26 Comments

It's a really pretty colour - calming. So hopefully the year to come will be a bit more relaxing than the year I've had this year.
Luke Jones
2010-12-09 10:07:42

Its always nice to showcase a really nice pastel color, love the shade of pink
Jon Woodcock
2010-12-09 10:12:50

Am I missing a trick? Isn't this marketing dressed up as faux colour psychology?
Craig Burston
2010-12-09 10:22:20

If this doesn't change the world then I don't know what will.
Rob
2010-12-09 10:51:25

Musk then. Not quit e liver.
Like it.
Greg
2010-12-09 10:55:03

Not too sure the Tea Party would approve of pink. For one, its clearly gay and in turn, an attack on Jesus.

Joking aside, I would say its an apt colour as there's a few budget-angled brands who use a similar pink – it kinda says, 'cheap' to me in the consumer context.
James Nelson
2010-12-09 13:25:19

I thought Honeysuckle was white or yellow? I've never seen pink ones.
Oranges
2010-12-09 13:32:17

I would call it "Sweet Sixteen" or "Blush"

@charmedchickJG
jennifer gibson
2010-12-09 13:51:21

its a funky colour :) i like it. Although, I think a notch or two down the shade scale, to a more pastel colour would be something I might use.
Angela Jamieson
2010-12-09 15:23:53

Yay! I just painted one wall of my room with this color =)
Martha Ivette
2010-12-09 16:42:41

Hilarious!!! How can I get that person's job at Pantone?
RandY Willoughby
2010-12-09 17:46:14

Literally the same thoughts I had about the political climate and the opposite of turquoise. It's awfully girly though.
Linda Davis
2010-12-09 19:41:48

Love it.
I will be featuring it on my web site in the next few days.
Mark Smith
2010-12-09 20:33:55

Pretty sure the Panton color in the title is switched on the swatch...
Title of post = 18-2021
Swatch = 18-2120
Post = Advertising, design and visual culture fail.
Ryan
2010-12-09 23:23:27

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john
2010-12-10 09:23:00

@ Ryan

Thanks for pointing out the typo in the headline - corrected now.
Pretty sure it's Pantone not Panton though. Comment = spelling fail ?
 PatrickBurgoyne
2010-12-10 10:20:52

That's the colour of the old british empire.

And it's pink. Pink I say.

_____

Forget it. I'm not buying it.
da bishop
2010-12-10 13:26:36

Craig Burston wrote

Yes it is. Colour of the year indeed. What total and utter tosh!
Michael Preston
2010-12-10 13:51:24

And Connotations of the colour pink anyone.
I cannnot see me needing this one this year........we will see.
Sollo 1
2010-12-10 14:04:31

Soz. It won't make my palette in 2011 - Far to gay.
Neil
2010-12-10 16:29:42

I made an animated gif out of it :)
http://www.bessworks.com/blog/?p=2154
Bess
2010-12-10 20:14:08

I think that a much more salmon pink is going to be the new it-colour rather than this soft pink.
Steve Weir
2010-12-13 09:28:22

I've tried to use a similar colour for a 'Northern company' logo, but I was told it's mmm too gay for us northerners!
Gary Millard
2010-12-13 10:52:20

Yawn.
Jenny
2010-12-14 05:47:04

I like it... it's a basic 'pink' so I can see how some say it is girly - but you just examine its complement colors if you want to create a viable piece or logo with it- I will be examining that soon for my company. It's a nice little bit of brightness that isn't as manic as mimosa but not as dulled as the teal. We're on the up & up!
read more
2010-12-15 19:34:00

Was the 'Marketing Director' at Pantone sectioned and placed in a calming pink environment. If not, why not?
Curator
2010-12-20 05:59:50

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