Just what every Designer and Visual Merchandiser needs is this Portable Pantone Color Code Toolkit For Fieldwork. Match Pantone Colors, CMYK Colors, and even Metallics. Now your store and product branding can finally complement each other and present consistent image and branding any- and everywhere. FixturesCloseUp was tempted to walk off with this, but to…
If you thought crayons did not offer enough color, hue, and intensity, consider this wall-filling Crayola vs Pantone Color Palette reporting. See that there is a complex range and gradation of shades with enough subtle variation to satisfy the most demanding artistic eye. And consider the creative naming of hues from Goldenrod, to Asparagus, to…
The ultimate color source describes Pantone Ultra Violet 2018 Color of the Year as both provocative and thoughtful. While they say full of emotion, FixturesCloseUp might add full of energy. On the “thoughtful” side Pantone cites a history of spiritualness and mindfulness associated with the color. Read more about the Pantone Ultra Violet 2018 Color…
The color of the year is not just useful news for designers and merchandise manufacturers but shows up as the Short Hills Mall Presents Pantone Greenery. The well-heeled Mall at Short Hills uses the news as the basis for customer outreach. Yes, come to Short Hills for all the finest fashions in Greenery. You don’t want to look…
What better way to start the year than Greenery: Pantone Color Of The Year 2017 … a fresh new color from world-famous Pantone? Rather than hearing me wax poetic, please get details of this perky color from Pantone direcly via the backstory below. BACKSTORY: A refreshing and revitalizing shade, Greenery is symbolic of new beginnings. Greenery is…
So okay, maybe not VanHeusen® art directly, but a dramatic and trendy color choice by the store Visual Merchandising Staff to call attention to this normally traditional brand. I thought these compositions echoed 2015 Pantone Marsala in theme. But my color sense often requires side-by-side comparison and contemplation of the layered-sand-painting-like technique. CLICK the thumbnail for an…
An important milestone and predictor for the coming year. No, not economic growth projections, interest rate trends or the stock market update. Rather the announcement of Radiant Orchid PMS Color of 2014. Don’t get caught off-color or out-of-tune with the next what’s-next. Reminisce by clicking through the gallery below and revisiting Pantone® Emerald 2013, Tangerine Tango 2012,…
Pantone expands its domination of the color world with this Pantone Valspar Color Display Merchandising Alliance with world famous Valspar and introduction of the house paint color of 2013 … Pantone Emerald 17-5641. The new marketing vision for the former designer and printer color model is the megalomaniacal tag “Pantone Universe.” I’ve got to hand…
Signature colors plus a branded color-chit shape. Every “creative” intuits a Pantone Emerald Color of the Year branded item from a mile away. This year’s Emerald color in cosmetics is exclusively at Sephora. My interest, other than the model’s luscious eyes, was the use of the Pantone Chit and consistent Emerald color as logo, theme,…
Drink in this Colorful Pantone Dress Form Decoration. Starting out as a color matching system for analog commercial printing, Pantone has not fallen by the wayside in the rush to a digital age. The brand advises on trends, issues color forecasts, sponsors pop-up T-shirt stores, and becomes the basis for trendy women’s cosmetics. Here, Pantone…