How to use Pantone’s Spring 2016 Colors in Your Home

Every year during Fashion Week, experts from the Pantone Color Institute collaborate with designers to analyze spring’s top color trends and develop the Pantone Fashion Color Report, establishing Pantone’s Spring 2016 Colors. The Spring’s prime ten colors influence interiors, design, art, fashion, and media while also directing trends to Fall.

Colors this season transport us to a happier, sunnier place where we feel free to express a wittier version of our real selves.Leatrice EisemanExecutive Director, Pantone Color Institute

Artists such as Matisse, Picasso and Frank Stella to Esther Stewart and Sam Falls influenced the selection with their bold color usage and strong shapes and lines as well as global ventures and nature from Cuba to Colombia.The top ten colors for men's and women's fashion for Spring 2016 are:PANTONE 13-1520 Rose QuartzPANTONE 16-1548 Peach EchoPANTONE 15-3919 SerenityPANTONE 19-4049 Snorkel BluePANTONE 12-0752 ButtercupPANTONE 13-4810 Limpet ShellPANTONE 16-3905 Lilac GrayPANTONE 17-1564 FiestaPANTONE 15-1040 Iced CoffeePANTONE 15-0146 Green FlashHere is how we are seeing this spring's colors being used in the home.

PANTONE 13-1520 Rose Quartz

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PANTONE 16-1548 Peach Echo

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PANTONE 15-3919 Serenity

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PANTONE 19-4049 Snorkel Blue

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PANTONE 12-0752 Buttercup

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PANTONE 13-4810 Limpet Shell

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PANTONE 16-3905 Lilac Gray

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PANTONE 17-1564 Fiesta

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PANTONE 15-1040 Iced Coffee

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PANTONE 15-0146 Green Flash

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