Pantone Reveals Color of the Year 2020: Pantone® 19-4052 Classic Blue
Pantone, the worldwide color authority, announced the color of the Year for 2020 as ‘Classic Blue.’ Classic Blue, defined as a relaxing posture that makes you feel calm, trust and intimacy, promises simplicity.
Pantone, which announced Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue, as the Pantone® Color of the Year for 2020, and represented by Odak Kimya in Turkey, draws attention of timeless and enduring hue elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation from which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.
Constancy and Confidence
“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on,” said Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Imbued with a deep resonance, Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue provides an anchoring foundation. A boundless blue evocative of the vast and infinite evening sky, Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue encourages us to look beyond the obvious to expand our thinking; challenging us to think more deeply, increase our perspective and open the flow of communication.”
Classic Blue in Fashion
Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue is a poised and self-assured blue hue elegant in its simplicity. Genderless in outlook and seasonless in endurance, this foundational anchor shade enables color mixes throughout the spectrum, as well as making a strong statement on its own. Emblematic of heritage but at the same time highly contemporary, versatile Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue takes on distinct appearances through application to different materials, finishes and textures from shimmering metallics, lustrous sheens and high-tech materials to hand crafted looks and more fragile fabrics.
Classic Blue in Home Décor
Offering the promise of protection Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue is a pervasive favorite for home. Creating a stable foundation from which to build, Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue injects creative confidence into interiors, transforming a space through unique color combinations and tonal statements. Easily applied across so many different materials, textures and finishes, Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue is a dependable blue that can take you in different directions expressing tradition and elegance as well as unexpected boldness.
