Pantone color of the year 2024 - peach fuzz

So Pantone released their Color of the Year, and I am loving this. After all over overdosing on Gray that happened from 2012 to 2022, it’s time to warm it up. I’ve been seeing a lot more warm tones creeping in over the last couple of years, but now it’s official.

This is not going to be the Peach and Seafoam Green that we saw in our childhoods however (if you were a child of the 1980’s!). I did just read in Vogue UK that Ivory Boucle is on the way out, but as it’s not possible for most people to just get rid of everything when a design magazine declares it’s “over”, I have a feeling I will be working with a lot of Ivory Boucle, and bringing in some warmer tones, the Peach Fuzz will be a perfect fit. I do love a complimentary color situation, and I am seeing a teal green/blue (one of my fave hues of all time, from the day I picked “blue-green” as my favorite Crayola Crayon) working great with the Peach Fuzz.

And if you’re stuck with a lot of gray in the house and it’s too overwhelming to change everything, it can be toned down. Making things work is what I do. There are so many ways to brighten up and warm up a space that went overboard with gray 5-10 years ago, without having to start from scratch. As a matter of fact, peach/rose gold tones look amazing with gray…I’d say paint the walls Swiss Coffee, change out the pillows and accessories to shades of Peach and Teal, if you have a gray sofa to contend with, you’ll have done a great job of a facelift on the room just with paint and accessories.

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