Did you know that the Pantone Corporation has a tribe of color gurus who decide every year what the Color of the Year should be? And the color isn’t arbitrarily chosen at their whimsy? These specialists comb the world for color influences to guide their predictions, looking at everything from current technology to traveling art collections to major sporting events. This year the Pantone Color of the Year is a pinkish-mauve purple named Radiant Orchid. We think it looks a lot like amethyst: (more…)