Showing posts with label serenity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label serenity. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2016

Pantone Persuasion

When Pantone announced its color(s) of the year for 2016, I'll admit I had a moment of "huh?"

Soft pink and baby blue? I was not thrilled (as though the folks at the Pantone Institute had been holding their collective breath until I decided whether or not I approve).  Then I read this:

Lee_Eisemann Pantone Color of the Year 2016 ROSE QUARTZ & SERENITY

"Huh" turned into "Hmm.."  So the other day, while excavating the piles of beads in the workroom poking around in my bead stash, I found some lovely Czech lentils in rose quartz, and decided to play with them. A tube of Serenity colored seed beads, some soft pink druks, and a while later, this turned out.


 The colors are tricky for me, or at least my photographic skills, to capture perfectly.


Here's a close up, showing a little more detail of the flat spiral.


These aren't going to be my primary go-to hues, I don't think. But they're nice and calm and spring-like, and who can't use as much warmth and calm as we can find?

And how about you? What do you think of Pantone's choice this year?