Pantone Color of the Year 2020
Pantone recently announced their annual Color of the Year – Classic Blue.
![Image of the 2020 Color of the Year by Pantone: Classic Blue #19-4052, with outlines of two people standing in the distance, their reflections showing in water below.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Blog-Pantone-Color-of-The-Year-2020-Classic-Blue-580x392.jpg)
From their website, “Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.”
Because Classic Blue is, well, classic, I’ve worked with this dependable color multiple times. One of my favorite projects was for a retired couple in San Francisco who wanted to bring the colors of their favorite travel destination of Guatemala into their home.
![Close-up image of a bedroom, showing at the left, part of a bed with blue velvet headboard, white sheets, and blue pillow with multi-colored tassels, which echoes the multi-colored tassels on the blanket covering the bed. Above the headboard is a quilt made of many multi-colored and textured rectangles of fabric, sewn together. To the right, a light-colored bedside table with a single drawer hold two books underneath in an open space, and on top, a glass table lamp is topped by an off-white lampshade.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Pantone-Color-of-the-Year-2020-Classic-Blue-Bedroom-Closeup-580x870.jpg)
In the master bedroom, we used the client’s own material to create a statement piece above the bed. The headboard, bed and footboard is upholstered in Classic Blue velvet. The bed is draped in a custom-sewn blanket of Classic Blue with brightly-colored tassels, while atop the nightstands sit beautiful glass lamps. At the foot of the bed is a bench, also custom-upholstered in the client’s own material from Guatemala.
![Image of a bedroom with sliding glass doors to the far left, showing a bed with blue velvet headboard, white sheets, and a blue throw pillow with multi-colored tassels flanked by two off-white throw pillows, echoing the multi-colored tassels on the blanket covering the bed. Above the headboard is a quilt made of many multi-colored and textured rectangles of fabric, sewn together. To either side, light-colored bedside tables with a single drawer each hold books underneath in an open space, and on top, glass table lamps are topped by an off-white lampshade. At the foot of the bed, the patchwork quilt material is repeated as custom upholstered fabric.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Pantone-Color-of-the-Year-2020-Classic-Blue-Bedroom-580x387.jpg)
In the guest bedroom, extensive custom cabinetry in Classic Blue allows for dual use as a home office. The wall bed cabinetry color is echoed by Classic Blue filing and storage drawers.
![Three views of a guest bedroom/home office design. All three images show the space with a custom-made desk in classic blue and white, filing drawers also in blue and white, plus a computer & white chair facing two large windows. On the right is custom cabinetry with open shelving and more drawers. In the center of the right wall is a large blue custom cabinet that contains a wall-bed also known as a Murphy bed. The bottom image shows the bed partly coming down, while the center image shows a custom fold-down white desk that is hidden within the classic blue wall bed cabinetry when closed.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Pantone-Color-of-the-Year-2020-Classic-Blue-Custom-Cabinetry-Guest-BR-Home-Office-516x1024.jpg)
Design by Kimball Starr / Photos by Eric Rorer
I look forward to seeing all the ways Classic Blue will appear in 2020 interiors!
If you have a project you want to incorporate Pantone’s color of this year or any year, Kimball Starr can guide your color journey! Contact her today for a consultation.