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TexasTowelie

(118,028 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2019, 05:06 AM Dec 2019

Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) — In these uneasy times, as we move along to a new decade, the Pantone Color Institute has reached back in time to calming, confident Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020.

The color is an anchor offering stability, constancy and connection, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the global purveyors of color consulting, trendspotting and analysis.

“It’s a reassuring presence,” she told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday’s reveal.

Akin to maritime blue — not indigo and brighter than navy — Classic Blue evokes a feeling of vast expanse, Pressman said of the shade also known as Pantone 19-4052.

Read more: https://www.news-journal.com/ap/national/classic-blue-is-pantone-color-institute-s-color-of-the/article_bb31ae52-3fd2-535f-9877-db2033121729.html
(Longview News-Journal)

I can support this selection as a Democrat.

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Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP

Lol, supporting it as a Dem, love it. 2020 Blue. JudyM Dec 2019 #1

This is a really important stuff--the real big deal, isn't it? TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #2

Red is never a reassuring presence JudyM Dec 2019 #3

JudyM

(29,537 posts)

1. Lol, supporting it as a Dem, love it. 2020 Blue.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2019, 01:18 AM

Dec 2019

GO BLUE!

TexasTowelie

(118,028 posts)

2. This is a really important stuff--the real big deal, isn't it?

Reply to JudyM (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 6, 2019, 01:38 AM

Dec 2019

I wonder if Pantone will ever name one of their swatches Repuke Red?

JudyM

(29,537 posts)

3. Red is never a reassuring presence

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:58 AM

Dec 2019

The color is an anchor offering stability, constancy and connection, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the global purveyors of color consulting, trendspotting and analysis.

“It’s a reassuring presence,” she told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday’s reveal.

This choice and statement has got to be intentional/double entendre.

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