play with your colors and your branding

Overall, Magenta is a color that symbolizes a sense of optimism, playfulness, and creativity, and it is expected to be a popular color choice in various design fields in 2023. Tell us the ways you might use Magenta! Would you add a cushion to a couch, use a dollop in a printed design, or get all splashy with it? Let us know!

Fun with Living Coral: Pantone's Color of the Year 2019 — Fun with Living Coral: Pantone’s Color of the Year 2019

We simply adore Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2019. Have you seen it yet? It’s Living Coral! It’s fun and fresh and we love love love it!

How Do You Incorporate Pantone’s Color of the Year Into Your Home?

Good question! This color is quite strong, like a wonderful sunset, so you might want to begin with just pops of color. For instance, you could use some throw pillows, like these we found on Amazon or shadow boxes which include Living Coral. You could also use some neutrals, like a Chalkboard Gray to make the Living Coral pop even more. Grays can be tricky, though, so you may want to move carefully before painting your entire place gray.

interior design terracotta photo — Photo by DesignFolly.com

Walls in Living Coral

Before you paint an entire wall in Living Coral, you may want to see how it looks first. We love the traditional styling of the walls above, with the classic wood furniture and ornate mirrors.

coral pink color photo — Photo by La Citta Vita

Flowers

You may want to add a pop of color, and flowers are a perfect way to add this lively shade of pink without a full commitment. Take a look at the Peruvian lilies above.

orange abstract photo

Artwork in Living Coral

How about a piece of artwork that you can move around freely and change from time to time? A poster or piece of framed art can make all the difference, and modernize your home.

grapefruit counter photo — Photo by City Foodsters

How about a Drink in Living Coral?

There’s also the route of even less resistance, with an adult beverage in Living Color! This way, you can immediately get rid of the evidence if it turns out the color is not to your taste!

Candles in Coral

What about these wonderful some wonderful candles for a pop of color? Again, once burned down, the candles can quietly disappear if you don’t like them.

orange abstract photo

Other Ways to Jazz up Your Space: Window Film

Here are some other ways to add drama to your space–with decorative window film!

How Are You Using Color in Your Space?

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