The Pantone Color Institute has named the color of the year for 2020.
Classic Blue - the color of jeans, blueberries and the sky at dusk - has been named the main color of the upcoming 2020 according to the American research center Pantone Color Institute. According to the published report, "classic blue" was recognized by experts as calming and timeless.
“Elegant in its simplicity…Perceived by us as the color of tranquility, Pantone 19-4052 conveys a sense of peace and tranquility to the human soul,” commented the researchers. According to Pantone CEO Leatrice Eisman, the infinite blue reminds a person of "a huge and endless sky" and encourages "to go beyond the ordinary."
As the Pantone report notes, Classic Blue can be "comforting and energizing at the same time, a color meant to serve as a balm in a time of global uncertainty."
The Pantone Institute has been producing reports on the main color of the year for nineteen years, using annual statistical data from around the world for analysis. During the existence forecast "Color of the Year" has become a kind of international reference book and guide to the most popular flowers of the next year. The institute itself also acts as a consulting center, whose services are used by manufacturing companies around the world. Pantone's Color of the Year 2019 is Living Coral, an orange shade.
