Every year, Pantone selects a certain color as “Color of the Year.” However, for the year of 2021, Pantone decided to select two colors with this title: PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating. Both these colors represent the events that occurred in 2021, including the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as the George Floyd & Black Lives Matter protests that impacted our nation.
According to the executive director of TIME Leatrice Eiseman, “Ultimate Gray and Illuminating’s sunny yellow each serve a specific purpose. Each of them has their own emotional aspect, the gray being the one that’s more supportive and solid, the practical foundation that we need, and the yellow is about hopefulness and sunshine and good cheer.” The 2021 colors are supposed to be indicative and represent the year 2021 with optimistic possibilities – the hope of the world to open up again.
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