Pantone Colors for 2009

Wine Country: A palette of wine country colors with a natural earthy, rustic feel consisting of taupe, olive, grape vine greens, lavender grays and sky blue hues combined with lusty wine colors. This palette implies comfort, informal, hospitable, nonchalant settings.


Honesty - Designer Boutique Meets Flea Market Find, Revisits Shabby Chic: A palette which mixes designer boutique with shabby chic colors using reused or natural fibers with plant dyes. This palette consists of unbleached white, tender greens, clouded corals, toasty warm tans and cool grays punctuated by velvety red rose tones. This color palette implies uncontrived, open, familiar, unsullied, effectual, a lack of excess and natural fibers.


Discerning Tastes, Eclectic Mixes, Modernity Marries Tradition: A palette of colors which marries disconcerting taste with tradition equals an eclectic style mixed with tradition to which new finishes and textures emerge. This palette consists of classic crystal, antique white, caviar black, red mahogany, champagne beige, metallic silver and gold with warm purple orchid colors which add an exotic effect. The effect of this color palette is time-honored, tasteful mixes, quality, prestige and historically significant, restorations and sumptuous surfaces.


Reveries, Back In The Day: A palette that takes a nostalgic look at deco in old films creates a touch of whimsy, indulgence and glamorous. Many historically accurate colors are included in this palette as well as dusted mauves and mystic rose. New color combinations inspired by fashion forward color include flowering lilac, fragrant lavender, Irish blue, rosy mauve and vibrant purple. The effect of this palette is expectantly and dramatically juxtaposed against rich russet brown creates dreamy themes that are pleasurable, evocative, fascinating, alluring and reminiscent of times past.


Wanderings: A palette that takes you to exotic destinations and focuses on foreign intrigue with artifacts, crafts and artwork that spurs and retells tales of travels and journeys taken. This palette includes dusty tones of rose, Dijon-like yellow and deepened taupe mixed with mineral and Mediterranean blues and mystic grays; shades are embellished with rich gold and scarlet reds. The effect of this palette is captivating, dusty, murky and focuses on foreign intrigue, relics, ornamental and material wonders and woven flat cloth.


Solar Energy: A palette that captures the dynamic power of the sun yet also depicts rays of color that symbolizes fossil fuels includes a variation of mandarin and flame orange with radiating golds and green-based yellows which reinforce vitality. Mulled purplish blue, fuchsia red and electric blue add dimension, while ashy grey adds a calming neutral influence. This effect of this palette is resounding, vigorous and full of life, stamina, heat waves, produces power and heated surfaces.


Breathe Easy: A palette that allows everyday concerns to find a place to rest and relax and unwind and rewind. While everyone knows that cool tones evoke thoughts and provide a place to breath easy, this color palette includes clean clear blues found in cloudless skies over blue-green bodies of sparkling water. Pure bright whites and variations of blues including deep ocean and Provence blues, deep garden green, muted vegetable yellow-green and the introduction of blue-purple provides a more meditative mood. The effect of this color palette is serenity, stillness, flowing and liquid crystals.


Animate: A palette that is inspired by Japanese anime and brings life and activity. This palette of colors consists of clashing colors and brings new appreciation to vitality and creativity of unique color combinations. There are numerous possibilities for unlikely mixes which include ebullient reds, vibrant blues, mint; positioned net to light apricot and quiet green and deepened berry. The feeling this palette provokes is of diverse sensibilities, vital, enthusiastic, comedic, cunning, one of a kind.