Future's So Bright
Up next: Neon. So say the folks at Pantone, the color forecasting and standards company.
Yes, I know, you’ve heard it before. But not from Pantone. Or, at least, not lately.
Prepare for Dayglo to find its way into your home and wardrobe.
The company launched its Pantone Fashion + Home nylon brights collection with 21 “electric” colors for designers developing nylon products in eye-searing shades. The palette is available in fabric swatches or on a color card—plus there’s the Pantone Color Manager, which allows designers to import these neon shades to several design programs, including Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, Corel Painter, X-Rite il Profiler, the Mac OS Color Picker and myPantone.com. (Pantone is a division of X-Rite.)
According to Laurie Pressman, vice president of fashion, home and interiors at Pantone, “After years of ’playing it safe,’ consumers are once again embracing color—in a big way. Our nylon brights collection was developed to inspire designers with a selection of colors that energize and excite.”
To celebrate the return, I gathered a few reminders of neon’s illustrious past.
The United Colors of Benetton (yes, Virginia, this is exactly what the '80s were like. All the time.)
Body Glove
Elle has a nifty 1989 retrospective--that includes plenty of neon. Like this.
and this.
And when you really want to make a commitment to the trend, there's Reel Hair
