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True Blue

Pantone’
s 2020 Color of the Year 
takes a step back to move forward.

LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
W

hat’
s lighter than navy and more 
muted than cobalt?
Classic Blue — aka Pantone’
s 
new Color of the Year 2020.
The Pantone Color Institute has provid-
ed color reports and forecasts since 1962 
(that year was painted Cerulean Blue). 
From its palate curation, interior designers, 
fashion designers, beauty companies — 
basically any business having to do with 

color — take their cue for products for the 
following year; in this case, ushering in a 
new decade. 
This year, Pantone’
s Executive Director 
Leatrice Eiseman describes its color as a 
“dependable and stable foundation to move 
forward to a new era. It brings calmness, 
confidence and connection. It is a timeless 
and enduring hue, elegant in its simplicity. 
“We are living in a time that requires 

trust and faith,
” Eiseman continues. “It 
is this kind of constancy and confidence 
that is expressed by Pantone Classic Blue, 
a solid and dependable blue hue we can 
always rely on.
”
Though the color may seem staid, even 
ubiquitous, Pantone packs a punch of 
emotion in its dissection of Classic Blue’
s 
range — and the color unites classic design 
genres from chinoiserie to Americana, says 

PHOTO BY BETH SINGER/COURTESY OF AMY MILLER WEINSTEIN

A client’
s den designed 
by Amy Miller Weinstein

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