Use it on a can of beans and Heinz will probably sue you, not Pantone. For a company that bases its whole product line on colours, it might seem odd to say that Pantone do not own or sell colours.

Each December, Pantone names a color of the year for the following year, and this is the 26th time that it has done so. To make their pick, experts at the Pantone Color Institute trawl through ...

Pantone's Color of the Year 2025. BRYAN GARDNER The warm brown shade will make its debut all around the world — from “New York and London, to Shanghai and Mumbai” — through special events ...

“With this year’s Pantone Color of the Year 2024, we see an increased focus on community and people across the world reframing how they want to live and evaluating what is important–that ...

Pantone expanded its range of pigments, and by 1968 it became the industry standard. Pressman credits the shrewd marketer in Herbert for turning Pantone into a widely accepted color system.

Then again, every year Pantone seems to really lean into the idea that color can set the emotional tone for a year. Like, the world is unceasingly dark and gloomy, so here’s a pastel to cheer ...