Doing the Tangerine Tango
Tangerine Tango (gotta love that name!) is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2012!! And you thought last years Honeysuckle was intense…ha! Just saying the name Tangerine Tango puts me in a good mood. Here’s what Pantone has to say about the color:
“Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it. Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®.
Couldn’t have said it better myself! How do we transfer that “radiant shading” to a paint color we can actually use? So glad you asked! Below I’ve selected similar paint colors from some of the leading, and readily available, paint manufacturers in the Twin Cities.
(Continue reading this post where I guest authored over at the Twin Cities Design Collective. See examples of this color used in environments as well as color selections from popular paint manufacturers! Click: Twin Cities Design Collective )
~~ Happy Hues!! Susan ~~
