2013 Official Color of the Year

[hollyxann]

The 2013 official color of the year is...........


http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/index.aspx


I'm not a fan of green....especially Emerald.


What do you think of the "official" color of the year?

[Darcy Baldwin]

I love green. I love emerald. That color isn't emerald. lol

[hollyxann]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

I love green. I love emerald. That color isn't emerald. lol

I agree. Emerald is a lot deeper green.

[marlathrall]

Ek. Not my favorite. lol.

[NeverendingJen]

I love the color, but so not emerald.

[kelley]

I don't mind it. But I think the whole color of the year thing is kinda silly

[krystalhartley]

I love green, but that's the oddest looking "emerald" i've seen...too blue.

[YepBrook]

That isn't emerald! That's 1960's carpet!

[Nettio]

Did you guys go to the Pantone website? They have a slideshow of images with the color used in "real life" here: http://www.pantone.com/pages/index.a...=21055&from=hp

I wasn't sold on it from the swatch but I like it a lot in the images, especially mixed with the blues and yellows. But then green is one of my favorite colors. Really I'm just glad to see it's not pink again, haha.

[KateD]

I agree, Lynnette, I like it a lot more in the images than in the swatch. Strange that they called it emerald.

I like these color of the year journals. It would be kinda neat to use those as yearly journals - just imagine how pretty that would be on a bookshelf
http://www.pantone.com/pages/product...pid=1266&ca=33
http://www.pantone.com/pages/product...pid=1270&ca=33

[kelley]

Yeah, the images in on the site is what made me like it too - there are lots of yummy images there.

[mummytothree]

Oh I love it!!! Love love love any shade of green!!!

[dana]

ooh - i like it i'm in a green phase now - haha. but, i'm not sure what color i think of when i hear emerald - but i like most greens that aren't too dark and muddy (e.g., i don't like forest green).

but i like all the images they have linked

[Paula]

I love green!!

[hollyxann]

I definitely like the real life use photos much better. Now I'm ok with the color.

[Tree City]

I don't mind the color, but like others have said that doesn't say "emerald" to me. Maybe Pantone needs to calibrate their monitors?

[origami]

I love the color green!

[jessica31876]

so much better then tangerine!! (2012's color). I like it a lot but agree that is too blue to be emerald

[YepBrook]

I like any green... I just think the name is off...

[lovely1m]

I loved tangerine. Bought a couple of shirts this year in it. Guess I will be buying some (actual) emerald shirts this year. I like emerald. Its a not a favorite, but I like it.

[pewtertm]

Green is my favorite color...but that color isn't emerald.

[solagratia]

not my favorite by a long shot, but it could be worse. could be puke brown, right?

[kristijoy]

Hmm...OK. ??

[rach3975]

Originally Posted by kelley

I don't mind it. But I think the whole color of the year thing is kinda silly

Yes, this. I didn't even know there was a color of the year. I could see picking one after the fact (ie, this was 2013's most popular color), but it seems silly to appoint a color to be the color of the year.

[color of my heart]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

I love green. I love emerald. That color isn't emerald. lol

lol. i agree. it's a pretty green, but it's not emerald.

[iScrap]

I love how it's called emerald, but the actual emerald shown is a completely different color than the Pantone color. lolol

I love all greens including this one. I, too, think the name is off.

[Nettio]

Originally Posted by rach3975

Yes, this. I didn't even know there was a color of the year. I could see picking one after the fact (ie, this was 2013's most popular color), but it seems silly to appoint a color to be the color of the year.

They do color forecasting several times a year. Emerald was part of the Spring 2013 forecast. I always feel like it's a chicken vs egg debate - is the color popular because they pick it or was it already going to be popular so they picked it?

[joelsgirl]

The swatch looks greenish bluish to me, but the photos aren't particularly "emerald" either. More like, well, just GREEN. What I think of when I hear the word green. I like it!

[wheeliegirl]

I love green!

[Jenn Barrette]

Green is my favoritest color That is not emerald...but I love it anyways.

[mrshobbes]

Originally Posted by YepBrook

That isn't emerald! That's 1960's carpet!

WORD. :/

[SmallMoments]

I <3 anything green.

[QuiltyMom]

I like green, but not that shade at all.

[Sherri Tierney]

I love green, but not sure how I feel about that particular shade.