Relaxing, elegant, but also a reassuring and solid color, a stable base from which to explore new horizons. It is Classic Blue, the Pantone color of the year, which can inspire us even in the kitchen!
Things to check atbeginning of the year: the horoscope, the calendar of holiday bridges, tax incentives, fashion trends, i food trend and the Pantone color. In fact, every year since 2000, the Pantone Institute – commercial division of the American company that invented the famous color classification – declares the "Color of the Year" which, for the following 365 days, will become a source of inspiration for stylists, interior designers, designers, but also for each of us.
2020: Classic Blue
If last year had been proclaimed on Living Coral, for the 2020 blue was chosen in its most classic shade. Classic Blue (code 19-4052 Pantone) is described as timeless and timeless, elegant in its simplicity. An honest color, easily recognizable, which offers a sense of protection.
According to the Pantone Institute, recalling the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of this stimulating color highlight our desire for one stable base from which to start as we prepare to cross the threshold of one new era. Not only that: impressing itself on our mind like a color relaxing, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue offers shelter and instills in the human soul a sense of peace and quiet. This color then allows us to refocus our thoughts by facilitating concentration and providing an excellent clarity. Gradient of blue that invites reflection, Classic Blue favors the resiliency.
How the color of the year is chosen
The color of the year is chosen by the experts after a careful evaluation and by trend analysis made in every corner of the Earth and taking cues from the influences that come from various areas (art, cinema, lifestyles, economics, social media, sports). "We live in an era that requires trust and hope," he explained Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. «Pantone Classic Blue is a shade we can always do on trust, conveys precisely this feeling of constancy and trust. With deep resonance, it forms a solid base to anchor. Boundless blue that recalls the vast and infinite evening sky, encourages us to look beyond the obvious to think more deeply and outside the box, broaden our horizons and encourage the flow of communication .
Classic Blue from the kitchen to the table
So let's see how to wear this color too in the kitchen and at the table for reassuring lunches, elegant dinners, traditional flavors, but also new flavors.
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