Tango Tangerine: 2012

Those of us in the design industry are very familiar with Pantone.  The company was founded in 1963 by Lawrence Herbert.  It is a company that makes accurate color samples and swatches that are used by fashion designers, graphic designers, paint companies, and interior designers/ architects.

Tango Tangerine is the color of 2012 as selected by Pantone.  You may not find this too interesting but you will see this color everywhere this year.  It may be in a blouse, a dress, a lamp, or an advertisement.  For the adventuresome it will end up on the walls of a room.

It may be interpreted in coral, orangy red, or many other shades.  It will not so quietly begin to appear on items in big box stores such as Target, Pier I, and Walmart.  This is not a new phenomenon.  In 2011 the chosen color was Honeysuckle

Now I don't know about you but as a Southern girl I would have assumed that Honeysuckle was some shade of yellow.  How many of us saw this color "popping up" everywhere last year.  Maybe it was on an invitation.  Perhaps at a wedding.  Touches of it were everywhere as you see even on cookbooks.

Sometimes these chosen colors fade quickly and sometimes they linger.  2010's Turquoise is a good example.  As you can see turquoise is still hanging out with baby sister Tangerine Tango. 

This elegant timeless room designed by Arkansas' own Tobey Fairly is an example of how Pantone colors such as the Turquoise of 2010 can have staying power.

This is another well designed room that illustrates the lasting power of some of the Pantone choices.

This use of Tango Tangerine is shown with timeless antiques.  We will have to wait and see as to whether Tango Tangerine has the staying power of some of the past Pantone colors.  Watch touches of the color appear in fashion, home design and graphic design.  Time will tell.