The document discusses 10 color trends for 2018 identified by Pantone Color Institute executive director Lee Eisman. The trends include Verdure featuring greens and berries; Resourceful combining oranges and blues; Playful with bright colors like Minion Yellow; Discretion with subtle tones like Elderberry; Far-fetched embracing different cultures; Intricacy featuring metallics and reds; Intensity with a mix of blues, plums and oranges; and TECH-nique featuring vibrant colors that shine from within. Eisman provided comments on each trend's meaning and symbolic nature.

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By Lee Eisman – Executive director of Pantone Colour Institute
2018 colour Trends

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VERDURE – This palette features vegetal kinds of colors like Celery and Foliage being combined with berry-
infused purples and an eggshell blue. “This palette is so symbolic of health,” said Eiseman, but it updates the
profusion of greens with some bright and contrasting hues.

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Resourceful – Complementary colors on the color wheel – oranges and blues – are combined in this palette that
is clever and “resourceful” in re-using and or re-furbishing what consumers may already own. “This is quite an
interesting color combination,” said Eiseman. “It combines warm and cool tones that you just can’t avoid looking
at it.”

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Playful – Speaking to our need for whimsy (“People need to stop and smile” said Eiseman), the Playful palette is
out-of-the ordinary and quirky. The colors are “bright-hearted more than light-hearted” with names to match, like
Minion Yellow, Lime Popsicle, Green Flash and adventurous blue Skydiver.

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Discretion – Low-key and subtle, Discretion is the opposite of Playful. Nostalgic hues such as Elderberry,
Burnished Lilac and Hawthorne Rose combine with strengthening tones to offer newness to a subtle palette.
“Pink has developed more power than ever before,” said Eiseman.

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Far-fetched: With warm, earthy hues such as Cornsilk Yellow blending with rosy tones, this palette “reaches out
and embraces many different cultures,” said Eiseman.

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Intricacy: his palette reflects the popularity of intricate designs that Eiseman discussed earlier. It features the
“new neutrals,” aka metallics, but a florid Holly Berry Red and yellow Sulfur add a layer of drama.

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Intensity – Providing an eclectic mix of colors, Intensity conveys “a certain strength, power, depth and
sophistication,” said Eiseman. Coolly composed shades of plum, blue and blue-green quell the fires of orange
Emberglow, Molten Lava and Bossa Nova. Golds and black complete the palette.

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TECH-nique – In a nod to the proliferation of technology, this palette features hues “that seem to shine from
within.” Colors include a vibrant blue, green, fushia and purple, along with iridescent peacock tones in both
turquoise and hot pink, that are offset by Brilliant White and Frosted Almond.

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