Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Summer is almost here, and the 2019 Pantone Color of the Year will add a pop of sunshiny color to virtually every summer ...

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” These brilliant words by Mark Twain kicked off a Pantone color seminar at Atlanta Market in January. We were off to a good start!

People are passionate about the Pantone Institute’s recently announced color of the year: Living coral. Some absolutely l-o-v-e the saturated orangey base with a golden undertone. Others despise it.

As December draws its darkest hours ever longer, inching moment by moment toward the shortest day of the year — in the northern hemisphere, at least — the Pantone Color Institute is striking a defiant ...