The 2012 Pantone color has been declared. Please join us in
welcoming “Tangerine Tango.” Yes, folks, it’s a reddish-shade of orange. ORANGE. I love orange. I
blame my Kewanee High School roots on that one. Orange and Black, baby.
You get conditioned to it.
I’m liking this. This means that soon you’ll be seeing
everything from clothing to toasters in Tangerine Tango. Pantone is a fashion
color trend company. They look into
their crystal balls and figure out what is going to be the ‘big’ color of the
next year. They actually come up with a whole palette. Tangerine Tango is
joined by the yellow-orange “Solar Power,” dark-lavender “Bellflower,” deep
blue “Sodalite,” fushia-like “Cabaret,” light sage green “Margarita,” light
pink “Sweet Lilac,” aqua-like “Cockatoo,” dark brown “Driftwood,” and tan
“Starfish” (even though the first image in my mind of a starfish, it’s the
color of Tangerine Tango). Designers
around the world will look at these colors and start to produce all kinds of
merchandise out of them. People will see
these as the must-have colors for items. You’ll wear them on shirts. You’ll
shop for college dorm supplies and cheap-plastic housewares in them. You’ll buy
drapes in them.
I’m digging Tangerine Tango. I like it better than last
year’s “Honeysuckle Pink.” I already work in Tangerine Tango. So remember: This
year, I’m not following the trend…the trend caught up to me! Oh yeah!
:) Love it, mmbone
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