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Multi-colored floral wallpaper with brass birds

How to Cope with Ultraviolet, Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2018

Annie Elliott | December 9, 2017

You know how sometimes you don’t like a song the first time you hear it, but after every radio station plays it twice an hour for three weeks, you end up humming along because it simply wears you down? Well, unfortunately, that’s not going to happen with Ultraviolet and me. No amount of exposure is …

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Bossy color’s 2015 color of the year: BRIGHT NAVY

Annie Elliott | December 31, 2014

Happy New Year, Gentle Readers! I’m going to begin 2015 with a declaration: BOSSY COLOR’S COLOR OF THE YEAR FOR 2015 IS BRIGHT NAVY. I don’t usually have a color of the year, but this year is different. It’s been several weeks since the announcement that “Marsala,” (18-1438, for those keeping track) is Pantone’s color of the year for …

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Pantone's color of the year 2015 in action

Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015: Marsala

Annie Elliott | December 8, 2014

We’re in for a rough year, Gentle Readers. By now you’ve heard the news that Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015 is 18-1438 Marsala. Yes. That Marsala. Jura Koncius at The Washington Post broke the news to me, and my reaction was less than positive. I sat with the news for a few days. And …

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