PANTONE Colors of the Year Rose Quartz and Serenity

Your home should be a soothing, relaxing atmosphere, a place you can go when you want to decompress from the stresses of the day. Selecting a color scheme can seem overwhelming with all of the options available, but there are several color choices that make choosing a palette easy.

Enter PANTONE's Color of the Year: Rose Quartz and Serenity. The Pantone Color of the Year is selected based on the degree to which the color reflects the current mood and attitude felt in our society. Essentially, it is a symbolic representation of what we are seeing in the world around us.

A Year of First's

For the very first time, PANTONE has chosen two shades, Rose Quartz and Serenity, for the PANTONE Color of the Year 2016. Rose Quartz represents a gentle, warm tone reflective of compassion and composure, while Serenity embodies a cooler, relaxed weightlessness and is more consistent with connectivity and wellness. When combined, these shades manifest into a perfect balance of an embracing rose tone with one thats a soothing, tranquil blue, and, together, they symbolize our cultures ability to remain peaceful and kind during turbulent times.

The combination of colors also shed light on our cultures newfound openness to less traditional color associations, indicating an increased willingness to blur gender lines when using color in fashion and design.

How to Incorporate These Colors In Your Home

Create a more tranquil space for you and your loved ones by using PANTONE's Color of the Year in any area of your home. Here are a few ways to get started.

• Create a Serenity Room.
  Entering this tranquil space can instantly calm you and would be ideal for a bedroom or living area. Use these colors in a room that you want to have a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.
• Paint an Accent Wall.
  Choose either shade to create an accent wall in one or more areas of your home. The pop of color will add to your design and the coolness or warmness of the tone you choose will still help to create the peaceful atmosphere youve been looking for.
• Create a Unique Color-Pairing Wall Design.
  Use both Rose Quartz and Serenity in a single room or on a single wall to create whatever design inspires you most.

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