Pantone Introduces 175 New Colors to Fashion, Home, and Interiors System with Curated Palettes “Dualities” at New York Fashion Week
16 October 2024: Pantone LLC, the global authority on color and provider of professional color tools for designers has introduced its newest color collection, featuring 175 colors available across all of Pantone’s Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) products. For the first time in Pantone history, the new colors have been curated into two distinct palettes, collectively called Pantone FHI Dualities.
Introducing Pantone FHI Dualities
Presented as a duo of trend-forward palettes, 98 New Age Pastels and 77 Shadows, these colors provide designers with a versatile tool to articulate the nuances of our dynamic world, ensuring every creation tells a unique story.
The Shadows palette explores the fundamentals of color, celebrating the nuances that exist between black and white. These colors include tints and shades of grey, both warm and cool, soften the extremes, opening the door for creativity and new meaning. The trusted shades in the Shadows inspire a sense of new beginnings in a grounded way.
In contrast, the New Age Pastels palette features vibrant, lively pastels that push creative boundaries and color the future. Comprised of a collection of quiet but powerful light-filled hues, they conjure up an air of calm, tranquility, and otherworldliness. From clear and brighter tones of light infused yellows and oranges through to minty greens, soft and hazy tints of papaya with a gentle touch, sky blue, rose blush and faded lavender violets, the New Age Pastels are a sweet and airy shade range whose playful uplifting vibe and lighthearted manner will add a touch of magic to any design.
“We’re navigating a time of striking dualities, where the push for futuristic digital advancements meets a renewed quest for meaning and simplicity,” says Tannese Williams, head of Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors. “We’ve distilled these insights into these two curated palettes of Pantone FHI Dualities, empowering our design community to express the rich contrasts and nuances that define our lives today.”
Bringing Dualities to Life: Pantone x Janavi by Bibhu Mohapatra
Pantone has also collaborated with luxury cashmere brand Janavi and renowned designer Bibhu Mohapatra to debut exclusive shawls celebrating the Dualities palettes. This collaboration highlights the pivotal role the Pantone Color Matching System plays in guiding the process from initial inspiration through manufacturing.
“By combining Bibhu Mohapatra’s creative vision with Janavi’s deep understanding of color, material, the craft of cashmere and scalable design, we’re able to bring the Dualities palette to life in a way that demonstrates the range, utility and versatility of our new colors,” added Elley Cheng, President of Pantone. “At Pantone we are inspired by what and how designers create. We continue to explore new ways to support designers, manufacturers, and brands in turning their ideas into reality.”
Leaning into the inherent mysticism of the color palettes, the Pantone x Janavi shawls designed by Mohapatra will be featured at his runway show during New York Fashion Week on September 10th. The shawls will be first available in an exclusive, shoppable, in-store event at Bibhu Mohapatra’s flagship store in Tribeca, NYC on September 12th. Following the event, the shawls will be made available for purchase by the public at high end retail stores worldwide.
“Being the first designer to work with the Pantone Dualities palettes is an honor, and the result is a vibrant, cohesive collection that speaks to the power of precise, beautifully curated color,” added designer Bibhu Mohapatra. “Pantone’s mastery of color standards has empowered me to explore and express the full spectrum of my creative ideas, particularly in the design of these Pantone x Janavi shawls.”
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