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Pantone COTY Peach Fuzz

Feb 05, 2024 | Posted in Trends | Share

Drawn in peach color: A person blowing on a dandelion, with white text saying Embrace the Warmth, and in a small square, Color of the Year 2024 Pantone and underneath Peach Fuzz 13-1023.
Image courtesy Pantone

It’s here: One of my favorite January traditions, discovering the Pantone Color of the Year, and thinking about how I can utilize it in my 2024 work!

A panel with a slightly darker peach background and a sample of the new Pantone Color of the Year: Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz on the left side. On the right side is a quotation and photo of the speaker. The text reads: What is PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz? It captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It's a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul. Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute, says, "In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless."
Swatch and quote courtesy Pantone

Below are a few ways companies are responding:

On the floor, an area rug in creamy orange and a 3/4 circle of darker orange. Upon the rug sits a pink loveseat sofa with 3 throw pillows: A grey vertical stripe, a round solid orange, and a white faux fur. Next to the sofa is a white modern side table dressed with two books and a small plant. Next to the table are a wall-hung mirror and a fiddle plant. Above on the wall is a pink and green and maroon abstract artwork.
Photo courtesy Ruggable

Ruggable created custom Peach Fuzz designs that are simple, sweet, and pretty. They make me want to wiggle my bare toes on their rugs with a cocktail in hand.

On a light peach background stands a gold and black phone with peach and white and pink colorful striped shapes on the screen and 11:35 showing as the time. Next to it is another of the same phone, folded in half and standing upright, showing the camera lenses on the back which are now on the front as it stands folded. More of the gold edge is visible on the folded phone.
Photo courtesy Motorola

Motorola collabs with Pantone to unwrap what’s likely the first of many new phone designs we’ll see this year, but possibly the only one with a foldable concept.

3 square examples of the winning fabric designs from Spoonflower and Pantone. On the left, the Grand Prize Winner, "Large Peaches Branches with Leaves on Cream by Elana Amo." In the center, Runner Up, "Sunrise Crane Flight - Large 14 by Shelly Penko" featuring large white birds in front of pink clouds against a peach sky. On the right, Runner Up, "Rosy Pelicans by artypeaches" shows multiple large white and pink birds standing between pink plants and reddish pink textural dappled dirt.
Images courtesy Spoonflower

The fabric firm Spoonflower and Pantone together unveiled unique designs by three artists — each featuring florals, plants, or animals — with more planned, including a series of design challenges.

I can’t wait to use this warm, welcoming color in a project this year. Will it be yours?

Kimball Starr designs for trendy and timeless homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.

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