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Pantone Colour of the year 2019 – Living Coral

Kitt Moss December 14, 2018 at 2:47 pm 0

We've dabbled with Greenery, gone intergalactic with Ultra-Violet, but what's next? We've been waiting for a while to see what's new for 2019 and we can now reveal Pantone's Colour of the Year 2019 is...

LIVING CORAL

"An animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge"

The experts at Pantone have chosen Living Coral for the 2019 colour of the year due to its presence in the natural world, but also across social media, which is having more of an impact on our day to day life. It represents the fusion of modern life, giving a vivid and engaging hue to use across art, design and social. With such a vibrant colour, how does this translate to interior design? The modern home is unlikely to be painted wall to wall in Living Coral. Instead, we will introduce it in our soft furnishings, accessories or in a few, well-considered areas. Pantone have created Living Coral colour palettes which allow you to be on trend, without going "changing rooms" and painting the house head to toe... Let's take a look at some subtle colour palettes for your modern home.

Sympatico

The first Living Coral colour palette we have is Sympatico. A subtle, complementary palette reflecting "a beautiful array of colours that humanize; fusing together a panoply of international sin tones". This is a really versatile colour combination to translate into our interiors due to the taupe base. You can play around with quantities of each colour to create very different looks, while still creating a harmonious interior which is easy on the eye.

Bring this look into your home with a striped wallpaper like this one from Cole and Son, which features metallic gold stripe with a subtle pop of coral. Pair with neutral furniture and natural textures to balance out the soft tones with harder textures.

Stylist's Top Tip: Stick to a luxe look for this colour palette to create a high end feel with minimal effort. Balance out your textures and introduce very subtle pops of Living Coral to stop your home feeling too twee. Velvet and walnut would be a great choice for this look.

Get the Look:

Harper Dining Chair in Shell Velvet

Curva Dining Table in Walnut

110/9044 Striped wallpaper, Cole and Sons

Under the Sea

For our second Living Coral colour palette, we're taking things a bit more literally. This vibrant 'Under the Sea' palette is a bright, eclectic mix of blues, yellows and pinks brings fun and style to your home. You can really play around with proportions; stick to a predominantly blue interior with coral and yellow accents. Alternatively, keep your walls and furniture neutral and mix all these colours together into your soft furnishings.

Stylist's Top Tip: This is a great colour palette for young families. Choose bold and clashing prints for a real eccentric style in vibrant colour combinations. Use this colour combo in your kitchen, but remember to keep your walls and furniture white, to avoid giving yourself a headache!

Get the Look:

Fern White Gloss Extending Dining Table

Finn Dining Chair in Mustard

Seafern Wallpaper, Cole and Sons

Focal Point

Finally, we come to Focal Point. A muted colour palette with greys, olive greens and a gentle touch of Living Coral. This would be a great colour palette for use in bedrooms and living rooms due to its calming feel. Soft textures lend themselves to this colour palette due to the earthy base tones. Velvets, leathers and woods would all work perfectly, making this colour palette suitable to your existing home interior. Update your walls with a lick of green paint and a botanical wallpaper for a trendy, modern style.

Introducing pops of metallics will also give this colour palette that little lift it needs to avoid becoming too sludgy. Coppers and Brass will work wonders by pulling out the tone in the coral and olive colours while adding that extra stylist's touch.

Stylist's Top Tip: Choose a wallpaper with a small pop of Living Coral. If you're feeling brave, create a focal wallpaper wall and select a colour from within this to paint you woodwork, leaving your walls white. This will make your home feel super considered while remaining a bit more subtle for future trend changes.

Get the Look:

Amalfi Velvet Bed in Peacock

Flo Table Lamps

Graham and Green Botanical Wallpaper

What do you think?

So, how do you feel about Living Coral? We'd love to know your thoughts and how you're introducing Pantone's 2019 Colour of the Year into your home. Tag us on Facebook and Instagram using #mydanetti and show off your killer style.

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Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2017 is…. Greenery

Jess Contomichalos December 15, 2016 at 4:28 pm 0

Every year, colour experts Pantone announce their Colour of the Year to gasps of excitement and applause in the fashion and interiors world. It’s a way of measuring your own ability to forecast trends if you have been thinking along the same lines, which can feel quite rewarding!

It’s a really exciting announcement and it is always interesting to find out the reason for it. Especially the psychology behind the chosen colour and how it’s come about. So, as the announcement day draws closer, here at Danetti we wait with anticipation to find out what the top colour experts at Pantone HQ have come up with for us this year. Greenery Fabric Swatch

Greenery

Last years duo combo of Serenity and Rose Quartz was very refreshing, highly sensitive and topical. A re-affirming of gender equality and how each colour blended into the other. It was a colour choice triumph! (for more info click here to read last year's post). So what did they have in store for us this year? Well, this years colour of the year is Greenery...and it didn’t initially draw quite the gasp last years did. There was even, dare I say, an air of disappointment.

But quite quickly Greenery has begun to grow on us. If you look at it properly it has a zingy, spring freshness that does evoke feelings of hope and new beginnings. Which is perhaps what we all need after a fairly turbulent year of politics etc. This is a fresh and zesty yellow green shade that literally smacks of Spring. It is a revitalising shade of green that makes you feel as if this colour Greenery is a symbol of nature. All the while reminding you of forests, grass, buds, botanical plants and breathing in fresh air. Colour of the year 2

So how do Pantone feel about the colour and what does it symbolise?

“We know what kind of world we are living in: one that is very stressful and very tense,“ said Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “This is the color of hopefulness, and of our connection to nature. It speaks to what we call the ‘re’ words: regenerate, refresh, revitalize, renew. Every spring we enter a new cycle and new shoots come from the ground. It is something life affirming to look forward to’. Well! When put like that, you realise that this colour is therapeutic and could be used to great effect in our homes. Creating a calming, tranquil environment away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. “There’s a Japanese concept called ‘forest bathing,’ which says that when you are feeling stressed, one of the best things to do is go walk in the forest,” Ms. Eiseman said. “But if you can’t do that, what can you do? Bring green into your environment. Put it on your body, or in your house or near your desk. That symbolic message is very important.” (I think I could definitely learn a thing or two about Greenery from Ms Eiseman….the colour is literally growing on me as I write). As a company immersed in the furniture industry and all aspects of design, we spend months researching and forecasting style and colour trends. Happily we did see the ‘green’ thing coming, but perhaps as a furniture company we were really swayed more towards the more flexible Forest Green.

‘In the last 12 months we’ve seen a move towards darker, more powdered colours featuring both blue and green quite heavily. All out green, in an interiors context, hasn’t always been that mainstream. Although this green is maybe more acidic than we were expecting, I think the message from Pantone is, as last year, perhaps the most relevant. You can interpret their ‘re’ words however you wish to bring a fresh approach to how you use colour. If you look at the colour pairings Pantone at you can see how versatile this colour can be. My favourite of all hues is ‘Tree Top’ from the ‘Transitions’ palette’

Sarah Inwood, Product Developer, Danetti Pantone put the colour out there to be a symbol. This year's colour of the year. But there is always a chart of other colours it sits well with. So we’ve chosen our favourite green products that would sit well with Greenery! Hopefully this will inspire you and show you how to use elements of green in your home and embrace this colour trend.