2017's Pantone "Color of the Year"

I'm always excited to hear about "next year's Color of the Year".  Not that I do anything with the information. 2016's was Merlot and I didn't buy anything Merlot-colored until last week (a stylish, VERY warm sweater). Usually, around the time I give in to a fad, it's over.

2017's Color of the Year is....get ready for it...Greenery.  Hmmm?? You heard right.  Not Green. Greenery. 

Well, that's a color I can get on board with right away! My breakfast room table is the most vibrant green shade of paint I could find. If I were to subdivide my paintings (on my website) into color categories, my Green category would cause the other categories to tumble into Charleston harbor.

My walls are Diamond Blue (Glidden, I think), and that green was a bold choice about 3 years ago.  I'm finally in style!
Happy holidays!

And lest you are wondering exactly what constitutes greens, check out Legion Paper company's announcement where they take all kinds of liberties with greens.

http://www.legionpaper.com/blog/2016/12/8/pantone-chooses-the-color-of-the-year-for-2017.html

p.s.  I'm thinking about my students that recently took my "Mixing Greens, Easily & Successfully" workshop...you're now a step ahead, right!

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2016's Color of the Year

Every year, PANTONE comes out with a Color of the Year, and off go the fashion designers and interior decorators, doing their thing!  

This year, it seems Pantone chose Rose Quartz.  Baby Pink?/  Hmmm.  And what do we think of that yellow below?  How many of us can pull that one off?  And what's with having 2 colors so close to each other in hue?  (Peach Echo and Fiesta).  Can I please swap out a purple for one of those??

Anyway, I'll definitely keep this in front of me as I paint (although art is probably a year or more behind fashion changes).  Many of these shades are already on my typical palette, so no worries there.  Are you sad that some of your favorites aren't on there?  I really don't think I'm willing to give up my grey-greens.  (OK.  I'm done complaining now.  Thank you for listening.)

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