During hot summer afternoons, it’s nice to just be able to sit by the window and browse through random books off the shelf, while sipping on a cold drink (today it was fruit punch).

Sometimes, I also like to open up my swatch book (which my husband gave me on my birthday) and land on a random color (in this case, still reflective of the fruit punch).

I wonder if this is how Pantone decides the Color of the Year? For 2010, they announced that their choice would be Pantone 15-5519 Turquoise, appropriate for Summer, yet universal enough to lead into winter and throughout all the seasons. I can already picture outbursts of tiffany-esque color schemes for upcoming wedding invitations, motifs, etc., but that’s nothing out of the ordinary. 😉

Meanwhile, my choice of the day still stands with
Pantone 207, just because….