Until PANTONE’s announcement of last year’s color of the year for 2010 — 15-5519 Turquoise — I had no idea how powerful this declaration would really be. Every magazine, blog and website was littered with turquoise, blue-green, teal and any shade bearing the slightest resemblance to turquoise.
PANTONE continues its fashion and home decor domination by declaring 2011′s color…
wait for it…
Energizing Honeysuckle lifts spirits and imparts confidence to meet life’s ongoing challenges.
A Color for All Seasons. Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day — with nothing “everyday” about it.
This reddish, pinkish, salmonish color will dominate the internerd for the next 12 months. Are you ready?
Within 20 minutes of this declaration on Thursday, my inbox was flooded with pink-colored gift ideas, roundups and submissions. It was like a Pepto-Bismol explosion in my inbox. That being said, I actually like this color but am afraid that PANTONE’s influence may flood the market so much so that I might get sick of it very quickly.
What do you think? Love it or hate it? Care or don’t care? Will you be using it in any of your projects?
Megan on 12.11.2010 at 15:21 PM
Love the color! But I agree, it could get very old very fast unfortunately! :(
marianne on 12.11.2010 at 15:44 PM
I’m of the opinion that Pantone needs to stop with this nonsense. it is too much.
FormFire Glassworks on 12.11.2010 at 16:31 PM
Although I’m not a huge pink fan, there are some shades of pink I do like. And this isn’t one of them. The salmony tone of Honeysuckle is way too Miami Vice for me, and seems just a tad off from a clear, appealing shade.
Susan Serra, CKD on 12.12.2010 at 02:44 AM
I do love the color. I saw it all over Paris in May in home furnishings and fashion and for that matter, in my Scandinavian design magazines I subscribe to. It would not come up in discussion with clients on my end, and if it does from the client, since I do kitchens, I’ll be the bad cop and caution that it could be a short lived tremd.
Yelda on 12.12.2010 at 03:16 AM
Nope, doesn’t work for me. Maybe a different shade, but this is way too pinkish for my taste.
Laur on 12.12.2010 at 08:25 AM
was better if PANTONE wouldve stuck with Turquoise for a second year.
raquelle on 12.12.2010 at 08:34 AM
hate it, my granny in palm beach already loves it, ugh, oh well
Jaime (post author) on 12.12.2010 at 12:23 PM
lol
Jenn on 12.12.2010 at 23:39 PM
I would have prefered if they had picked their Coral Rose (16-1349) a nice orange hue instead, as it transitions into menwear and home furnishing much better. I was planning to use honey suckle colour in my projects for spring as it one of the ten colours they forecasted for spring 2011, but it will not be the focus of my collection.
Masha on 12.13.2010 at 10:39 AM
Honestly, looks & sounds like cough medicine to me. And I don’t understand why Pantone should control my colour preferences…
Aether on 12.18.2010 at 02:37 AM
Pink Propaganda! I’m surprised. There is so much pink out there with the breast cancer pink ribbon campaign, whose pale bubblegum shade I quite like, so we don’t need another pink competing. Plus, this pink feels very early 90s to me. Not sure why, it’s just flat and cloggy, no matter how pretty the name. What color complements besides white?
Sarah Laufer on 01.04.2011 at 23:02 PM
I think this color is fabulous and will kill it particularly for men! In the teen market this color and her friends have have been huge and it makes sense for the pick since the eighties revivial may be be peaking (thank god). if you use it as a neutral there are infinite oppotunities; embrace it. this color is also very flattering for almost ANY complexion, fair, meduim, dark it will bring out the cheerfulness in every woman. I love it; I can just smell the honeysuckle but for the snow on the ground:)
Rana on 02.02.2011 at 00:53 AM
this color is also very flattering for almost ANY complexion
No, it is not. It makes those of us with yellow undertones look ill.
Ida on 02.23.2011 at 23:16 PM
in or out, who cares – colours taken from nature are just plain chemistry. I applaud the forecasters doing a spotlight on forgotten colours every now and then – its only an ugly trend when it gets over-used and badly-used – nothing wrong with the colour itself.