Debut of Two Trend-Forward Palettes
Pantone has introduced its newest color collection, featuring 175 colors available across all of Pantone’s Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) products. For the first time, the new colors have been curated into two distinct palettes, collectively called Pantone FHI Dualities. Presented as a duo of trend-forward palettes, 98 New Age Pastels and 77 Shadows, these colors provide designers with a tool to articulate the nuances of our dynamic world, ensuring every creation tells a unique story.
The Shadows palette explores the fundamentals of color, celebrating the nuances that exist between black and white. These colors include tints and shades of grey, both warm and cool, soften the extremes. The trusted shades in the Shadows inspire a sense of new beginnings in a grounded way. In contrast, the New Age Pastels palette features vibrant, lively pastels that push creative boundaries. Comprised of powerful light-filled hues, they conjure up and air of calm, tranquility and otherworldliness. From clear and brighter tones of light infused yellows through to minty greens, soft and hazy tints of papaya, sky blue, rose blush and faded lavender violets, the New Age Pastels are a sweet and airy shade range.
“We’re navigating a time of striking dualities, where the push for futuristic digital advancements meets a renewed quest for meaning and simplicity,” says Tannese Williams, head of Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors. “We’ve distilled these insights into these two curated palettes of Pantone FHI Dualities, empowering our design community to express the rich contrasts and nuances that define our lives today.”
The palettes are available across the complete Pantone Fashion Home and Interiors product line and available as a standalone extension for a limited time.
Pantone has also collaborated with luxury cashmere brand Janavi and renowned designer Bibhu Mohapatra to debut exclusive shawls celebrating the Dualities palettes. This collaboration highlights the role the Pantone Color Matching System plays in guiding the process from initial inspiration through manufacturing. “By combining Bibhu Mohapatra’s creative vision with Janavi’s deep understanding of color, material, the craft of cashmere and scalable design, we’re able to bring the Dualities palette to life in a way that demonstrates the range, utility and versatility of our new colors,” added Elley Cheng, President of Pantone. The Pantone x Janavi shawls designed by Mohapatra were featured at his runway show during New York Fashion Week.
