Results: Pantone Color of the Year 2015
Published on 01/01/2015
Every year since 1990, the Pantone Color Institute has nominated a Color of the Year, forecasting which specific hue designers and consumers will all supposedly be using, wearing, and buying for the following 12 months. Marsala is 2015's Color of the Year! Pantone calls this "A naturally robust and earthy wine red, Marsala enriches our minds, bodies and souls." Pantone is the world-renowned authority on color and provider of color systems and leading technology for the selection and accurate communication of color across a variety of industries.
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Are you interested in finding out the Color of the Year every year?
Yes, I look forward to it
17%
373 votes
No
42%
910 votes
I never knew there was one!
41%
898 votes
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New York magazine's The Cut called Marsala "icky." Others have compares it to dried blood, rust or meatloaf. What do you think? I love it!
17%
361 votes
It's ok
63%
1381 votes
I hate it
20%
439 votes
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Sephora and Pantone come out with a color collection featuring the color of the year, and other companies use this color to create home and clothing goods that will be in style this year. For example, Black and Decker already has a Marsala Coffee Maker out. Will you be on the look out for things featuring this years Color of the Year? Yes
16%
339 votes
No
56%
1231 votes
Undecided
28%
611 votes
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Pantone has a color-selection committee that travels to London, Paris and Milan, picking up cues on hues from fashion, the entertainment industry, art and popular culture. Would you be interested in working for Pantone to come up with the color of the year? Yes
27%
579 votes
No
73%
1602 votes
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Which of these have you had? Marsala wine-a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily
16%
345 votes
Chicken Marsala-an Italian American dish made from chicken cutlets, mushrooms, and Marsala wine
32%
691 votes
Pork Marsala-pork simmered in a Marsala and garlic sauce
8%
167 votes
Marsala Tiramisu
4%
93 votes
N/A
59%
1286 votes
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