Pantone Color of the Year 2014: Radiant Orchid

It ’s here ! Pantone ’s Color of the Year for 2014 !

“ Radiant Orchid ” is a lively blur of pinky purple that liven up any room , outfit , or garden ! It ’s a chromaticity that would look cracking in a summer lip rouge , chicken feed vase or as a flower border . This color plays well in a casual or formal program .

While pinky / purpleness may not be for everyone , it can suffice as a focal color or a overnice accent mark to many other tad . Do you design to contain this color in your garden this outflow ? Or are you going to use it immediately now with a new throw pillow or shade of blush ?

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