I'm sort of a color nerd.
One of my dream jobs, for instance--since I was about four--has been to name crayon colors. I used to come up with my own names for the crayons, convinced that Crayola wasn't getting the job done. For some reason or another, I was always particularly bothered by the in-between shades--the 'yellow-green' and the 'orange-red'... I felt sad for them, like they deserved to have special, original sort of names like the other crayons--like 'jazzberry jam' and 'mango tango' and 'screamin green'. Oh, and my other weird childhood obsession? Paint color swatches.
This is all to say that I find a strange, giddy sort of delight in colors, in the meanings and implications and associations we attach to them. I'm a huge, huge fan, then, of Pantone's color of the year series. They originally won me over by making cerulean the color of the millennium (see my love for the color here.) And I thought they'd never beat last year's turquoise choice--a pick that made me oh-so-happy because I have a turquoise room and a serious, ridiculous, out of control love for Tiffany blue. (But really, who doesn't?)
This year's choice, though--honeysuckle--might make me even happier. It's buoyant and joyful and lighthearted--everything I wish to be in the 2011 year.
What can I say? I'm just tickled pink.
1. honeysuckle photo: f.a. ecker 2. honeysuckle house photo: david 3. ring: simply riveting on etsy 4. throw pillow: joom on etsy 5. "sunshine day" print: samantha hahn.
P.S. Other Pantone color of the year posts to check out:
from a fashion angle on decor8.
an article from the Huffington Post.
an inspiration board on jubilee events.
some etsy finds from kyla roma.
an interior take on pineapple house.
and, of course, Sam's 2010 turquoise post :)
I'm curious: what's your take on Pantone's pick?
P.S. Other Pantone color of the year posts to check out:
from a fashion angle on decor8.
an article from the Huffington Post.
an inspiration board on jubilee events.
some etsy finds from kyla roma.
an interior take on pineapple house.
and, of course, Sam's 2010 turquoise post :)
I'm curious: what's your take on Pantone's pick?
14 comments:
you must have been an adorable four year old :)
what a gorgeous color! I think it's exactly what we need to brighten the down-in-the-dumps feeling a lot of society has been projecting lately.
love this colour :) nice and happy!
Love the pink! Almost pepto-pink, lol. ;)
xoxo,
e.
I like it in small hits - say one dining chair upholstered in it!
hello adorableness! so, so pretty! the world outside my office window right now is pretty gray, so this is such a day brightner:) happy monday!
Ohmygosh, how fun!! Laura, this is such an awesome post :) I'm a bit of a color nerd as well, so this post completely sings me to me. I'm now entirely tickled pink...and heading over to the sites you've linked! :)
Whew, this post really just made my Monday so happy! :)
Love that color! Wouldn't have known it was called 'Honeysuckle' though. The one thing I loved about crayons as a kid was on Sesame Street' once they showed how crayons were made. I don't remember all of it, but I loved seeing all the crayons all made and bright and shiny.
such a fun post!! and such a great color!
some other wonderful honey suckle things : sunburned cheeks & cosmopolitan cocktails. I think I will like this color of the year.
(and thanks for the link, friend.)
I love that your dream job was naming colors! That's just so stinkin' cute :)
i want....no....NEED...to live in that honeysuckle building. uh-may-zing!
i LOVE these images... so vibrant!
hi laura,
honeysuckle pink and white color theme will beautify my wedding this year : )
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