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Add a fiery touch to your home with Tangerine Tango, Pantone’s Color of the Year

Call it tangerine, persimmon or just plain reddish-orange. Whatever you call it, Pantone’s Tangerine Tango is a color that’s filled with energy and warmth. And it’s the Color of the Year for 2012. Pantone is the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries. Its Tangerine Tango is a color that can provide the energy needed to recharge and move forward. “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.” Over the past several years, orange has grown in popularity and acceptance among designers and consumers…

Honeysuckle named color of year for 2011

Pantone LLC, a global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, has announced honeysuckle – a vibrant, energetic reddish-pink hue – as the color of the year for 2011. Add a lively flair to interior decor with Honeysuckle patterned pillows, bedspreads, small appliances and tabletop accessories. “In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute(R). “In fact, this color, not the sweet fragrance of the flower blossoms for which it was named, is what attracts hummingbirds to nectar.” According to Paint & Decorating Retailer magazine’s 41st annual color forecast, home fashion in 2011 will exhibit a kaleidoscope of colors. The magazine lists these emerging colors: Blues – all shades, including blue-greens, gray casts, marine blues and light, airy…