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‘Tangerine Tango' is Pantone's 2012 color of the year

Casual Living Staff -- Casual Living, 12/9/2011 10:19:10 AM

Pantone LLC announced PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, a "vivacious, enticing hue," is its color of the year for 2012.

Tangerine Tango, 2012 Pantone Color of the Year Tangerine Tango"Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it," said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. "Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy."

To arrive at the selection, Pantone quite considered global color influences from areas including the entertainment industry and films that are in production, traveling art collections, new artists, popular travel destinations and other socio-economic conditions. Influences may also stem from technology, availability of new textures and effects that impact color, and even upcoming sports events that capture worldwide attention, according to a company release.

Past colors include:

+ PANTONE 18-2120 Honeysuckle (2011)
+ PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise (2010)
+ PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa (2009)
+ PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris (2008)
+ PANTONE 19-1557 Chili Pepper (2007)
+ PANTONE 13-1106 Sand Dollar (2006)
+ PANTONE 15-5217 Blue Turquoise (2005)
+ PANTONE 17-1456 Tigerlily (2004)
+ PANTONE 14-4811 Aqua Sky (2003)
+ PANTONE 19-1664 True Red (2002)
+ PANTONE 17-2031 Fuchsia Rose (2001)
+ PANTONE 15-4020 Cerulean (2000)

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