Each December since 1999, Pantone, a world-renowned color authority, announces their Color of the Year for the upcoming year. The Pantone 2017 Color of the Year is:
GREENERY - Pantone 15-0343
Pantone’s website describes Greenery as “A refreshing and revitalizing shade, Greenery is symbolic of new beginnings.” They further describe it in the following 3 paragraphs:
“Greenery is a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew. Illustrative of flourishing foliage and the lushness of the great outdoors, the fortifying attributes of Greenery signals consumers to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate.
Greenery is nature’s neutral. The more submerged people are in modern life, the greater their innate craving to immerse themselves in the physical beauty and inherent unity of the natural world. This shift is reflected by the proliferation of all things expressive of Greenery in daily lives through urban planning, architecture, lifestyle and design choices globally. A constant on the periphery, Greenery is now being pulled to the forefront - it is an omnipresent hue around the world.
A life-affirming shade, Greenery is also emblematic of the pursuit of personal passions and vitality.”
Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone’s Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute writes: “Greenery bursts forth in 2017 to provide us with the reassurance we yearn for amid a tumultuous social and political environment. Satisfying our growing desire to rejuvenate and revitalize, Greenery symbolizes the reconnection we seek with nature, one another and a larger purpose.”
100 East Fine Jewelry has beautiful yellow-green peridot gemstone jewelry pieces consistent with the Pantone Color of the Year. Wearing any of our peridot jewelry pieces will surely help you ‘rejuvenate and revitalize’. The color of peridot gemstones is another of nature’s reminders of the first days of spring.
Credit to The American Gem Trade Association, Gemological Institute of America and Pantone.