Thursday, December 27, 2012

Trend Watch: Emerald Green

The color gods at Pantone, the global authority on color, have declared emerald green (PANTONE® 17-5641 to be exact) to be the color of the year for 2013.

Ombre rhinestone clip-on earrings, Reconsitutions


 “Green is the most abundant hue in nature – the human eye sees more green that any other color in the spectrum, “ said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Symbolically, emerald brings a sense of clarity, renewal and rejuvenation." A perfect choice for the start of a new year! 




Even before its designation as the “it” color of the year, emerald has been steadily rising for several seasons, especially in the fashion world.  

Green Depression glass bowl, Hound Dog Digs


1950s short sleeve tee, Ginny & Harriot


According to Pantone, "The color of the year selection is a very thoughtful process. To arrive at the selection, Pantone quite literally combs the world looking for color influences." 

An abundance of wonderful emerald hued goods can be found on Etsy, so no need to comb the world over to find your emerald treasures!


Silver bamboo earrings, KUKLAstudio

Emerald Green Purse. Lady Yesterday

Felted slippers, Svetusha


Vintage dish, Vintage Crapola

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Stunning finds and an thoroughly interesting read!
I try to keep on the trends as well and keep them in the back of my mind when treasure hunting!
Thank YOU Bryan!

HilltopTimes said...

Oh give me green!Such beautiful green. A color as enlightening as your post, Bryan. Wonderful, wonderful. Many thanks.

Miss Magpies Shoppe said...

Wow, what a great post, Bryan! And how exciting........the birthstone of May is the beautiful emerald....and I was born in the merry month of May :)

Irit Avraham said...

Great color, and arrangement!
Super!
Irit

Jaime said...

I'm a May baby too! Looove this color. Reminds me of the Wizard of Oz's Emerald City :)

Thank you for including my vintage bowl, Bryan! Great post!

Whimzy Thyme said...

Green has always been one of my favorite colors. And who doesn't like Emerald. Thanks so much for the info Bryan!

Anathalia said...

I love green and these finds are fantastic!

CakeNumber9 said...

Hurray to emerald green! Thank you Bryan :)

ReconGirl said...

Fantastic colorful items! Thank you so much for featuring my earrings. Will love seeing this gorgeous color on display throughout the coming year!

GinnyandHarriot said...

This color has always been one of my favorites!
Thanks for this great post!

Story Tellers Vintage said...

This really is one of my favorite colors...in fact, all shades of green. Lovely post and thanks for keeping us up with the trends :)

Wicked Darling said...

This is fabulous!!! Thanks for the wonderful post!!! :)

gazaboo said...

Love these emerald finds, great post!

Unknown said...

I'm loving these emerald greens!

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