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Honeysuckle Chosen As Pantone 2011 Color

Each December, Pantone, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, chooses their color for the next year. The choice for 2009 was sunny Mimosa yellow and 2010 saw turquoise ascend to the throne. Turquoise seemed to be particularly popular showing up both in fashion and home decor.

Pantone announced PANTONE® 18-2120 Honeysuckle as the color of the year for 2011. Honeysuckle is a reddish pink. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute® says that "Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother color red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum." When worn by men and women the color imparts a healthy glow and it can add a bit of flair to interior spaces. Honeysuckle is one of the nearly 200 Pantone colors available from Dessy, a leading manufacturer of bridesmaid, social-occasion and flower-girl dresses. It is also available in paint and even one the Pantone Visa card. a=4

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Stay In Color At The Pantone Hotel

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Like a little color with your hotel room? Then perhaps there could be no better spot for you than the Pantone Hotel. The experts behind those annual color pronouncements have created the Pantone Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. The hotel was designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and Belgian architect Olivier Hannaert and each of the hotel's seven floors is given over to a different color palettes to complement guests' emotions with distinctive hues from tranquil blues to fiery reds. Guest rooms have white walls and bedding enlivened by saturated pops of vibrant color. Rooms feature photographic installations by Belgian photographer Victor Levy. There is meeting space as well as a rooftop terrace with a bar.

The hotel also offers selections from the Pantone Universe a line of colorful, design-inspired products that includes mugs inspired by the Pantone color chips. Pantone color consultants are also available by appointment for informal color consultations or to present educational seminars on color psychology and trends. Room rates start around 130 euros.

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Turquoise is Pantone's Color For 2010

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Filed under: Apparel

Last year color-defining company Pantone chose sunny Mimosa as the shade for 2009. Their choice for the color of 2010 is PANTONE® 15-5519 Turquoise, a tranquil blue-green hue that recalls tropical waters and clear skies. The choice marks another year of distinctly cheery hues, far less dramatic than 2008's moody blue iris or 2007's fiery chili pepper red. Pantone's color experts say that the turquoise color can be used as an accent both in clothing and in home decor to provide a calming and colorful touch. They are also pushing it as a wedding color, pointing out how well it offsets white. One trendsetter has already embraced turquoise, Michelle Obama wore a bright turquoise dress on December 2 while unveiling the White House holiday decorations.

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