Color is one of the most expressive forms of non-verbal communication. Nature utilizes color for attracting mates, warnings, pure beauty, and many more. As humanity, color helps us stand out from one another or it can unify us across many physical and non-physical barriers.
At Pantone, they provide “a universal language of color” that helps millions of designers, producers, and many more professions around the world by standardizing the world of color. By doing this, Pantone helps define, communicate, and control colors for all those who need them from the exact moment of inspiration to realization.
For 20 years now, Pantone has released the Pantone Color of the Year, which has led the way across multiple industries for development, branding, design, and purchasing decisions.
Pantone’s color of the Year 2019: Living Coral
For 2019, Pantone’s color Living Coral has taken the top spot. This color selection comes from a lengthy evaluation process that can draw influences from any industry, artists, lifestyles, travel destinations, world sporting events, textures, technologies, and so many more.
The reason for selecting Living Coral, Pantone states that the “humanizing and heartening qualities” displayed in Living Coral help satisfy consumers’ craving for human interaction and social connection.
Enough about how and why the color was picked, now we’ll help you add this powerful, familiar natural color into the outdoor space of your home. Whether you wish to be subtle or bold, adding Patone’s Living Coral to your patio can truly revitalize and reinvent the entire space. Try these tips to help revamp just in time for spring and summer!
Decorating Your Outdoor Space With Pantone’s Living Coral color
- Accent Pieces
Perhaps the most effortless way to incorporate this energizing color is to add an accent piece or two. This can be anything from a coral cushion to pots and planters. This route is for those looking to subtly add this striking color to their décor without going overboard or if their color scheme can’t handle too much coral.
Try finding a coral colored wall décor piece to fill the empty space on the facade or cushion set for your patio furniture; both are excellent ways to provide use and design. Even coral-patterned pillows for a daybed or a coral-colored chair could be just what you’ve been missing. The options may be overwhelming, but these small additions really allow you to express your creativity in subtle ways.
- Living Coral Walls
Go bold and paint that odd wall that isn’t the focal point of the space, but once painted, it can really open up your space and bring a bright new style to your backyard. Sure, painting a whole wall coral may seem like a bit much, but energizing and familiar aspects of Living Coral shade can truly bring your patio space to life.
- Coral Outdoor Rugs
Practical and stylish, outdoor rugs are the perfect way to build in any color that your heart desires. While not a true focal point of the design due to being on the floor, coral rugs can garner the right amount of attention and compliment an entire design scheme. A rug with a good amount of coral in it can do your backyard space the justice it deserves.
Whatever you decide, bold or subtle, if you incorporate coral in three separate pieces (the magic design number), just remember the 50-150 rule. One piece should be 50% lighter and one piece should be 150% darker than the original shade, to capture the whole spectrum and tie everything together.
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