Pantone Reveals Color of the Year for 2013: PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald

CARLSTADT, N.J. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green, as the Color of the Year for 2013.

PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald (Photo: Business Wire)

The 2012 Color of the Year, PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, a spirited, reddish orange, provided the energy boost we needed to recharge and move forward. Emerald, a vivid, verdant green, enhances our sense of well-being further by inspiring insight, as well as promoting balance and harmony.

Most often associated with brilliant, precious gemstones, the perception of Emerald is sophisticated and luxurious. Since antiquity, this luminous, magnificent hue has been the color of beauty and new life in many cultures and religions. It's also the color of growth, renewal and prosperity - no other color conveys regeneration more than green. For centuries, many countries have chosen green to represent healing and unity.