Color in the New Era: Trends, Twists and Tweaks

Color and design trends for 2020 reveal a fascinating dichotomy as a new era brings in both novel and nostalgic approaches to color and design. A kaleidoscopic of colors twists into patterns or combinations that are authentic and real while other palettes appear somewhat surreal or out-of-the-ordinary.

PANTONEVIEW home + interiors 2020 guides us into this new era reinforcing the notion that muted and vibrant tones can co-exist, and that a traditional style, especially when tweaked with futuristic touches, offers an unusual and original approach to a product or an interior.

Format

• Notebook style wire bound book containing 8 individual trend themes, each unfolding to 35″ x 12″ in size
• Portable color card highlighting color direction by color family and material direction housed in slipcover attached to inside back cover
• Forecast imagery separated by palette and color family available on enclosed USB drive
• Includes a PANTONE Color Manager Software download

Color

• Overarching forecast theme
• 8 individual trend palettes supported by trend story, inspirational imagery, color harmonies and palette key words
• Each theme contains 6 trend pages displayed on 3-page fold out cards which unfold to 35″ width enabling more expansive viewing
• Topline look at key finishes, textures and pattern
• Written and visual overview highlights key color concepts
• Seasonal printed color card displays forecasted colors in chromatic arrangement and provides color overview by family
• CMYK values for each of the 72 forecasted colors
• PANTONE Color Manager Software
• Supporting visual imagery contained in each of the 8 key themes

Application

• Fold out trend card provide more expansive color viewing of each of the trend palettes
• Portable forecast color card provides versatility
• Each of the trend themes contain supporting color story, visual inspiration and key color guidance streamlining process for color planning
• Color palette harmonies showing color mixes and proportions facilitate product assortment planning
• Topline material, texture and pattern information highlights critical surface application and informs products for development
• Color direction by color family enables more informed color choices
• Chromatic presentation of forecasted colors showcases all forecasted colors for easy viewing
• Forecast displayed in PANTONE Colors facilitates color planning using the PANTONE Fashion, Home + Interior color language
• CMYK print values for each forecasted color enables color matching for print applications
• PANTONE Color Manger Software allows integration of all PANTONE Colors for digital design
• Supporting visual imagery makes it easy to create your own story board

An emphasis on self-care combined with our affinity for nature based hues clearly comes through in Tea Garden, an artfully tranquil story of grounded tones, nature infused health-giving hues and contentment featured in PANTONEVIEW home + interiors 2020. Deliciously subtle, this memorable and sincere palette is both pure and poetic.

— Laurie Pressman, Vice President, Pantone Color Institute

Tea Garden Color Palette

Highlighted in PANTONEVIEW Home + Interiors 2020.

All images courtesy of Pantone.