The Pantone 2020 Color of the Year is… Classic Blue
The Pantone Color of the Year is a topic of note, not just for us here at Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix, but for all Budget Blinds franchises. When you are in the home improvement and design industry, knowing what color Pantone chooses to guide the year helps jumpstart a whole world of thought for designs in the coming year. This year they chose Classic Blue, and we have to say it’s a strong choice. Here is a bit more about the Color of the Year, the thoguht behind it, and how you can bring it to your home!
About the Color of the Year
For over two decades, the Pantone Color Institute has made this bold claim at the start of the new year, forecasting color trends and giving many industries including home furnishings (like us!) industrial design, packaging, graphic design, and fashion a guiding voice of color choice. The experts at Pantone go through an incredible process that, well, we don’t totally get but then again we’re not quite as graphic minded as they are. According to them,
“The Pantone Color of the Year selection process requires thoughtful consideration and trend analysis. To arrive at the selection each year, Pantone’s color experts at the Pantone Color Institute comb the world looking for new color influences. This can include the entertainment industry and films in production, traveling art collections and new artists, fashion, all areas of design, popular travel destinations, as well as new lifestyles, playstyles, and socio-economic conditions. Influences may also stem from new technologies, materials, textures, and effects that impact color, relevant social media platforms and even upcoming sporting events that capture worldwide attention.”
That’s pretty wild huh?
Why Classic Blue
Classic Blue, or more specifically PANTONE 19-4052, was chosen for the year as a timeless, trustworthy, and longstanding color. The world is in flux and people are looking for comfort, looking for reliability, and Classic Blue provides that feeling. It is an elegant, simple color that speaks to skies, peace, and gives a calming effect. All things that the Pantone Color Institute feel will be a part of, or sought after by the ‘global psyche’ for the coming year.
The Executive Director of the Institute, Leatrice Eiseman, put it this way,
“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue… A boundless blue evocative of the vast and infinite evening sky, Classic Blue encourages us to look beyond the obvious to expand our thinking…”
Hopefully this hue can instill that calm, reassurance and openness for connection it seems to aim for. Now, how can you bring that color of the year into your home?
Using Classic Blue
There are plenty of ways you can bring the peace of Classic Blue to your home. Like we suggested last year, you could use it as an accent color in rooms with pillows and blankets in that shade. You can paint your shutters in the Classic Blue to frame your windows with the Color of the Year. Drapes are another possibility worth mulling over, the darkness of the blue might leave something to be desired depending on personal tastes but it is a possibility as well.
Like the color itself, the options for brining Classic Blue into your home are vast and here at Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix, we’d love to help you find your style. Schedule a free in home consultation with us today and Ken will meet with you in no time to find the right window covers, in the right color, for you!
