Pantone has picked its color of the year. Ready to use it in your next benefit auction?
Here’s a bit of froth and fun for my first blog post of 2011.
If you’re evaluating some trendy benefit auction themes or centerpiece ideas, here’s the color to use.
PANTONE® 18-2120 Honeysuckle: the official color of 2011
Until stumbling across this last week, I had no idea there was a color of the year. (Naive of me.)
In addition to paint, the perky shade has already been rolled into Visa cards and wedding dresses.
Pantone says that the vibrant color of honeysuckle “lifts the spirits and imparts confidence to meet life’s ongoing challenges.”
(Which is exactly how I’d describe it, too. ;))
Some gala centerpieces incorporated in the honeysuckle color.
So you know, Pantone is a company that provides a standardized color reproduction system based on four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This system allows different manufacturers in varying locations to produce the same color on fabric, paint, plastics, and so forth without having direct contact with one another. Referring to a color by its Pantone number eliminates confusion.
It’s an intense color.
If you want to use it in your gala’s theme, here are some ideas.
How about washing your gala in a bath of honeysuckle-y colored lights?
- Patterned invitations
- Dynamic accent color on your website
- Splash the color into your auction centerpieces.
- There is no shortage of flowers in this shade!
- Bathe your benefit auction in honeysuckle-inspired lighting
- Give auction guests a burst of color with honeysuckle-colored gift bags
- Blink-y necklaces also come in this shade. Greet guests with one, or use it in your raffle.
- Small silent auction items in this shade would be fun. Maybe an ice cream maker, dog dish, or glassware.
If you go with the color, send me photos. I’d love to see how you incorporate it.
I used to live somewhere with a gigiantic (high ceilings) yet dark entry way with both some brick and drywall. Not much goes with brick, but I painted the walls with this color and it really illuminated the area. Threw in some Moroccan pendant lamps and it looked great.
It sounds beautiful, Lisa! Now that you say it, I can imagine the Moroccan influence with this color.
There is a catalog I receive that is full of pretty sheets, comforters, etc. Some of the really brightly colored ones have “honeysuckle”in them, and the photography set has played off that with Moroccan glass holder thing-ys that you put tealight candles in.
I’m ready to paint or wear something honeysuckle-yum
Yes … makes you yearn a bit for spring, doesn’t it?