As we bid adieu to 2020, the Pantone institute have picked two Pantone colors of the year 2021 – a dependable grey and the complementary Illuminating which can only be described as a sunshine yellow color. Previous Pantone colors of the year have been living coral and classic blue. You can go all in on sunshine yellow or use it sparingly like with yellow seating or a sweet yellow and grey nursery.
Pantone doesn’t make their Pantone colors of the year 2021 choices in a vacuum. This mid-tone gray and vibrant light yellow have been appearing on the fashion runways and other indicators.
Prada and Balmain on the runway with their sunshine yellow and gray clothes.
Presumably after the dumpster fire that has been 2020, Pantone wants us to look forward with hope and positivity. Let’s face it sunshine yellow positively oozes joy. But since none of us are quite Pollyana, hence the tamping down of sunshine yellow with the solidity of ultimate gray.
What can we say about ultimate gray? Not much. It’s a solid middle of the road gray. Reminds me of Joe Biden. Doesn’t fill me with joy but not with dread either. Good solid Joe.
Pantone Colors of the Year 2021
Victorian tiles in the Pantone colors of the year 2021 a jazzy sunshine yellow and dependable grey (Image credit: Original Style)
Pantone colour of the year 2021: Illuminating
Let’s move onto sunshine yellow shall we? When you are ready to go full on yellow with paint color and accessories.
Harbor Yellow is a bright sunshine yellow (Image credit: Benjamin Moore UK)
Sunshine Yellow Accessories
We hear you. Yellow everything is a BIG commitment if you are an introvert or a lover of neutrals. Let’s take baby steps towards such a bright color.
New Wool Blanket in sunshine yellow turquoise and grey (Image credit: Heating & Plumbing London)
Pantone colors of the year 2021, yellow and gray are complementary colors that work well together (Image credit: Annabel James)
For when you aren’t ready for a sunshine yellow commitment, use it in small dose in accessories (Image credit: Sofology)
Yellow Seating
Update your midcentury modern furniture with some yellow seating.
Yellow seating accent chair with grey accesories
(Image credit: Atkin and Thyme)
sunshine yellow seating in a two seater sofa (Image credit: Snug Sofa)
Yellow and Grey Nursery
For a gender neutral color scheme, isn’t a yellow and grey nursery the sweetest?
How sweet is this sunshine yellow and grey nursery? (Image credit: KoKo Kids)
A yellow and grey color scheme works well with Scandinavian style interiors (Image credit: Norsu Interiors)
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Like the yellow and grey aesthetic? They are the Pantone colors of the year for 2021. This Pantone color palette is versatile and complementary? How will you work the Pantone 2021 color trends? The yellow and gray aesthetic shares the Pantone 2021 color of the year desgination. The cheer of sunshine yellow tamped down by the solidity of medium grey. Check out how great a yellow and grey bedroom, yellow and grey living room, or a yellow and grey nursery can look with these Pantone color combos.
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